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Calico buck photos the real thing; text isn’t

James Curtis of Bellville, Tex., shot this rare piebald whitetail on a private ranch during the deer hunting season on Nov. 2, 2008. (Anonymous)

HUNTING — A series of photos of a rare calico (piebald) whitetail buck killed in 2008 is recirculating on the Internet and e-mail. While it’s a legitimate photo and trophy, it’s moving around, as usual, with fabricated info.

If you’re interested in the details, here’s the scoop reported by Snopes in 2009.

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Outdoors Blog." Read all stories from this blog