I agree with Elkcampmaster. I have had more proplems with RESIDENTS than with nonresidents. (actually, only recall running into one nonresident in the field here in Nevada, he was from somewhere in California and seemed to be well prepared) I remember in 2001, my dad and I hunted for probably 10 days out of the 20 day season for deer, 5 in one location, and about 5 in another. At the first location, every hunter I ran into was from Las Vegas. They all seemed like good people, did come prepared, were in for the long hall, and I got along good with them, except for the last pair of hunters (out of 15 or so people that I met), who came from Las Vegas last night, in a 2 wheel drive yota', had never previously scouted the area, the one hunter had never hunted before, had bought a 710 .30-06 only days before, and as I was sitting on a fenceline, glassing some mohaganies and rockpiles, they came up, got out of the truck (ha, truck, thats funny), and the one person who had never hunted before, proceded to take the plastic wrapping off of his scope!!!! He had never even shot his rifle!! I couldn't believe it. I asked him if he had shot it before, and he said "no." His "expert" friend, who, by the way, had not shot his rifle in a good while, told me that it came bore-sighted from the factory and everything would be ok. He had killed so many deer, and bla bla bla... Well, they got there gear out of the pickup.. each a bag of chips, the "expert" had a 6" fixed blade knife and a canteen of water, and a pair of binocs. They went on their way, hiking up into the area that I was glassing. Keep in mind, the weather is 70 degrees +, the terrain is as treacherous as it gets, and these guys didn't have a clue. They said they were going to hunt just for that day and then go back to Vegas!! What a waste! I know of a lot of people who were denied in the draw, who would have killed to get a deer tag, and they gave each of these bozo's one!! You don't even want me to go into the next group of people we met at our second location, who were even worse than the pair I just described. Sorry about the long post, just got long winded, and had to vent, kinda why I am not looking forward to this year, as I drew the same area, guess that means I will have to go EVEN farther (was getting close to 2 miles away from the roads as it was that year) to find solitude.

Bottom line is, it doesn't matter where one is from, but how they were raised to hunt, and their experience in the field can make them poor contenders in a hunting situation.