Monday, September 7, 2015

White-tail Button Buck

I took this wildlife picture of a small White-tail Deer that was also a "button" buck. A button buck is generally under one year of age and it's first set of antlers appear to be "button sized" proturbances as opposed to "Spike" antlers, "Fork Horn" (four points) or multi-point antlers. In most of the states I have been in, button bucks are protected along with the antlerless (Doe) deers during "Buck" hunting season. The scientific name is Odocoileus virginianus and one of the slang names I have heard for them is "speed beef". The other names are commonly heard as frustrated hunters watch the white flag of a trophy class buck go bouncing through the woods. They are not really fit to repeat in what I presume is mixed company here. 





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