Anyone have any experience with hybrid deer. Google searches are inconclusive and often leave you with more questions and none of them really answered. I shot a deer this past season that is in dispute. There were SO many whitetail characteristics its not even funny but one side of the rack was forked like a mulie and the other side was a white-tail main-beam all the way. This is really becoming a pain and I was just wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience. This was near the Panhandle area where both herds mix. Most of the websites talk about how frequent this is happening, but the local GW swears it a very rare occurance. I've had to ship the rack to him so I'm not sure what will come of the ordeal.

This is exactly why I don't use Google anymore; give Bing a shot!

you should not have to munch on popcorn too long bmd, I am sure people will begin chiming in momentarily

I ain't buying the cross I hunt where the co exist since 1997 ain't seen it yet!

http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/u...tet#Post2092539

I've only seen one confirmed hybrid in 30 years of hunting the panhandle. See the link above for a pic. The only way to identify a hybrid is by DNA testing or measuring the tarsal gland. Why the heck did you send the rack to the GW? Unless he's pulling a DNA sample, there's nothing conclusive he can draw from looking at it. Sounds like it's being confiscated.

well bmd, what do you have to say about dkershens post.... pretty conclusive if u ask me....

Nothing in that pic confirms it for me!

Looks like a wt.

cmon, read the text

Fixed it for ya

Looks no different than this wt we shot in childress, who confirmed, body size there are giant wt's in the panhandle. You guys believe what you want. Guess I am hard headed but I will believe when I see it.

Looks different to me...same tail though. I don't know what to believe, but I don't think that it is impossible. Then again, if it is possible, why are they so rare since there many places in Texas that they co-exist.

Vooked?

It is a wt in that pic, I have no doubt!

now.... this is important...

did you use a leupold scope on the rifle that you shot him with?

Agreed. I can see the white tail. Head looks like a Muley. Wonder what we would call it if it was a pic of just the head?

DNA says it is a hybrid. Scientist are never wrong

leupold is not good enough to tell differences in wt and mulie, need higher end optik to tell when they are hybrids

I've seen a cross in the palo duro canyon myself. 12 miles south of claude. The only way a cross occurs is between a WT buck and mule deer doe. They prefer breed to breed, but will if that's all that is available.

I'm sure of that. I'm just trying to be as cooperative as I can. There is a thrid party involved who is pissed off that I recieved permission from the land owner to hunt where I did. I'm 6 hours away while he is cooking up alot of stories.

some good pics posted here. I've about given up on the specifics of interbreeding. I don't remember the exact measurement of the tarsal gland but the tail is what got me. It was all white-tail and there was no white in the face, just a lighter brown than the rest of the body. What was probably not a smart move was hunting over a canyon with a open-site .45-70. I guess it's up to a DNA test if it ever gets to that point.

BTW about the rack. Something that I din't consider until reading some of the posts unanimously suggesting that the antlers are not a reliable tool in telling the species, the GW did tell me that he can't tell from the pics I sent and needs to see the rack in person. Oh well.