I am a KS resident and have always wanted to bag a pure Merriam.

Since I will have to travel and obviously pay all of the non resident fees....

What state (in your opinion) would:

1. Make the most sense financially.. I'm not rich (fees, drive versus fly etc).
2. Density of birds in a given area.
3. Difficulty vs ease of access to land
4. ?

Thanks for any input.
* I'm not looking to rush it and go this season (but not out of the question)