Spike Reg ?

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On one of the Nevada hunting FB pages...there was quite a debate on interpretation of what constitutes a legal Nv spike versus traditional spike.


As defined per NDOW:
Spike elk ? any antlered elk having not more than two points above the top of the ear on either antler


Pretty easy on the above the ear part...main beam plus one on either of the antlers.

Question comes once you hit the antler base and brow tines. Does the reg consider the brow point tip above the ear tip or the beginning of the point at the antler as a point below the ear reference?

Asking for a friend...:)
 
I would think that if a brow tine is long enough to extend above the ear then that animal does not fit into the biological goal we are trying to meet by killing spikes. If that were the case then a 380 bull broke off above his 3rds would be legal. And I dont think you'd win that roadside argument with a fish cop.. lol
Having said that, I believe the letter of the law is referring to any branching, either above or below the ear. Not where a point ends...
 

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