We have had no doe permits in this area of Maine as well for around nine or ten years. The biologists said the tree harvesting has brought a lot of food and we will see the deer herd here rise. That did not happen here, instead a we watch our deer herd decline. The mild winter last year has really given the deer a big boost here. Alot of young bucks are getting shot and that means more does to breed. Another mild winter or two and we will have a good strong herd. Now for shooting spikes here it is a good thing. I have shot a buck before that was six points and looked like a hugh spike. Its antlers rose straight up about six inches and half way down two points opposit each other, both antlers looked pretty much the same. That deer dressed out 202lbs, and I do not think that a tiny rack would help produce heavey racked deer. So to make a rule like this you would have to take alot into consideration.