Nobody Shoots the Albino!

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I was reminded of this on my way to work this morning when I narrowly evaded a herd of Whitetailed Deer crossing the road. I was out inspecting hurricane damage to the hunt camps in our neighbourhood with my youngest son when I saw something across a small field that I couldn't identify. Looked like something big and white had blown in from somewhere during the storm. There were several deer grazing in the field and we decided to disturb them to investigate. We got partway across the field and all the tails went up and off they went and big white thing took off with them. I mentioned this to the local farmer who let me know that I was probably the last person who hadn't sighted it yet. Apparently for the farmers and hunters, shooting an albino is really bad luck. I did get a better look than most. This one (not in the picture) had a normal coloured head and neck which means it isn't a true albino. It's what they call piebald which is almost as rare. Now I did learn that albinism and piebald sighting are on the rise in New Brunswick and some people are blaming it on the big logging company Irving which sprays glyphosates to try and kill the broad-leaf trees. We are the only province that allows this and that's because this company pretty much owns everybody and does what it wants. Regular residents like myself aren't very happy with the arrangement.