Actually to me it does. If you've just absolutely got to do it and you're going to shoot a non-mature buck, youre better off shooting a spike than that 2-3 yr old 6 or 8 point. That 2-3 yr old buck has already survived cars, neighbors, members, fights, ehd, coyotes, rut stress, etc, for 2-3 years and is well on his way into making it into the older "mature" age classes. You've got 2-3 years invested in him. If you kill a yearling spike, you've got virtually no time or nutrition invested in him and that yearling buck is easily replaced with the next year's crop of fawns whereas it will take you 2-3 years to have that same 6 or 8 point you shot, replaced with another similar buck of the same age if you are trying to grow and manage for older age class bucks. Wise old guy in my opinion.