"prefered"? each region has distinct differences. One is not better than the other, just depends on what type of hunting you want to do. No shortage of elk in any of them.this thread has been pretty quiet for a while,,i hunted in 15 and 21 in 2023 and no doubt there was a lot of hunt pressure there,,13 also,,kinda wondering now weather the south area or the west area is the prefered general non res choice now that they split it into 3 main sections now