Stud Button or Tiny Yearling?

[Rusty]

This little guy is still holding.  What do you think, is he a stud of a button buck or a small yearling?    

 

Edited March 2 by Rusty

[Pathman]

Yearling. 

[Boykin Runner]

Looks like a yearling that has broken antlers !

[Bonefreak]

Future Zone 5 stud!!!

[Russ 11]

Yearling

[JFC1]

Surgically enhanced buttons

[Rusty]

Button bucks can and do grow hard antlers under the right conditions.  The farmer next to my cousin's place left his corn standing through the winter for 5 or 6 years in a row, and the deer got fat and happy.  Many of the buck fawns grew small spikes and the yearling bucks looked like 2 -3 year olds.

The past 2 winters here have been extremely mild and we have had bumper acorn crops.  In addition there has been an unlimited supply of corn available from all the baiting.  The deer are fat and showing their full potential.   I would not be surprised if he was last year's fawn.   

[bushden]

Looks like a small buck with broken rack and lots of attitude.

[SPEARFISH]

I’ll need to see the color of the back straps

[Greybeard]

Possible antlerless tag recipient if he came by me during winter bow .  Yearling meat is second best only to a BB.

[Rusty]

On 3/2/2025 at 8:46 AM, bushden said:

Looks like a small buck with lots of attitude.

Oh he’s got some serious attitude, he picks fights with everybody!      

[fish_hunter]

if you find those sheds i will be impressed

 

[Rusty]

On 3/3/2025 at 1:43 PM, fish_hunter said:

if you find those sheds i will be impressed

I keep looking for them but they keep running away.