Bob described this phenomenon to a tee. I remember, it was all about "horns".
...and, for most of us(shall we say..) mature gentlemen, it was ALL that was legal. It was about the horns because they had to have them. We didn't say I got my buck. We said I got a deer, it being a buck was understood. If you saw a buck or maybe even two it was quite an accomplishment when I was growing up.