In my experience of 34 years of hunting mule deer Idaho has very poor management. If the pressure from too many hunters ruins odds for everyone it needs cut back. I have hunted all over the west in those 34 years and know many residents and non residents who have hunted Idaho for thirty plus...
Non resident pressure is a whole different ball game period. Non residents will spend the entire season hunting on vacation putting up camps staying and hunting. As a whole that does not happen with residents. It doesn’t take long for hunters to zero in on opportunity and Idaho has been great...