At some point, I hope eastern states see the potential revenue and opportunity for creating more and more high quality hunts.Competition for tags just keeps getting tougher. In December, onX published an article with data from eight western states to help understand this issue. Check it out.
Elk Draw Trends
The public land I hunt hasn't had any maintenance in 20 years and our national forest don't even touch the glory days 20 years ago. Maybe better opportunity everywhere would help take pressure off the western states