I have to agree. I have also noticed alot more larger bucks here in my part of Pa with the antler restrictions in place. As far as taking the larger bucks and letting the "inferior" spikes reproduce, I think that is false. Spikes do not mean that the buck is inferior, hell his father could have been a 12 point, who knows. It just means that he is a yearling. His genes would be the same as his fathers the only difference is that he has not had the chance to grow to full potential, and without the antler restrictions he may never get to reach his full potential. Besides, by the time you harvest the six point and let the little fork horn go, the deer have more than likely already mated and the 6 point did his job. The fork horn won't mate again till next year when he will be the 6 or 8 point. Believe me everything goes full circle. I could bet that there were numerous deer out there that would have been bigger than any deer ever taken. The only problem is that they were shot when they were 6 months old. I personally am all for antler restrictions.