Built for Western Big Game Hunters

Plan smarter.
Hunt better.

The Treeline Hunt Intelligence Suite is a focused set of Western hunting tools working together as one system: next-level state & unit research that scores and ranks every unit, the Google Earth E-Scouting Toolkit, state regulation profiles, a step-by-step hunt-planning guide, and a gear vault that builds your pack list and pack weight for every hunt. Each one is purpose-built to help you make sharper decisions and find more success on the mountain.

Five tools, one workflow: the Treeline Hunt IQ Suite

The Treeline Hunt IQ Suite: Toolkit IQ, Research IQ, State Intel IQ, Hunt Planning IQ and Gear Vault IQ stacked as one workflow
No. 01

Hunt Research IQ

A complete set of comprehensive unit research tools, draw odds analysis, expanded harvest statistics, historical averaging options, trend analysis, overall unit health analysis, and a whole lot more. This research tool gives you the data you need to choose the right tag and unit.

  • Treeline proprietary unit scoring, ranking, and filter structure
  • Interactive State Heat Map — 15 custom data variable selections
  • Tag Finder — search every tag by draw odds, weapon, season, residency & public land
  • Terrain IQ — per-unit elevation bands, steepness, tree cover & remote-core analysis
  • Season dates, weapon & species on every tag
  • Unit Brief — data-generated unit summaries for any unit
  • One-click onX Hunt waypoint hand-off from any unit
  • Ranking Panel — unit rankings & score charts
  • Compare Units Panel — compare up to 10 units side by side
  • Draw Odds Explorer Panel — with draw trend analysis charts
  • Scoring Configuration — ability to customize your unit scoring
  • Unit-specific health trend analysis
  • Detailed unit reports that are exportable and print ready
  • Compare unit reports that are exportable and print ready
  • Onboard research tracking journal
  • Hunter and harvest density calculations
  • 3, 5, and all-year data averaging
  • Historical trend line analysis for each unit variable
  • User-defined data columns
  • Hunt Research IQ Assistant
● Live Now
No. 02

Google Earth Toolkit IQ

The Treeline Google Earth Pro Toolkit includes eleven Western statewide datasets that, when installed into Google Earth Pro, transform the application into the ultimate Western hunt-planning tool. If you hunt big game in the West and aren't leveraging these Toolkits, you're putting yourself at a big disadvantage.

  • Multiple topography basemap layers
  • Custom contour intervals
  • Slope orientation overlays
  • Motor vehicle use overlay
  • Current & historical snow cover, depth & melt data
  • 40+ years of historical fire history
  • Unit boundaries & public land overlays
  • Designated wilderness areas
  • Livestock grazing allotments
  • Recreation features
  • Forest Service roads & trails
  • Many more datasets & layers
● Live Now
No. 03

Hunt Planning IQ

A guided hunt-planning tool that works as an online checklist that keeps you focused and on track. The tool tracks your hunt-planning and hunt-area development progress as you work toward those important Western hunts.

  • Create Hunt Plans with multiple backup hunt areas
  • Robust online hunt planning journal
  • Nearly 100 hunt-planning checklist items with detailed notes feature
  • Works with Treeline E-Scouting Elk Course
  • Route planning & travel time calculations
  • Hunt area logistics — log access points and camp options
  • Hunt plan and area progress & completion tracking
  • Transfer hunt areas to future years
  • Print-ready field plan
● Live Now
No. 04

State Intel IQ

A comprehensive quick-reference analysis of each state's rules — Treeline IQ has done the homework for you.

  • State-by-state regulation summaries
  • Application & draw deadlines
  • Point-system breakdowns
  • Fees & licensing requirements
  • Quick-reference, done-for-you research
● Live Now
No. 05

Gear Vault IQ

Your gear, your pack weight and every hunt's pack list in one place, plus a Gear Library of the gear Mark and the Treeline curators actually carry.

  • A gear vault with real scale weights: import your spreadsheet or paste a product link
  • Pack lists for backpack, day, base camp and stock hunts, with live pack weight
  • Pack from your phone; print a checklist or a final gear list
  • Gear Library: Mark's and the curators' Picks, Buy links and discount codes
  • Loadouts: see what you're missing and add it in one tap
● New
Thrive 69: No Hunters? Probably Means No Elk

WATCH IT IN ACTION · THRIVE 69

No Hunters? Probably Means No Elk

Draw odds tell you how hard a tag is to get. They don't tell you whether the unit is any good. Mark and Chiam Loyd use the Hunt IQ Suite live on screen to take a Montana general elk tag from 196 units down to a short list.

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How We Compare

Built for unit research.

See how the Treeline Hunt IQ Suite stacks up!

FeatureonX Hunt
Elite$99.99/yr
GoHunt
Insider$169/yr
Treeline Hunt
IQ Suite$89/yr
PROPRIETARY UNIT RANKING, SCORING & TREND ANALYSIS
Unit ranking and scoring enginemulti-metric, blended into one bow and rifle scoringNONOYESmulti-variable metrics, decile-ranked
Multi-species scoring trend charts w/ average linesNONOYES
Statewide unit ranking# & % classificationNOLIMITEDYES#X of Y in the state
Unit health analysis (declining / stable / improving)LIMITEDLIMITEDbasic filter drivenYES5-yr Health %
Unit health trend charts & analsysNONOYES
User-selectable 3-yr / 5-yr / all-year averagingLIMITEDTrend graphsLIMITEDTrend graphsYESOne-click filter selections
Separate bow vs rifle scoringNONOYES
User defined custom score selectionsNONOYES1-10 User importance variables
Guided scoring setup wizardNONOYES
CORE UNIT RESEARCH
Tracks seven harvest statistic variables & chartsNONOYES
Three, five and all year averagingLIMITEDLIMITEDYES
Draw odds data w/ charts & trend linesLIMITEDLIMITEDYES10 Western states
Tag-level search across every hunt codefilter individual tags, not just unitsLIMITEDUnit level, not hunt codesYESYESTag Finder — odds, weapon, season, residency, points & public land
Personal preference-point trackerLIMITEDTag trendsYESAuto-applies your pointsLIMITEDUser selectable
Public-land %YESYESYES+ acreage & access
Hunter pressure (per sq. mile)YESLIMITEDYES+ within-state rank
Bull-harvest density (per sq. mile)NONOYES
Herd sex ratio (bull:cow / buck:doe)NOYESYESColorado (CPW)
Exportable detailed unit reportsNONOYES
Per-unit terrain & elevation profileLIMITEDTerrain-X, map viewLIMITEDWeb onlyYESTerrain IQ — bands, steepness, tree cover
Remote-core / distance-from-road analysishow far the country actually is from accessNORoad-density layer onlyNORoad-density layer onlyYESUser-set ½–5 mi remote core
FILTER, COMPARE & REPORT
Filter units by criteriaYESYESYES
Statewide heat map colored by your chosen metricsee the whole state at a glanceLIMITEDResults plotted on the mapLIMITEDLand-status coloringYES15 selectable data variables
Unit reportsLIMITEDLIMITEDYES
Side-by-side unit comparison (detailed)LIMITEDCross-state viewLIMITEDHunt Planner (basic)YESUp to 10 units — full analysis
Data-variable graphs w/ trend linesLIMITEDSome metricsLIMITEDTrend graphsYESEvery metric
Leading-unit calculationsNONOYES
Printable / shareable comparison reportNONOYES+ share by text/email
Private research journal w/ 1-click captureLIMITEDMap notesLIMITEDSaved plansYESSynced to your account
ECOSYSTEM & VALUE
Integrated mapping / e-scoutingYESNative premium mapsYESGoHunt MapsLIMITEDGoogle Earth Toolkit
Send a unit straight to your mapping appone click from research to the mapYESNative to onXLIMITEDLinks into GoHunt MapsYESOne-click onX waypoint hand-off
Regulations, seasons & state intelLIMITEDLIMITEDApplication/regs infoYESState Intel IQ
Transparent agency sources + methodologyLIMITEDLIMITEDYESFull manual + sources
Paired with an e-scouting training courseNONOYESTreeline E-Scouting Elk
Hunt-research AI assistant (chatbot)NONOYES
HUNT PLANNING TOOL
Hunt Plan & Hunt Area checklist guideNONOYES
Hunt-planning journalNONOYES
Printed hunt plans (multi hunt-areas)NONOYES
Route / hike-time calculatorNONOYES
Move hunt areas to future yearsNONOYES
Hunt-plan progress tracking barNONOYES
COVERAGE & PRICE
States covered (unit research)YES11 WesternYES12 Western + 5 PlainsLIMITED10 — MT, ID, CO, WY, UT, OR, WA, NM, NV, AZ (growing)
How it stacks upFeatures fully offered, across all 42 compared
6/42
6 Yes · 14 Ltd · 22 No
7/42
7 Yes · 15 Ltd · 20 No
39/42
39 Yes · 3 Ltd · 0 No
YES — offeredLIMITED — partial / different approachNO — not offered

Compiled August 2026 from onxmaps.com, gohunt.com and their help centers; Treeline coverage updated October 2026. Competitor features/pricing change — verify before publishing. onX Hunt® and GoHunt® are trademarks of their respective owners; this is an independent comparison, not endorsed by either company.

Membership & Pricing

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Five ways in: the Hunt IQ Suite on its own with the Google Earth Toolkits included, the E-Scouting Elk course, the Toolkits by themselves, every Treeline course for life, or all of it month to month. Courses are lifetime access — the Suite and Toolkits renew yearly, and you can add the Suite to any course purchase for $79/yr.

E-Scouting Elk Course

Everything a Western elk hunter needs to research, e-scout, and plan a tag-filling season.

$129Lifetime Access

Lifetime course access

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  • E-Scouting Elk & Hunt Planning Course — over 30 hours and three decades of proven elk-finding and hunt-planning methodology.
  • Find the right ground — built to help you dissect, identify and isolate the hunt areas with the features that truly attract and hold elk.
  • Yours for life — lifetime access to the course and every update.
  • Pairs with the Suite — add the Hunt IQ Suite at checkout and put the methodology to work.
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*At checkout, add the Hunt IQ Suite for $79/yr — 10% off the standalone price.

Best Value
Ultimate Western Bundle

Every Treeline course — the complete Western big-game education for elk, deer & bear.

$159Lifetime Access

$198 value — save $39

Save 20% · Add the Suite for $79/yr
  • E-Scouting Elk & Hunt Planning Course — over 30 hours and three decades of proven elk-finding and hunt-planning methodology. The strategies in this course WILL give you a significant advantage.
  • Unlocking Spring Bear Success Course — the full spring bear playbook. 23 modules and 5 hours of the skills, strategies and tactics needed to locate and consistently harvest spring bears.
  • DIY Backcountry Meals — a three-part webinar on dehydrating versus freeze-drying. What you eat in the backcountry dictates your performance on a hunt.
  • Every Treeline webinar — the full library, yours for life.
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*At checkout, add the Hunt IQ Suite for $79/yr — 10% off the standalone price.

Google Earth Toolkits

Eleven Western states of e-scouting data layers for Google Earth Pro.

$39/ year

Standalone — or free inside the Suite

Included with the Hunt IQ Suite
  • Eleven Western states — statewide datasets that turn Google Earth Pro into the most advanced e-scouting tool available.
  • Terrain layers — multiple topo basemaps, custom contour intervals, and slope-orientation overlays.
  • Access & land status — unit boundaries, public land, designated wilderness, grazing allotments, motor vehicle use, Forest Service roads & trails.
  • Conditions & history — current and historical snow cover, depth & melt, plus 40+ years of fire history.
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Already included at no extra cost with any Hunt IQ Suite membership.

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Everything Treeline makes — tools, courses and community — month to month.

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★ Everything included
  • The full Hunt IQ Suite — all five IQ tools, including Gear Vault IQ and the Google Earth Toolkits for all eleven states.
  • Every Treeline course — E-Scouting Elk, Unlocking Spring Bear Success, and the complete webinar library.
  • Treeline community access — hunt alongside other serious Western hunters.
  • Everything new — every course and tool we release lands in your account as it launches.
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