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Calico Buck / Calico Deer

Netlore Archive: Emailed photos purport to show a 'calico buck' shot by a hunter somewhere in Wisconsin (or Michigan, Arkansas, West Virginia, or Georgia, depending on version).

Image source: Unknown, circulating via email

Description: Emailed images
Circulating since: Jan. 2009
Status: Authentic / Mislabeled

Email example contributed by Jolene W., Feb. 5, 2009:

FW: Calico Buck

These pictures are amazing.  I never knew such a deer existed, let alone in Wisconsin. 

Here is a calico buck that a hunter shot in WI. He sent these pictures to a bunch of people to see what he could get and the owner of Cabela's paid him $13,000 for the head and hide. A calico buck like this one is rarer then an albino.

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