In terms of percentages, I find a higher percentage of non-resident hunters to be superior to resident hunters.... too many of the "resident" hunters are up to "pop an elk" on the weekend and get back to work on Monday. Too many of the resident hunters I see are poorly equipped, don't put the requisite amount of time into the project, and are not real serious about "getting after it" (After all it's just $30 for the tag and $50 for gas.)

Non-resident hunters that I have met for the most part are well equipped, well financed, and dead serious. They show up early, stick together (no slinking out of camp early to drive back to Denver for the "honey do" list) and they stay late until the season is finished and the camp packed up. Most of them are accomplished hunters in their home states and are out west "as icing on the cake" to expand their horizons and "kick their hunting up a notch". Lots of these boys (Georgia, Mississippi, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, California and Indiana) rent horses or bring their own and know how to ride. Too many of the residents I see are out on a weekend lark and don't have a clue. Counter intuitive perhaps but that is what I see. Where I hunt, you show me the out-of-state plates and I show you the hard core hunters!