This fact is not surprising one bit. Especially here in Illinois, I know a lot of folks that have simply given up on hunting due to the inability to compete with out of state hunters and outfitting. Less available property for hunting=less hunters. Several 6-7hundred acre farms that would easily hold 10-15 hunters or more, now are leased by 6 out of state hunters or is outfitted with only a few hunters benefitting. Simply mathematics shows that less middle class and lower class folks are able to afford to hunt and with public ground nearly unheard of in IL, declining numbers of hunters is inevitable.