As I get older, I find I get as much or more enjoyment out of “guiding” and helping others on their hunt. Being with my daughter when she got her first deer this year, which was a small doe, was more memorable than me getting my best whitetail later in the season.
When I was in NE Montana a few weeks ago I saw a wheeled ice house parked on state land…with MN plates.
Overall pressure seemed down slightly. At least fewer people out walking and maybe more out road hunting.