As I said before, I think our buck situation has improved tremendously with the antler restrictions. Antler restrictions can't hurt.
Antler restrictions can in fact hurt more than most hunters realize. First they reduce the buck harvest due to more bucks being lost to non-hunting mortality. Second, ARs reduce the number of OW doe so fewer fawns are recruited which means lower harvests. Third , ARs can result in high grading and smaller rack sizes. fourth, in the long run it has the potential to adversely effect the gene pool.