Thread: Menil Fallow buck

Or seasonal

Interesting. Are they age based phases or genetic/blood line deternined??
Think the ones round here are normal and blackish

It's genetics, it's not exactly a lottery as it's hereditary but some colour variations would be dominant and some recessive.
In different parts of the country they have different predominant colours. In tas they're almost all black, in Vic I've seen two black ones in my life. White and menil are the rarest.

Seasonally the normals turn grey through the winter.

Genetics mate, i have learnt them as Common (normal), Melanistic (Black), White (white lol) and menil.

I have yet to shoot, or see for that matter, a white one but have the rest in my belly

Originally Posted by PerazziSC3

Genetics mate, i have learnt them as Common (normal), Melanistic (Black), White (white lol) and menil.

I have yet to shoot, or see for that matter, a white one but have the rest in my belly

Yep as above, common and menil can look very similar depending on time of year. The difference is bum scutes(a back line of hair around the Arse) and a dorsil line of spots. And obviously menil can go very light where common stay pretty red lookin all year round.

I have shot one white on public land.
There is a white doe on my mates farm from my old mans release 25 odd years ago tho no whites were released. She would be 12-14years old now and had her first white fawn 2 years ago. All others have been common phase.

Small deer farm where i grew up now has a herd of white separate from the others.
If it fails its inbreeding if it works its line breeding.

On that property whites have lots of points but not the weight in the head.


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Cheers mate, learn shit everyday does me

Originally Posted by Gibo

Cheers mate, learn shit everyday does me

We all do Gibo. My big lesson today was I was wrong and the missus was right. apparently I have learned that before.

We've got a white doe not too far from home that we always see if you wanna have a crack at her next weekend perazzi? ha

was in melbourne for the day a week ago! Should of hit you up haha

And then once you have had a blat on Export you can come have a Waikato in the BOP!

From menil fallow buck to a piss up,not surprised one bit

Originally Posted by Dundee

From menil fallow buck to a piss up,not surprised one bit

And I guess I am the guilty party. Apologies BH for hijacking your thread. Guess you will just have to fly over and participate in the gathering.

Shot a few whites down the eastern sde of the hokonuis a few years back and have seen a couple in small wanganui herds. But common and menil phase have been most prolific across all herds I have hunted.

Thats a cracker BH, your on to a good thing over there mate!!!!!!