SOmeone that can edit pics, and clear them up a bit try to clear these up, so you can tell if its new growth or what. I cant tell, it rained last night so the pic quality wasnt very good.

looks like it could be a nubber from this year.....young buck no matter what

Well ... I did what I could with it , but I really don't see any nubs on this deer.

Looks like in the first pic hes starting to get his nubs...hard to tell though. I wouldnt dobut it

Maybe its just a button buck, their nubs don't shed right?

im sure its a button

Here's the other picture , in this one you can seethe little nubs alot better.

To me it looks like the first picture has little nubs, not sure about the second one. Wont be long will they all start sprouting.

yeah it definately looks like hes sprouting but i think hes probably gonna be a 1yr old this year.

ive always wondered that, but I'm sure they do, because they have to go into velvet to grow the new ones...