mondoman86

My cousin is a wildlife bioligist, and He said spikes are late born male fawns usually. That usually gives them a little bit late of a start for there antler development. He said occasionally herd, and genetics will play into it, but its usually just late born fawns. They did a study on it, and at 1 1/2 years old this deer had like 4 inch pencil spikes. At 2 1/2 the deer was an 8 point and scored 90. At 3 1/2 the deer was a 10 point, and scored 126. At 4 1/2 the deer was a 10 again and scored 154. At 5 1/2 still a 10 point, but scored 166. Then at 6 1/2 the deer peaked out at 169" 10 point. He stayed right around 165-169 until He died at age 12. Other bucks seemed to grow at the same rate as this spike did. So unless the deer has something wrong with it causeing it to have spikes, it will grow a bigger rack!