I figured since I mentioned Blaze (the amelanistic buck) from Bez’s darting story, I would post his picture.  Billy Paugh worked as my technician last summer and had his heart set on darting Blaze for quite a while before he got the opportunity.  Fortunately, when he got the opportunity…he didn’t waste it.  Blaze certainly was an interesting deer!  Double white blaze on his forehead and hundreds of warts from dime size to quarter immediately under his skin.  We believe they disappeared sometime during the fall though, because when he was found dead in January (from who knows what?) all his warts were gone!?!  You’ll notice in the picture that his tongue is pulled way out of his mouth, this is to keep his airways clear while he is under anesthesia.  Billy got another buck just a couple of days later while I was back in North Carolina vacationing at the beach.  That buck was a 2.5 year old 8 point that we nicknamed Billy the Kid.  Billy (the person) was a great help to my master’s project 2007 summer and a pretty good shot with the dart gun if I say so myself.