Originally Posted by flyinlowe

Been hunting for 15-20 years and for the first time ever tonight I killed a button buck, it was not dark yet but in came in quick and I didn't notice. In the past I have always let them walk but thought this one was a doe. Anyway every year I try to kill one doe for myself and then I kill another deer for a friend of mine for summer sausage. Typically I save the bucks for him since it is all going into sausage. I am assuming a young small (100-110 lbs) button buck would be similar to a small doe as far as the quality of the meat? I didn't want to give this meat to him and then up have some big old tough buck later in the year for myself to eat. Since I have several decent bucks on the wall I don't shoot bucks anymore unless they are worthy of being mounted.


Thoughts??