This was my 6pt with the broken leg, he lost his antlers around the 6th. The bumps look big though. Do you think his new antlers are already growing or just the bases exposed?
I think that is/was a button buck that with be growing bone above the skin this year. It doesn't appear (to me anyway) to be a deer that has lost his antlers and is already starting to regrow them.
He was a pretty decent 6 last year. I had a series of shots and I know which 1 this is. He had a broken leg and in the other pics you can still see the area that healed. I chose this pic just because his head was up and facing the camera. He appears to be about 3 going on 4 to me. Here his body looks short but he is a good bit bigger than the other deer.