Any buck clarification

[Kingofthemountain83]

I shot a spike in Mason 3 years ago and got 57# of boneless meat... Was delicious! I think he was older than 1 1/2... Didn't get him aged...

[brokentrail]

So why not just make it a branched antler deer 2 point or better simple answer. That way you are getting enough meat than shooting something larger that the neighbors dog.

Because the law says he doesn't have to and everyone has a different level of success, experience, and what they want out of their hunt.  If you want to use a 2 pt minimum for yourself, great, you do you. 

[hunter399]

So why not just make it a branched antler deer 2 point or better simple answer. That way you are getting enough meat than shooting something larger that the neighbors dog.

Because the law says he doesn't have to and everyone has a different level of success, experience, and what they want out of their hunt.  If you want to use a 2 pt minimum for yourself, great, you do you.

If it's legal ,then eat it up.

[Tball77]

Hate to start the argument but a spike is a spike and a button. Buck is another.  A spike was a button buck a year ago that didn’t have the genetics to branch.  Many of you have harvested sheds from the deer you harvested and they are replicas of the prior years antlers.  A 2x3 always just that.  A spike, we’ll always a spike.  Those that choose to harvest a 2 yo 4pt are harvesting the future studs.  My personal thought,  if you go to a trophy state do one of 2 things.  Shoot an absolute toad, or take an inferior gened animal.

[brokentrail]

Hate to start the argument but a spike is a spike and a button. Buck is another.  A spike was a button buck a year ago that didn’t have the genetics to branch.  Many of you have harvested sheds from the deer you harvested and they are replicas of the prior years antlers.  A 2x3 always just that.  A spike, we’ll always a spike.  Those that choose to harvest a 2 yo 4pt are harvesting the future studs.  My personal thought,  if you go to a trophy state do one of 2 things.  Shoot an absolute toad, or take an inferior gened animal.

While I don't think you are starting an argument, your facts, based on proven science, are incorrect. A spike is not always a spike.