Ever seen a white deer?

[tomtom]

Dave, they used to be quite common in the herds around Powderham Castle. As a kid coming down to visit family it was always a sign I was home to see a white hart from the train in the grounds of Powderham.

Apparently there are quite a few of them on the moor as the people employed the cull the deer leave them alive to make it easier to spot the herd. The interesting thing is in past times the white deer's sticking out like that would have meant it was killed pretty quick and as such they would have been much rarer which is probably what gave them their mystical status and presence in myth and legend. Now it allows them to survive the cull, making them more common.

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