Originally Posted by
Duckbutter48
Odd, I never tasted the antlers after I make Jerky, thats great if you hunt just trophies but I like meat.. Taking a 3 year old spike out of the herd may be "bad" where you are at but not here.
in all years i hunted, 46 yrs here in best hunting areas of pa.i can only recall of 1 spike that was over 3 yrs old.
most spikes if not all are 1 yr old or so deer.