It would be a "bigger is better" deal if your herd was balanced now. NY is in the same situation we were 5 years ago. AR is not intended to create trophies in this circumsatnce, it's intended to help balance the herd.

It would seem to me that if "Hunter A" can take a buck in two or possibly 3 different zones and 3 different seasonsAND was unable to otbain a doe tag , if his success rate is 50% , he will be taking too many bucks out of the herd. If "Hunter B" repeats this scenario or close to it, the buck/doe ratio after a few years of this is way out of balance.
This is what NY is facing..the need to balance the herd...not to create P&Y bucks. AR is the way to do it AND limit the # you can take. In your state you can take a buck w/ a bow, and one w/ a rifle, and (you tell me) I think another w/ a muzzleloader. Taking out that many bucks doesn't leave many to breed the does. You will have what we had in PA, buck fawns doing alot of the breeding in the second estrous period. A large # of does may not be bred at all. It's a spiral downward anyway you look at it.