I don't buy that spikes are a result of overpopulation in my part of the woods. Here where I hunt the majority of 1.5 year old deer are spikes or forkhorns. And, we definitely don't have overpopulation problems. We have about 25 deer per square mile. And, we have mixed woodlots, brushy clearcut areas, and grassland.

The best buck I've seen around here in 30 years might have scored 150 at most, and was a ten pointer. And, he was at least 4.5 years old as I watched him grow up on a neighbors farm. Most of the 2.5 year old deer we kill would not score 100 points. But, I am trying to give them some better nutrition to hopefully remedy this, and let them get a little older.In our area there is not a great potential for big trophy bucks like you see on T.V.