The special fawns are much more shy and cautious than the others, perhaps they know that because of their color they stand out more than the other members of the herd.
For six years, nature photographer István Hogya has been observing and capturing the exceptionally beautiful white roe deer, as he calls it, the white prince. The buck appeared in a herd of approximately one hundred and fifty deer at the beginning of March.
The pictures were taken before sunrise, when there was still very little light, but the white buck already attracted attention from afar. He literally stood out from the other deer and from the waking landscape
- shared István's experience of finding the Diverse Region .
"A gamekeeper I know told me that there is a white fawn living in the Tokaj area, if I feel like it, I should look," said the nature photographer. "Of course I got the opportunity and went out to take a picture." Since then, every year I look for it and capture it, as it is a very beautiful and extremely striking phenomenon. Especially when there is no more snow and his body turns white in front of the brown hills. I don't know if this special color is to his advantage or disadvantage, but he hasn't been hurt yet boon.hu in 2021 , which can be eight years old these days. By the way, deer are very difficult to photograph because they are very cautious. I have to crawl and climb hundreds of meters to get a good photo. I also crawled for the white roe deer, nearly 300 meters - István recalled the exciting moments.
Photo: István Hogia
The White Prince is not an albino, because his eyes are like his peers, they are dark brown, rather a white variant. By the way, he is much more shy and cautious than the others, maybe he knows that because of his color he is more noticeable than the other members of the rudli.
The photographer does not want to reveal the exact habitat of the white prince, lest tourists overrun the area.
Cover photo: István Hogya
