Norsemen, Our state is non-resident unfriendly but for a totally different reason than what you think. A limited draw is a herd protection issue and that makes tags hard to get thus increasing the excitement when you do get one. It specifically limits permit numbers to benefit the deer herd not just to make KS unfriendly to non residents. The reason KS is unfriendly to non-residents is because of transferable tags. NR tag numbers are given at a percentage of the previous years resident tag numbers, then 50% of the NR tags are reserved for KS landowners who can then sell those tags to the highest bidder in effect taking a permit the average NR can get for a couple hundred bucks through the draw and scalping it for whatever someone is willing to pay. We do have some good deer here but like you said the potential for a trophy is just as high in other states but Ks has been the golden goose for a couple of years now and soon someone is going to kill it.

rmfloyd, Good luck finding a place to hunt with a gun in unit 19. As you may know it' s a target area for herd reduction because of urbanization. That is also the reason it will be hard to find a place to hunt. How many people want a guy with a rifle running around the sub-division? On the surface it' s a numbers issue but down below it' s all about habitat encroachment. Good luck on finding a place and good hunting.
TJ