You are simply wrong!There a number of studies that have demonstrated that spikes are not inferior and that with time they can realize the same physical and antler potential of young bucks who have branch antlers or small basket racks.
That is not what the studies showed. It showed that some spikes will equal branched antlerled bucks at 4.5 years. It did not show that all spikes are equal to 1.5 6 pts. or 8pts. for the rate of antler development.