The OP pic sure does look like a antler restricted buck. I hope the OP was not in a AR county because the game wardens have more power here than the state police. Nice buck but would have let him walk for another year.
2 hours ago had one at least that big tip-toeing around me sniffin the Tink’s 69. Couldn’t get him to look up “ears in alert position” to estimate the damn 13” rule without “alert” instantly turning into “alarm”.