Barber co. clayton off poor house rd been seeing deer that apear gray in color,seem to be big for does, any idias

At a place in Dallas County I hunt, we have two distinct color variations of deer. One is a light brown, which we call piney woods deer. We've never killed one over 200lbs. The other we call swamp donkeys. They have a grey hue to em, bigger feet, and are bigger in body size. We killed one a few years ago that was 240lbs. The racks seem different also between the two.

thanks could it be the way al. stocked there deer herds.

Hunt that area as well and see dark grey deer all the time. I think it has to do with the habitat they live in. Most deer also change color as the year goes on.

Thanks I quess all Norm, there sure are big, good hunting to all & thanks

Whitetails have a short reddish brown summer coat, which is replaced by a thicker warmer grey coat in winter. If a doe is nursing, it may delay the change, as it takes a lot of protein to grow new hair. If I have a choice between a brown doe and a grey one, I will shoot the grey one--she is less stressed and probably in better condition.

Thanks Gator
Also online they say barber has 3 diff. genetic Deer type,
when alabama brought in deer to populate the state,they came from Michigan to Georga, all this can effect there habits,
Iam been trying to learn a little every year Thanks for your help.

My only story with genetic variations comes from the club I was in, in Shelby county a few years back. I started to notice that if we killed a buck with a weird scraggly rack it had a tail about 12 to 16 inches long but if you killed a sho nuff goodern with a nice pretty rack, it had a short tail 5 to 7 inches long.