By: Hunter Pruitt

Hunter Pruitt of Athens, Ga., is QDMA’s Support Service Coordinator and a graduate student in wildlife management at the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources.

Melanistic Whitetails: How Rare Are Black Deer?

May 16, 2022 Hunter Pruitt

This article was updated on May 16, 2022. Each fall, deer hunters see or harvest albino or piebald whitetails and discuss what a rare occurrence that is. But an even greater rarity exists: melanistic whitetails….

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