I just read a book on spikes. It seems that if you want alot of "ok" deer, you should let the spikes grow up. Not every deer (even with alright genetics) will grow to be even a legal buck. Legal for my area is 4 points on one side or better. Most antler restictions do not alow for culling out inferior bucks, like the "cow horns" or the ones that are so old they loose points. If you want a slightly smaller yet better quality population of bucks you should shoot the spikes. This is what I've read anyway. Like I said, in my area we have antler restrictions and it seems to be working in reverse. While the larger deer with better genetics get shot because they are the only legal ones, the spikes and funkyhorns get to grow old and breed becuase it is illegal to cull them out. By this I see many deer with small and "messy" racks and almost no legal deer.

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