Definition:

A buttonhead, also known as a button buck, is a young buck (male) deer. The "buttons" are the furry bumps on his head where antlers will one day grow, if he lives long enough.

A button buck has no polished antler showing above the hairline.

Some folks use other terminology; I have heard them called nubbin bucks and knotheads - but most often, they are called buttonheads.

- Russ Chastain

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