Button bucks are the hardest of anything to distinguish. I shot one last year that I thought was the doe leading her fawn into the food plot. Retrieverman, you wouldn't catch me hunting with you. That is a steep price to pay for a very easy mistake to make. Now if I shot a spike, a fork horn, or a backet 8 when you told me not to, then I would understand getting the boot. Hell, until a buck reaches at least 2.5 years old, he is likely to vacate the area completely, so why so much emphasis on mistakenly shooting a button?

Granted, if I know the deer is a male, I will not shoot unless I intend to send it to the taxidemist. But shooting a button that you think is a doe and getting lambasted - come on.

Bob R.