Don't forget to lump in forums, such as this one, with "social media" that has made information easier. Lots of first time, but not just one time, hunters to the Western states got all the information they needed from sites just like this one.
Between decreasing draw odds (by both the number of applicants and reduction in tags), price, and complication of applications it's about made me just say to hell with it and just travel with Hank and chase birds wherever we decide to...
I will agree that forums have changed hunting as well but on many forums members aren’t just posting units to hunt or openly discussing their draw strategies. Many times it is done over private messages and not shared with others.
Yes, some occurs by PM, but a whole lot does not. 10 mins of internet search can pull up information from a forum on any unit I've looked into. That said, even if it is by pm, that is still the same issue. Info getting to folks far and wide easily.
