Studies have shown that late born BB's often carry only spikes but they can eventually catch up although it takes as much as three years. If he gets killed at 2.5 that means the genes WERE there for him to be legal at 2.5
That is not true. The 2001 antlered buck survey showed 18% of the 2.5+ buck weren't AR legal.
The old theory that spikes have inferior genes has never been substantiated by any credible source.
That is also not true. The Kerr study showed that spikes that bred off-spring of spikes produced inferior racks.
Studies have also shown that 1.5 bucks with larger racks are very often bucks that were born EARLY the spring before
I think you just made that up. I have not seen any studies that support that theory. If that were true than all small1.5 buck would catch up to the larger 1.5 bucks by 2.5 ,but they don't.
clever how you slip that word "every" in there. You obviously slip that in there so you can be technically correct but if you had used the word "most" in it's place, the statement would be 100% wrong.
I am not only technically correct ,I am statistically accurate. Since at least 18% of the 1.5 buck saved aren't AR legal as 2.5+ buck that means 18% of the dominant 2.5+ buck are inferior buck that will engage in a significant portion of the breeding. That is why ARs have the potential to degrade the gene pool.