I live in Ohio, and own a farm in WV. I am absolutely sick and tired of the argument that out of staters are raising land prices in areas. Hell, that's good for your local economy. If you own land, it just made you money.

It also chaps my a$$ that many residents think that our land is their own personal hunting preserve. A couple years ago I found a stand and feeder directly in the center of my land...left by a neighboring resident. Can I press charges...sure if I want my cabin burned to the ground. LOL

When I first started buying non-res license in WV, they were $35 or there abouts. Now I'm well over $300 for license and tags for deer and turkeys. Not that I'm complaining...but last year they raised the resident licensed around $5-$6 and you would have thought they emptied the residents bank accounts.

All that said...if a local asks me to hunt, I say yes. Way I look at it...I didn't have a place to hunt before I bought land, and probably wouldn't have become a hunter if someone hadn't let me hunt.

But, to answer your question, if non-res hunters weren't allowed...it would hurt the economy in WV terribly. You take 100,000 hunters at $200 each for license and that's $20 million in license sales alone...not to mention the gas, food and accessories. It would be a blow.