Older/ bigger bucks are smarter and more of a challenge. It doesn't take much skill to shoot a spike. Yes a spike is a great trophy for a youngster or a new hunter, but the reason you don't see experienced hunters strapping a spike to the hood and showing it off is because it doesn't showcase that hunters hunting skill.
Personally I really don't care what others choose to do because I know that each time I step in the woods I have a chance of seeing a great buck. We do have nice deer in NY. They're just tougher to bag.
I would hope that we as experienced hunters would teach our kids that having a bit of restraint could lead to a better deer. A trigger happy kid with a 5-shot magazine often leads to wounded/wasted deer. I think we can all agree that doe are more populous, therefore why not just shoot doe if meat is the only goal? It would do us all good to even out the buck to doe ratio.
I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching. I'm just trying to convince the naysayers that nice shooter deer can be had with a little patience. Google some NY whitetail buck pictures, then tell me that you don't want one!