Hunting Washington Forum

I don’t see any talk of hair covering an antler in the regs. 
An antler point must be at least one inch long measured on the longest side. 
Any buck is any deer with a visible antler.
To me, a button buck, with at least one inch long buttons, that are still hair covered is considered a legal “any buck”, even if there is as only a single button showing.

The legal definition of antler is where you will find that it is a horn like growth projecting above the hairline, if the antler has not broken through the hair it is not by legal definition an antler.  This of course does not apply to velvet. 

Length has nothing to do with legal antler except in point minimum areas.  A button that is seen as a horn like growth above the hairline can essentially be flat and still be a legal buck.  Legal antler and legal antler points are defined separately.

I don’t see any talk of hair covering an antler in the regs. 
An antler point must be at least one inch long measured on the longest side. 
Any buck is any deer with a visible antler.
To me, a button buck, with at least one inch long buttons, that are still hair covered is considered a legal “any buck”, even if there is as only a single button showing. 

I don't want to look at the regs right now but my recollection is for any buck the visible antler just had to be visible above the hairline with no length requirement.  Meaning a nub that you can see is antler not still covered by hair is a legal buck.

The length requirement was 1" to be a legal antler point in the point minimum areas.

Correct, was just going to type this exact same thing, you just beat me to it... 

That’s the million dollar question right there , all I know is once the water goes way down there are no fish at all water level does play a big part in where the fish are the pressures change and they head out to deeper waters , at least that’s the theory of all of us regulars down there also the fish pens in our bay are a big factor also the feed spill , that I believe is why the walleye in there never leave , I’ve cought three fish with huge bite marks on them , I’ve never cought much off shore ever in the summer months , it’s always been October to December that I fish down there and I never take anything but speckleorange power bait , yesterday I watched 12!!!!!! Freeeeeekn poles for 4 hours not a bite ! , the water had dropped off the shore 12ft since last time out, I lost three fish but nobody else had a single bite alllllll day , on another note , I’m done watching guys pull into the bay and fill there boats full of Wally , my brand new mercury trolling motor is on the way and a friend has a aluminum boat I can use , I’ll put in just around the corner from our bay , and Wally will be mine !!!

A lot of town deer up there.
There not for eating though......lol