. According to him, yearlings typically have at least a small but discernible cheek patch about the size of a nickel or quarter, which this one was missing.
Good to hear. My mistake, when you said this below, it sounded like the black patch wasn't missing, just smaller than on an adult:
"Buck antelope" is defined as a "male antelope with visible horns and dark cheek patch at the base of the ear". There was no patch at the base of the ear, just a thin line lower down.
