hunter shoots a buck that is clearly a buck (5 pointer). deer gets dropped,
No they had a five point they blew the horns off with a head shot.
I would tag the deer as a buck because when it was shot it was a legally antlered buck.
I wonder what a conservation officer would have said if he would this deer and it had an anterless tag on it. I'm sure it would have been a very interesting conversation.
If not what would prevent people from smashing the horns with a rock,and calling the buck a doe?