RE: Button Bucks
 

Greets,
Well, unless it was really close to the end of the season, I would probably let a button go, IF I knew it was a button. I have taken a button on my one and only doe tag, it was late in the day, half way thru the season. I was headed for the truck after another unsuccesful hunt, and spooked what I thought was a pair of does, They were at a dead run around 20 yards out and headed across in front of me into the trees fast, missed my shot on the lead doe, she was the biggun, so I swung back on the smaller one and shot. He tasted deliceous!!!

Just my uneducated opinion!
Terry

RE: Button Bucks
 

I would shoot a doe over a button but I would not fall into a deep depression if I killed one button buck. Especially if I didn't shoot a buck that year. I would have taken out a potential buck if I shot an 8, 6, 4, spike or button. I like hunting deer, though, not farming or breeding them for competition.

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge

RE: Button Bucks
 

What I meant to say was: Our policy is, if we know it's a button buck, we let it walk. There have been about 3 instances in the last 15 years where a button was shot in doe season. Of course we'd rather take out a doe, but it happens. The pride of getting a deer usually helps with the guilt of shooting next year's buck.

Scott Meier
White Oak Lodge