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Calico buck photos the real thing; text isn’t

James Curtis of Bellville, Tex., shot this rare piebald whitetail on a private ranch during the deer hunting season on Nov. 2, 2008. (Anonymous)
James Curtis of Bellville, Tex., shot this rare piebald whitetail on a private ranch during the deer hunting season on Nov. 2, 2008. (Anonymous)

HUNTING -- A series of photos of a rare calico (piebald) whitetail buck killed in 2008 is recirculating on the Internet and e-mail. While it's a legitimate photo and trophy, it's moving around, as usual, with fabricated info.

If you're interested in the details, here's the scoop reported by Snopes in 2009.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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