Boy oh boy Dick.... do I sure understand your words about an eastern hunter experiencing the west.... It was "another world" out there for me.
I recently talked with a younger hunter from my area and discussed what`s available on public land in the east versus what can be hunted in the west... No comparison.... Told him that I know westerners who have taken elk within sight of their home....I remember stepping out of a camper in Idaho for an early piss call when I see movement about 100 yards away... What the heck is that??? Get my binos and what do I see but a moose and her calf

.....To me, there is nothing in the deer family that`s as impressive as a big typical mule deer, but can I hunt one east of the Mississippi??? Just an example of what you guys have compared to what I have....