#2160884 - 11/12/10 06:49 AM
Re: Button Buck
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Bigg'un4214
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He has killed several deer but he has been cursed with nothing but bad luck when he hunts with a muzzleloader. He shot at his first ML deer at 7 or 8 and shot a tree instead. The next year he shot one and the landowner wouldn't lets us go back the next morning and look for it. He had 3 caps go off on a doe one year before the gun went off, he reloaded and a 10 pt walked up and the gun had a hang fire. He shot a doe that bled good then just disappeared. Two years ago he shot a 6 that bled good going down hill but quit when it went up. This year he shot a doe that went down and when he shot her to finish her off she jumped up and his brother killed it 5 hours later. So maybe this one broke the curse.
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#2160890 - 11/12/10 06:53 AM
Re: Button Buck
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i hope so congrats
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#2160902 - 11/12/10 06:57 AM
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Bigg'un4214
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As far as his shooting ability, other than with a muzzleloader he has to track one deer he shot with his bow. It went about 100 yards. Every other deer he has shot he saw fall.
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#2160942 - 11/12/10 07:31 AM
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I posted a pic of the jaw in another post. That is a 2.5- 3.5 year old deer. Out of 6 people to age it 4 said 2.5 and 2 said possibly 3.5. The deer had a big blocky body and dressed over 100 lbs. My son shot it thinking it was a doe.
Fascinating. Obviously a buck with some serious antler-growth problems.
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#2160959 - 11/12/10 07:41 AM
Re: Button Buck
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Bigg'un4214
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The title should be changed to Mature Buck Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#2161043 - 11/12/10 08:18 AM
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tell him congrats wayne and hope this breaks the string of bad luck
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#2161180 - 11/12/10 09:34 AM
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On a side note, just to clarify the way things should be checked in...
That deer should not be checked in as a button. It should be recorded as a two-point, with antlers less than three inches. By definition, a button buck is a buck fawn (six months old). These will have pedicels still covered in fur. A hardened antler, no matter what the length, will be indicative of an adult buck.
If you look at our harvest reports, ( Harvest Reports ) there are three categories of bucks: antlered deer, button bucks, and antlerless bucks. Antlerless bucks, like the one shown in the pic, are adult bucks with antlers less than three inches.
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#2161189 - 11/12/10 09:39 AM
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On a side note, just to clarify the way things should be checked in... That deer should not be checked in as a button. It should be recorded as a two-point, with antlers less than three inches. By definition, a button buck is a buck fawn (six months old). These will have pedicels still covered in fur. A hardened antler, no matter what the length, will be indicative of an adult buck. If you look at our harvest reports, ( Harvest Reports ) there are three categories of bucks: antlered deer, button bucks, and antlerless bucks. Antlerless bucks, like the one shown in the pic, are adult bucks with antlers less than three inches.
then there are a lot being checked incorrectly. we have shot several over the years with exposed bone less than 3 inches and all were checked as 0 points. i have never seen the 2 pt w/less than 3 inches option. 
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#2161206 - 11/12/10 09:46 AM
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I posted a pic of the jaw in another post. That is a 2.5- 3.5 year old deer. Out of 6 people to age it 4 said 2.5 and 2 said possibly 3.5. The deer had a big blocky body and dressed over 100 lbs. My son shot it thinking it was a doe. Fascinating. Obviously a buck with some serious antler-growth problems.
1 of our group killed 1 in KY just like that a few years back. Thinking it was a large doe. Dressed at 170lbs. We thought it to be 3.5.
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