I have very mixed feelings about GW's and AR's. I very frequently see deer on the properties I manage that should be culled, but can't do it. Lots of little basket bucks that are 3-5 years old and will wander the properties for years yet. I would think TPW should be concerned with healthy populations and enforcement of rules....not with trying to see large horns! Next thing we will see from them is probably banning feeders putting out corn and allow high protein feeds only!
If you were to go back to the years before AR's where people would shoot anything with a hardened antler you would understand and wonder why there are so few deer, and nothing but spikes, four pointers and maybe a once in a while 8 pt.
Been there, and I much prefer AR's to what it used to be.
There will always be those narrow bucks, but there are just as many and more of the legal one's as well.
If your place is overrun with narrow bucks, you can always apply for MLD status to fix the problem, and if your place is too small to qualify then talk to the neighbors to see if they would consider it.