RE: Get rid of the spikes!!!
 

Does anyone else think that buck has a large snout. Doesn't look right!

RE: Get rid of the spikes!!!
 

Yes that was my first thought even in the trail cam pic. That deer has an abnormally large head. nice though. I didn't know that people thought that spike deer would stay spike deer. that blows my mind. was it just what your dad taught you?

RE: Get rid of the spikes!!!
 

I saw the same show. It was a free ranging deer when it was a spike. The deer was captured and then placed in a fenced in area. He was basically a pet and fed high nutritional food his whole life. This was not a normal scenerio. Any spike can become a very good buck as long as he is on a ranch and being hand fed. I don't believe in the once a spike always a spike theory, but most yearling spikes in normal conditions aren't going to become booners. Most yearling spikes leave their home area anyway, so if you see a yearling spike one year, you may never see him again. Bottom line, if you want to shoot a spike, then do it. It's not going to destroy yourherd.

RE: Get rid of the spikes!!!
 

See that big over bite, no mistaken that buck.[8D]