I am a wildlife manager in south Texas on 56 thousand acres. We have an abundance of deer, too many in fact. The way I see it, a buck should at least have 6 to 8 points his first year. Not nessisaraly, large points, but countable points. Studies have shown that spikes are not always inferior, under good conditions. However being in south Texas, where we don't have perfect conditions, most of the spikes I see do not usually get much larger. I would like to here some input on this matter to broaden my prospective.