What is the meaning behind seeing a white deer?

Answer 1

Well, I don't know what the metaphysical answer to that is, but if I saw a white deer, the first thing that would go through my mind is that the population of deer in that area must be very inbred. The incidence of the leucistic (as opposed to albino gene, which I don't think has ever been proven in the deer population) is very low in normal populations, because white deer are at a disadvantage during most of the year when it comes to hiding from predators. So under normal circumstances, deer that are homozygous for the leucistic trait (i.e., are white in color) would not live long enough to reproduce. So the incidence of the gene in the wild population would stay low.

But if we have a situation where the population of deer is isolated and most normal predators except humans have been removed, and there is an incidence of the leucistic gene, you'd expect the population to be come inbred and more white deer to show up.

...Or maybe there's some mystical signifance that people who study population genetics just aren't aware of...;-))

Answer 2

I'm not familiar with any Native American beliefs concerning white deer. I have seen one, in the Eighties in South Texas. It was a doe and did not have pink eyes so it was just a very light colored doe. They have to be rare because they don't camouflage well and therefore not as well equipped for survival as nature intends them to be.

Where I saw it, a 30,000+ acre spread, imported exotic game. Perhaps it was a cross-breed between a native Whitetail deer and an exotic deer of some kind. I've wondered about it (since it wasn't an albino which would just be an aberration) but not in a long time. I haven't seen any other white deer except for a buck at a resort and that was a pet exotic deer. It was slightly smaller than a Whitetail and don't see why it couldn't cross-breed with Whitetail. I don't remember what the white buck was called or where it was imported from. That was in the Seventies a bit further north in Texas.

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Answer 3

No meaning except you saw a rare white, possibly albino, deer. They aren't really that rare around this neck of the woods. I've seen white twins with light tan fawn spots! And I've seen mature white whitetails. Not often, but I seen a few. Not everybody can say they've seen a white deer. Nice sighting.
A white buffalo is very rare and has great significance to native Americans.

Answer 4

It means that you now have albino deer in your deer herd. Albinos are usually the result of inbreeding which suggests that the buck:doe ratio in the area is highly out of wack.

Answer 5

Maybe you saw a fallow Deer which can naturally be all white.

Answer 6

it means you saw an albino deer. Don't know that there is any meaning behind it.

Answer 7

it means the flask is almost empty if he had spots....your flask and your buddies flask is empty. stop drinking while you are hunting!! just kidding.. its a white deer. i have one on my wall. it got loose from a deer farm and was terrorizing my neighbors cows. HONEST and no my flask is still full. Neighbors called and said come shoot this white deer...we did

Answer 8

It means you freakin saw a white deer

Answer 9

It would be a albino which is rare, and in some states protected from being hunted, I have seen just one in 39 years of hunting it was a nice 6 point and in my state it is illegal to shoot,
Other wise I would have a nice albino mount.

Answer 10

One of the Cherokee Gods was thought to appear as a white Stag. He was supposed to provide good luck for the hunt.