Fawns first year

PRB · Post by **PRB** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:11 pm

Do male(buck) fawns, that were born in spring/summer, grow antlers(spikes) in the fall of that same year ?

Red Label · Post by **Red Label** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:12 pm

they are "button bucks" in the fall.....little nubbies on their heads, not antlers.

Mike

Jim C · Post by **Jim C** » Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:27 pm

Red Label wrote:they are "button bucks" in the fall.....little nubbies on their heads, not antlers.

Mike

I have shot a couple of those things over the years thinking they were medium does. Now I look really carefully before shooting.let three go by my stand tonight only to have a big doe sitting by my car when I left the woods (no it was past legal and I had uncocked my bow

PRB · Post by **PRB** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 5:53 am

Thanks guys. There was a couple of guys talking about it at work. One said what RL said, and the other said that they grow short single spike antlers theyre first year. So after that I wasnt sure, and thought I would go to the place where I knew I could find out...The rest of the story !!! Thanks

tcthomas · Post by **tcthomas** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:26 am

Its actually both. Some male fawns can sport short spikes their first fall.

Tim

PRB · Post by **PRB** » Sat Nov 13, 2004 12:57 pm

Well I did some more google research and found that both are correct. It seems that it depends on the maturity of the doe, nutrition, time of year born, and several other factors such as geographical regions. I just put the string back on my Vixen. I think I'll go out tomorrow morning and see if I can put a stop to one of these bucks antler growth