I agree with you from a biological standpoint, but realisticly it would be nearly impossible to enforce. It is difficult to see the buttons on some deer even with a high powered rifle scope, yet alone a bow or open sighted muzzleloader. I think it would be great and would yield more bucks next year, but not realistic.

In Texas if you "accidentally" shoot a button buck, the you are allowed to use an anterless tag. I don't agree with it for the same reasons Buckeye stated, they are not getting accurate buck/doe harvest numbers.

Besides, I fing the excuse that you can't tell very hard to swallow, especially if you're bowhunting. It's a close range sport and I don't feel there's any excuse for shooting a button while bowhunting.

definately!

A button buck is a fawn and should not be shot. There is a definate difference between a doe and a fawn and hunters shoud be able to refrain from shooting fawns.

When I took my son on his very first hunt, I had stressed to him to not shoot at fawns. He had a fawn under him for nearly 2 hours the very first evening and never even lifted the bow from it's hook. His first deer ended up being a P&Y buck!

A button buck is a buck and should be counted as such. Every monster buck started out as a button buck and would never have been impressive if they had been killed when they were young and easy to take.