RE: The biggest yearling you've ever heard of?
It's only a "battle of interpretation" if you assume that a buck can also mean a female deer in certain vernacular.
A "yearling" IS a deer that is in it's second year.....or was born in the previous year. It's really not prudent to argue otherwise.
A "fawn" IS a deer in its first year......a deer bor nTHIS year.
Iassumed this was common knowledge.