The post about the melanistic groundhog promoted me to share this photo.
I had no idea what piebaldism was or how rare it was to see a deer with it. I'm not sure if the stats online are correct, but they suggest about 2 percent of whitetail deer have it.
Again, not sure if this is accurate, but I read somewhere that indigenous groups believed piebald deer were signs that a big change was coming. I just had my first kid before seeing this, so that definitely tracked.
Anyway, really cool sighting. My wife spotted the same deer later that summer. We haven't seen any since.
Thank you! Feel super lucky, especially because I'm in a town that's overdeveloped.