My first deer was a button buck. I've shot a few more and just this year filled my first season tag with a button buck too. Good eat'in. Don't loose no sleep over it

Here in Iowa, we don't have "doe" tags. We have "any deer" tags, good for, well ANY deer, and "antlerless only" tags. Anything less than a forked antler is considered "antlerless". It makes it a lot easier to hunt, because even at 100+ yds you can tell if the deer you are shooting at fits the tag you have. I took a 70# barely button last year, not long out of spots....good eats. It looked bigger on the nob of ground in the tall grass. I thought it was a big doe. I didn't lose a lick of sleep, there are plenty more where that one came from.

wow dude you lost sleep over that uh i think thats a problem. look at it this way you helped a new hunter get his first deer ever and its good eatin. i hope you didnt blow up on him for shootin it. just teach him a lesson and make him a better hunter.

I can guarantee that no one who is a member of this forum can tell the difference between a button buck and a doe at 215 yards......unless they were using the HUBBEL Telescope!
It's difficult enough at 50-60 yards and thats even with the deer making u turns in front of you to try to tell their sex from 'behind'....
There's always a 50\50 chance of being right or wrong and we've always been taught that on young deer, it's safer to pass than be completely wrong.
I wouldn't worry about his decision to shoot. I would be happy for his success and use the experience as a teaching\learning tool.........

This is the important part. He thought it was a doe, mistakes happen, don't worry about it.

I know a certified wildlife biologist that once mistakenly shot two button bucks in the same day. If a wildlife professional can make a mistake, so can non-professional hunters.

At 215 yards I doubt there are many people on this forum that could be 100% sure it was a doe. Don't worry about it being a young buck, that is just some thing that happens to everybody.