Button bucks
 

Is there any good way to determine a deer is a button buck in the field such as any characteristics?

Also for the record, a yearling deer is a deer that is 6 months old correct?

RE: Button bucks
 

I've heard that the skull is shaped differently, from a yearling doe to a button buck. I nailed one two years ago, along with its mother. Felt kinda bad once I found out that the second deer was a button buck.

RE: Button bucks
 

sometimes its hard to tell if you dont get a good look. But if you get a good close look or get to observe them with binocs or sumthin you can usually tell. Button bucks generally appear bulkier with shorter faces.

heres 4 button bucks (roughly 6 months old) notice how they look nice and stocky and the heads/faces look short. You can also see the bumps right behind and above the eyes.


heres a yearling does for comparison...looks much more thin and delicate...hahaha atleast to me


** I almost got him but I refuse to take a marginal shot **

RE: Button bucks
 

Yes ,Of course in the field sometimes emotions take over our commom sense. No one can ID a button 100%. But If you hunt the same stand or area all the time and see one deer all the time traveling the same route? If it is smaller then the normal deer , has a short nose and is stupid it is probably a button.Usually ,but not always a button will be alone.He has been kicked out of the momma's and doe fawns life. If your bow hunting it is easier because of the distancew.In gun hunting if your really dont want to shoot a button you must be discrimative with your lead.Ifyou shoot one by mistake? Learn by it.

RE: Button bucks
 

I shot a Button Buck this year... it was traveing witha Doe Fawn... I shot the only one I had a shot at...
A Fawn= 6 months. A Yearling = 18 months.

It aint Braggin if you back it up...

RE: Button bucks
 

What happened to that does other leg?<img src=icon_smile_tongue.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Button bucks
 

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Depends where you live!
Around here a yearling = 6 months old (born this year) (in it's first year of life) You get the picture.
A fawn = still has spots , still sucking mommas tit.



Edited by - bowfanatic on 12/22/2002 04:46:31

RE: Button bucks
 

Around here? Anywhere a yearling is last year's deer.This year's deer is a fawn.6 month's old would be half a yearling,right?

RE: Button bucks
 

A yearling is in it's second year while a fawn is less than a year old.Some call fawns yearlings because they don't like to admit killing fawns.In the group I hunt with no-one ever kills a fawn as we only get one tag a year and a fawn is not worth using that tag on.Besides that with any effort at all anyone can kill a mature deer in our area.

RE: Button bucks
 

Around these parts a fawn is this years hatch and a yearling is last years hatch. The difference between a fawn with spots and one without is only a matter 3-5 weeks, give or take, but its still a fawn.

RE: Button bucks
 

Seems like i need to practice on judging them. Ive killed 3 button bucks this year while i was aimin for 3 relatively good sized does. Its a lil harder when the does get just as big as the bucks with tha average doe size is about 70-85 lbs an the avg. buck weighes from 90-110

Don't shoot...he wont make tha books...
Why track em...put em in their tracks!

RE: Button bucks
 

A good rule of thumb is to never shoot an anterless deer that's traveling by itself unless you have a really good look at it's head through a scope or binos and are sure it's not a buttonhead. A lot of solo anterless deer are button bucks because they have been run off by mama as the rut hits, they're wandering around solo until they can hook up with some other group. I prefer to shoot does that are traveling with fawns, then there's no doubt that I'm shooting a mature doe.

RE: Button bucks
 

The Little Button I shot was with it's twin sister I suppose. I seEn Momma Doe and 2 Fawns the day before, and drew doen on the big Doe, but just had a tooobscured shot, so I waited and got a shot at one the following day.

It aint Braggin if you back it up...

RE: Button bucks
 

its a very common mistake for people to shoot a button buck thinking it was just a descent sized doe. When you see them together side by side its easy to tell whos the momma and whos the son....but when you dont have the luxury of seeing them next to one another that button often looks abit bigger than he really is. Thats where their stocky appearance comes into play...it fools ya into thinking he's a 100+ lb deer when hes really only 70-80 lb

** I almost got him but I refuse to take a marginal shot **

RE: Button bucks
 

My advice is to shoot only long nosed deer who are not traveling alone.