White Elk

that white bear thread reminded me of a white elk.


you know when you drive south of lacombe on hwy 2, and before Blackfalds, there is a elk farm on the left (east)? I noticed yesterday, there is a almost pure white elk in thier fencing. this a genetic defect from in-breeding or something in thier case? or just one of those miracles?

[Dick284]

There was a game ranch with some of them white elk East of Drayton on Hwy 39, about Range Road 60.

[Ice Fishing Maniac]

Seen some on an elk farm along HWY 64 north of Hines Creek near Eureka River.

I seen a albino whitetail buck a few years back, it wasnt very big but my fiance at the time wanted to shoot it.

[Bear]

White elk are a just a color phase. They are not albino's just white elk.

I did some googling and here is a little explanation of white elk. http://www.silvertine.ca/whiteelk.html

[Rockymtnx]

There is a fellow near Millet with a whole heard of white bull elk. Pretty neat looking. He paid big bucks for these things.

Originally Posted by Bear

White elk are a just a color phase. They are not albino's just white elk.

I did some googling and here is a little explanation of white elk. http://www.silvertine.ca/whiteelk.html

that picture on the webpage pretty much sums it up. pretty crazy. Id drop the hammer on a white elk if i ever saw one in the woods. Come to think of it, i remember seeing a white elk waaaaaaaaay back by Redwater, after you pass it, another elk farm after the dip on the left. and here i thought it was rare

[Grizzly Adams]

I just got back from Ontario and in their Hunting regulations, white or whitish looking moose are protected. Don't think that's the case here, moose or elk.
Grizz

[BrownBear416]

Here is a pic i took last year in Northern Alberta.

I think this elk was an albino as it had pink eyes and nose.

[BrownBear416]

A few more.

[ABDUKNUT]

A field near my house had many deer feeding in it this past Fall. One of them in particular, was a mostly white (with brown patches) Doe. With her she had one completely white fawn, and this fawns twin, a perfectly normal whitetail fawn.

Saw them in the same spot nearly every night I went out, and even considered shooting one of them when the antlerless season started... Never got around to it though. My girlfiend swore it would be un-lucky, but I think she became attached to them.

I researched it and found out they are called Piebald deer:

"A genetic variation (defect) produces the piebald condition in white-tailed deer, not parasites or diseases. Piebald deer are colored white and brown similar to a pinto pony. Sometimes they appear almost entirely white. In addition to this coloration, many have some of the following observable conditions: bowing of the nose (Roman nose); short legs; arching spine (scoliosis); short lower jaws. This genetic condition is rare with typically less than one percent of white-tailed deer being affected."

[TreeGuy]

BB416, there gotta be a story behind the wee one with the sneaker. Care to share?

Tree

[BrownBear416]

You bet there is a story treeguy,

It was a long time ago when I was a young boy living in a cabin in the wilds of Wyoming.......ahh who am i kidding it was sent to me by email.

do you think the meat of a white animal would taste different from a normal brown elk?

do you think the meat of a white animal would taste different from a normal brown elk?

I dunno, do you like white meat or dark meat?

to funny

but seriously, wonder if a white elk is more tender