66% of utah is federally owned. 5.5% of Georgia is federally owned. I would dare say that I pay a heck of a lot less to hunt than most anyone out west and I've never hunted public lands and never owned my own land to hunt own til just a couple of years ago.
12 deer tags in Georgia cost $15 at Walmart, any other retail outlet or online. There are no zones or restrictions of time or place by the state DNR. I can shoot does and buck every year etc etc. How does that compare to costs out west?