RE: Your take on this deer
I don't believe you have bad genes, bad genes would be a 3.5 year old that has nothing more than a small rack, a 1.5 year old spike doesn't mean bad genes, it could be nutrition and obvious age. A spike can become a booner if given the opportunity to age.
James Vee, I couldn't agree more and I'm suprised at some of the replies here, it's old school talk.