ORIGINAL: quiksilver
15 years of bowhunting in the Archery Mecca that is Southwestern Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia, and I don't even know if I've ever even seen one.
"The big boys are there, you just have to find 'em."
There is truth to this statement. Google "record book bucks of Pennsylvania, NC, SC, NY etc" and see what you come up with. They may not be as common as in other places but there are bucks scoring 160+ being taken from these places.
I guess you just have to find them. While I've hunted in the midwest my entire life, it took me over 18 seasons before I saw my first mature buck, onethat would score over 135. It wasn't until I started studying them and actually hunting for them before I started seeing them.