Check out these cool photos of a black whitetail fawn. Supposedly in Beamsville. Ontario, perhaps? Very cool pics.
This is another example of melanism. Melanism is the opposite of albinism. Where albinism is a condition where the animals has less than normal pigmentation, melanism is an condition where the animal has more than normal pigmentation or melanin.
Check out this post of a full grown black whitetail buck.
Here are some posts of some beautiful albino animals including twin deer.
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These deer photos are from the website of Richard Buquoi and were taken in Texas in 2010.
http://blogs.discovery.com/animal_oddities/2010/09/rare-dark-deer-photographed-in-texas.html
http://rmbuquoiphoto.photoshelter.com/search?I_DSC=black+deer&G_SEARCH_MODE=0&I_USER_ID=U0000lapIDbKMxaI&G_ID=G0000TFzI4B5LV_k&I_DSC_AND=t&_ACT=usrSearch
They were published along with an article on melanism in the magazine Deer and Deer Hunting in September, 2010.
http://butterbean-butterbean.blogspot.com/2011/05/black-fawn.html