RE: Buck Or Doe?
I've already heard the subject of fines for illegal bucks if AR pass next year from a couple guys. If they fine you AND take your deer, what's the sense of dragging it out in the first place. If they just fine you and you can keep your deer you'll have a better return. Myself being one of those guys who shot a button buck the last two years and tagged it with my antlerless tag(cause that's what the law states), I can tell you that I will not be shooting ANY antlerless deer until my Antlered tag is filled. Maybe during archery season when it is easier to identify the sex, but in gun season I think it's too hard to tell from the distance you can shoot. If I and others pass up a couple does next year not wanting to take the chance that they are buttons, won't this defeat the whole idea of shrinking the doe herd. Don't get me wrong, if the law states tag your deer with the sex appropriate tag, then that's what I'll do. I don't break the law, but I'm not gonna take the chance that it may be a button either. I do agree with the idea that if you shoot two buttons then your hunting is over.