I stress this more than ANYTHING everytime an antler restriction topic comes about.. POINTS DO NOT MATTER! It's all about age and size. I have a 3 1/2 135" minimum set on our farms. the reason i stress age and size rather than points? because I have saw MANY1 1/2 yr. old bucks with 10 or more points. If you go by points you can easily shoot a 80" 10pt.. you can read all about how to judge age and size and eventually you can feel the joy of knowing that your letting them grow..
BUT NOW, being as you have not killed a deer yet, kill anything so you can get the feel of what its like to harvest a whitetail. Practice practice practice on does and if a smaller buck will make you happy, then harvest it for your first buck. Eventually you will be ready to start letting bucks walk and see how big they can get before taking them. It can be one hell of a fun experience!! thats why I'm ADDICTED! haha. Hope you can get some venison in the freezer this year! Good luck man!
-Shane