Read an article by Leoanard LaRue, that went in depth about spike bucks and what causes them to be spikes. The article stated that 95% of the time a buck with spikes is a late born fawn of the last year, that seems to pan out with what Ive seen in WV, I usually see about 4-5 spikes every year and all of them are little deer, and dont seem very far along in development.