Albino Deer

We took a journey across the Finger Lakes region of central New York today, on a little adventure to look at a car Gerry is interested in.   Along the way,  we traveled through Seneca County, which happens to be a rather desolate, sparsely populated area.  There are a couple of small towns,  but miles and miles of just agricultural lands, or government lands.

There is a large enclosed area that stretches a number of miles, with a tall fence, topped with barb wire.  As I recall,  it is an abandoned military area.   I think at one time some nuclear materials were stored there;  thus the fence that keeps people out.   And deer in.

Gerry grew up not far from that area, and he mentioned that the fenced in area has a huge population of albino deer.   I found that so fascinating, and could not even imagine what an albino deer must look like.   And fortunately,  I did see one quite clearly.  Had I not seen it there in the trees,  I would not have believed a deer could actually be white.  But indeed it was.

Since they are fenced in,  I assume they reproduce among themselves,  producing a larger number of albino deer than one would find in the general deer population.

Although the fenced in area is many square miles, still, it does seem a little bit sad to think the deer they can never roam free.  On the other hand,  presumably,  what keeps deer in, keeps hunters out!