Hybrid???

[remingtonusa]

I’m sure I got a hybrid this 2018 season. He has really dark hair and real coarse with a whitetail rack. Where do I send a piece of the hide to where it can be tested to verify it?

[elkhunter11]

You don't send the hide anywhere, you look at the glands on the rear legs, but the odds are likely 99% that the glands will match the tail/rear of the deer.



Whitetail on the left Mule deer on the right.

[remingtonusa]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

You don't send the hide anywhere, you look at the glands on the rear legs, but the odds are likely 99% that the glands will match the tail/rear of the deer.



Whitetail on the left Mule deer on the right.

What if I no longer have the legs then what do I do?

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by remingtonusa

What if I no longer have the legs then what do I do?

Does it have a white rump, with a thin white tail with a black tip? Most importantly, realize that many mule deer have antlers that are not forked, antlers are not at all a reliable way to tell if the deer is a mule deer or a whitetail.

[remingtonusa]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

Does it have a white rump, with a thin white tail with a black tip? Most importantly, realize that many mule deer have antlers that are not forked, antlers are not at all a reliable way to tell if the deer is a mule deer or a whitetail.

The tail is the tail of a whitetail but the hair is that of a mule and it also has the bigger white throat latch like a mule. I have been told by one taxidermist that it is a hybrid and told by another that it isn’t.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by remingtonusa

The tail is the tail of a whitetail but the hair is that of a mule and it also has the bigger white throat latch like a mule

Throat patches and color are not reliable methods to identify deer. If the tail is a typical whitetail, the odds are extremely high, that you shot a whitetail deer.

[catnthehat]

Originally Posted by remingtonusa

The tail is the tail of a whitetail but the hair is that of a mule and it also has the bigger white throat latch like a mule. I have been told by one taxidermist that it is a hybrid and told by another that it isn’t.

White tail , Colorado variations abound in deer .
We saw three white tails this year ( two small bucks and a doe ) and the bigger doe of the three you would have thought was a mule deer until they walked away . It was super dark , but fir sure a white tail
In the field the only thing you need to check is the back end
Cat

[Pathfinder76]

Originally Posted by remingtonusa

What if I no longer have the legs then what do I do?

Turn yourself in.

[Bushrat]

Originally Posted by remingtonusa

I’m sure I got a hybrid this 2018 season. He has really dark hair and real coarse with a whitetail rack. Where do I send a piece of the hide to where it can be tested to verify it?

Post some pictures.

[blgoodbrand1]

Any field pics? Pics of the whole deer?


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