RE: Would you be disappointed?
I've lived and hunted in Virginia, Florida, Alabama, and Colorado. I would have to honestly say that I would be completely disapointed if I had to live and hunt in the East and only hunt whitetail deer. Not that whitetails are not a formitable animal to hunt because they are. They just don't hold the same kind of mystique to me that elk do. I also feel pretty claustrophobic when I get back East due to not being able to see through all of those dang trees. Mosquitoes, noseeums, fire ants, 90% humidity, terrential rain all add to the dissapointment factor.
If I had to live back East I would want it to be somewhere in the mountains. Like Tennesee, Kentucky, West Virginia, or far North East like Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont.