Opening day - Just a Button...

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fxdrider

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Hey, I know it's only a button-buck, but it's more meat in my freezer than I had when I left the house this morning.
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Gun season is on in Virginia!
 
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congratulations on the deer,

I have a few friends in VA. out there huntin too.

just do like I try to do here in Arkansas, go back and get another ;)
 
Good job

Who cares about the horns - Iv'e tried boiling, broiling, crockpotting, baking, grilling and stewing horns and they always taste like a piece of bone!!!! I also hunt for the meat, but wont pass up a nice buck if one happens my way.
 
Way to go!

A deer is a deer if you like the meat.

I shot a doe at 1:10PM opening day as well. I seen 8 deer yesterday. All does and maybe a few button bucks, but none had antlers I could see. I decided to take the 8th one.
 
In florida we can only shoot a deer that has a minimum of 4 inches of antler above the scalp during general gun.
Brent
 
More than I got. Yesterday was down pouring and warm (50's). Today was at least cold, but WAY WAY WAY too windy (20 mph winds, gusting to more). I saw 5 this morning about 75 yds away, but that was all I saw before I couldn't stop shivering and had to call it quits.
 
Good job! I'm jealous (and bummed), it doesn't look like I'll be hunting this year, and I even have the buck permit. :(
 
More than I got. Yesterday was down pouring and warm (50's). Today was at least cold, but WAY WAY WAY too windy (20 mph winds, gusting to more). I saw 5 this morning about 75 yds away, but that was all I saw before I couldn't stop shivering and had to call it quits
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Camper - sounds like you need a dose of northern Wisconsin deer season to toughen you up.....snow, cold, and wind are a nice day (as long as the wind chill stays above -20F), otherwise, we have to get out our cold weather gear!
 
Did you give the kid back that nice rope he had it tied to that I see in the picture? Just kiddin' - congrats and good eatin!
 
Thanks everybody. It feels good to have one out-o-the-way.

In Virginia does a button count as an "antlerless" or a buck?
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It counts as "antlerless". I found this out after I already called it in as antlered. No worries. I have more tags! :cool:
 
Nice 8 pointer. I got my 6 on opening day. Just got the meat back on Saturday. Gonna start some jerky tonight.
 

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I shot a button buck with the muzzleloader, and spiked a fat doe with the bow. My kid and I hunted the southern zone this weekend and got drowned TWICE on Saturday, and frozen and snow covered yesterday. ANY deer is meat in the freezer, and I'm with kayakersteve; I've cooked horns every possible way and they are STILL tough to chew.
 
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