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Old 09-21-2010, 08:48 AM
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BarnesX.308
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I just read an article where they tested this over many years. They tagged a bunch of yearlings and found that spikes and branched antler bucks grew the same size antlers at maturity.

One of the spikes was a wide 10 pointer at 4.5 years old.
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