I recall seeing a story a few years back about a spike, he was born late in the year in captivity and if I remember correctly at 1 1/2 he was only a spike.At his prime however he was over a 200 inch animal and at the time of his death was still over 170.

Granted, being in captivity he had nearly ideal conditions, good food, no hunting pressure or stress, no competition for food etc...But still theres no reason a late born fawn, or one born in a bad year without the proper food, overpopulation or the likes cant go on to become a really decent buck in the wild.I got the same book at home, Whitetail wisdom, I think theres several things in it that are stated as faacts but can nowdays be very debatable.