NOT TRUE!!! I was watching an episode on tv (can't remember the show). It showed a buck lifes...from birth to death. The buck at 1.5 was your typical spike about three inch daggers. At 6.5 the buck peaked out at a 169 inch giant. At 7.5 I think it droped 7 inches and was at 162 inches. Then around 11.5 the buck sported the same rack it had when it was 2.5 years of age. Then a sad thing happend when the buck died of bone cancer. But it goes to show you...Keep those spikes around.

About 15 years before my father and I got serious into hunting we took six spike bucks off our farm. We always thought once a spike always a spike. And our goal was to keep the 6 and 8 point basket racks around. Well maybe that wasn't a great idea but who knew 15 years ago.