Here in Pa it depends on who you ask. Lots of hunters are very happy with the better bucks we are seeing because some of em live an extra year that would've died without AR.
We also get some noise from a few that had to pass on that little buck. Overall its helped the buck hunting here but Pa instituted a very heavy herd reduction plan at the same time and that is having mixed success/ failure and is really detracting from the benefits of our antler restrictions.