Seneca Army Depot - The Deer Herd

The Deer Herd

The white deer, long the symbol for the depot, began appearing after the fence was erected in 1941. A handful of White-tailed deer that carried a recessive gene for all-white coats were isolated within the depot. (They are not albinos, as is frequently assumed. White deer do occur naturally in the wild.) The depot initially allowed only brown-coated deer to be killed, so the herd of white deer grew to more than 200, although hunters are occasionally allowed inside to kill a white deer.

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