never shoot the first deer into a plot in the evening
never shoot a lone deer, esp in a plot
I don't care what you say or what your so called experience is there is no sure way to tell a doe fawn from a buck fawn under hunting conditions. No matter the range, scope power, sunshine, hunter experience or any damn thing else.
Some button bucks just don't show much, if any, protrusion of buttons , esp in Nov/Dec deer season.
I've raised a couple hundred fawns over the years and some buck fawns just don't have anything sticking up by deer season. Same deer may show buttons in late Jan, into Feb, or March. Others will show good buttons in Dec, esp early born fawns.
I could not agree more and I value your opinion, Bham Fred, as I know you walk and breathe this stuff!
But I would like to draw the line somewhere and that line is when you see the little deer, you say: "Come on man!! That deer ain't much bigger than a swamp rabbit. You took a chance and rolled the dice and now you've killed a button buck! "
I can understand mistakes at say, 70 lbs but when the deer isn't 40 or 50 lbs, the shooter just wants to burn powder and doesn't have discipline.
