Doesn't matter whether they have spots or not, knee high or shoulder high here. Only thing that matters is that if it doesn't have at least two inches of bone on top of it's head it has to have a tag on it unless it's an either sex day. I try not to shoot at, or rather miss in my case, anything that is less than about 70 pounds or so. I have a hard time justifying, to myself, killing a small deer. I think it would make me feel like I'd just stomped a kitten to death. I don't just hunt for antlers though, I hunt because I want to eat the meat and fill the freezer. Any headgear would be a bonus I guess.