I saw a study on the local PBS station here in Houston done by the Texas Department of Wildlife where they had deer in captivity and tracked their progress from birth to death. The Dept of Wildlife kept the shed antlers from each deer every year so you could see how they had developed. The deer that were spikes after their first year never developed the antler mass of the other deer. Some of the spikes did eventually grow eight points, but they were tiny tiny racks with an outside spread that was less than 12" .