Whiteail fawn

[Dan Thiem]

Can a first year fawn buck be more than just a button buck ?
Could it possibly be a spike or even a fork ?

[Bogsucker]

Copied from another site

"Antler growth in bucks begins when they are fawns. However, buck fawns never grow antlers larger than short "buttons," or pedicles, which on rare occasions become hardened."

[Dan Thiem]

Thank you for settling our debate at work.
I have another qusetion although it may be stupid.Do they shed that button?

[This message has been edited by Dan Thiem (edited 09-13-2004).]

[jlm]

No!

[WaveWacker]

Bogsucker and Jim are correct. The small/tight racked spikes, forks, sixes, eights (and even some tens) are most times 1 1/2 year olds

[Mr. B]

About 15 years ago I shot a fork that still had spots. This dear was not a small fawn. When I shot it I actually thought it was a doe. The main antler was probably 8 inches long and the other one branching off was 3 inches or so.

If it is correct that yearlings can not grow anything more than buttons that would mean this dear was 1.5 to 2 years old and still had it spots?

[Bogsucker]

Mr. B
Either way it was an anomaly.