This issue is quit common in the north/ midwest with there late season" antlerless" season. Note they don't have doe seasons its antlerless season, there is a difference. How about this. Illinois defines antlerless as a deer without anglers or a deer having anglers less than three inches long. So to IL a two inch spike is antlerless. In response I would say that a buck who had shed anglers is an antlerless deer even in AL by definition.

This issue is quit common in the north/ midwest with there late season" antlerless" season. Note they don't have doe seasons its antlerless season, there is a difference. How about this. Illinois defines antlerless as a deer without antlers or a deer having antlers less than three inches long. So to IL a two inch spike is antlerless. In response I would say that a buck who had shed antlers is an antlerless deer even in AL by definition.

Yep.

Glad you corrected.. I was about to think that they had fishermen on their head..

There are several states where an antlerless deer is defined as a deer with antlers less than 3 inches long. When the CAB copied other states in their attempts to be popular, they forgot about that one.

if it has no antlers it is considered antlerless whether it has balls or not. If it has antlers it is a buck. Their should be no gray area!!!!!

Not true. If a doe has antlers it is not a buck, and would not fall within the definition of "antlered" in the rule.

The gray area lies in deciding whether some of the remaining antler is visible above the natural hairline. You might see it one way and the game warden might see it another.

To avoid this gray area, put it on your little qdm sheet anyhow. Then, if you don't agree with liberal appointees writing whatever rules they want to regardless of what the law says, destroy the record when you get the deer home or deliver it to a processor: