Furbearer365: Why would you protect a spike? Could even be a lifelong spike. Which would get him a lifelong pass from hunters.
One of the biggest bodied bucks we ever got was back when you could shoot any buck. I got Dad on a spike opening morning. He made a great shot with my rifle.
It had a big mature size body and a white face Roman nose old buck. It had 12” long spikes.
Later I asked dad where those horns were as I wanted them as a curiosity. He had buried the head in the garden already.
