yes bigbulls, i will not hunt with a guide, now as far as someone saying "try over there,or maybe here" that is fine. i just don't want someone holding my hand, and saying shoot that one. and one other thing paying someone to find an animal for me is out of the ? not ever going to happen, and i don't care what animal it is or how much funds i have!
and so i may never hunt alaska, well i guess i could i would just have to talk to a friend up there. but not really that interested in it! i will say that not all private land is the same, and not all public land is the same. some public land around here gets very little pressure while others have people all over it.
so as differant record books it would be hard to make fair all across the board. i beleive your personal record book is way more important. to me well last year i shot a 8x7 muley with rifle....big deal. this year i will not even hunt with a rifle, i probly won't shot as nice as a deer. but i will have a better time anyway.that is more important to me.
and i like the challenge of national forest deer, or elk, i have seen lots of animals on STATE land and they don't act near the same as national forest or grassland, or blm. animals. they just see the rancher so much they get where they are not assoiating people with danger. some people need tamer deer to hunt though, so if that is what they want go for it!

just my .02