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This has been an interesting thread to hear the differing perspectives. I primarily hunt the east, but occasionally my compass goes west in the fall. It does seem that drawing tags in the west has become more competitive. On the flip side, I see less and less hunters in the east, including the large tracts of public land. Since these areas are closer to major population centers, this is where the overall reduction in hunter numbers is having the most measurable effect.

I hate the commercialization of anything, but even more so something as near and dear to me as hunting. Pizzing in the cathedral comes to mind. Yet, without public land advocacy, appointed officials are quick to find other monetary purposing of our public land system.