A couple of years ago I shot an 8-point buck during the late bow season, It was around Christmas time. I shot it as a buck, when I found it, it was antlerless. It had knocked both antlers off in the brush during it's 75 yard death run. We backtracked in the snow and found both of them. I showed the antlers to the lady at the registration station, and the fresh antler sockets on it's head. She registered it as a buck.