Fair enough!
To get back around to the main topic + the side topic of concessions....
One should keep in mind that the last few years there have been roughly 4,900 resident sheep hunters and only 520 - 550 non-resident. When it comes to local area pressure, it's the residents that will have the larger effect in most units. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS. Notably, some local Guide Use Areas in 20A and 19C that get slammed by the larger operations, but the both the Wrangells and the Brooks get crowded at times also.
A quick word on Guide Use Areas (GUA). The way the state works, even if you don't have a concession, you have register for a GUA. A GUA is a geographic area, typically smaller than a hunting unit. There is no limit on the number of guides in a GUA, but guide can only register for a limited number of GUA's and can only book hunts for his registered areas.
https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web...CommercialServicesBoard/GuideUseAreaMaps.aspx
You can easily find out which GUA's your prospective guide is register for by either asking him, or checking on the state license search. The license search will show exactly where each guide is registered to conduct hunts.
The snip below is from an ADF&G publication in 2017.
http://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/hunting/dallsheephunting/pdfs/dalls_sheep_news_winter_2017.pdf
Credit to Mr. Want on this one. I'm going to assume he doesn't mind if I borrow it.
This map shows the number of clients that were run in each GUA in 2014. As you can see, most areas even in the non-concession areas of the Alaska Range, Talkeetna's etc, have very reasonable guide pressure. Clients in each GUA were usually <5, which is hardly a big deal.
There are exceptions (shown in red). GUA 20-04 is in the central Alaska Range (Wood River, Yanert) and is notorious for having a large number of operations. 19-2 is in the Western AK Range and is the area around Shanksters old show (Dillanger River).
In the Brooks Range, it's 25-02 just east of the Dalton that see's the most heat. That drainage is popular with both guides and residents. That is a concession area, but clearly sees more clients than the majority of non-concession areas.
Make of this information what you will.