I have to agree with you Hale87. I too hear alot of stereotyping about hunting the Eastern states. I live in Lancaster Pa and hunt in Lycoming county Pa. These are two totally different areas. Lancaster is just like people expect, excellent hunting but you need to know someone or put in alot of time on some of the state game lands. Either way you will see some other hunters and be relatively close to houses or roads. Lycoming county on the other hand is the complete opposite. I can walk out of my front door and walk for miles before I even see another hunter, road or house. You just have to be willing to put in the effort. As far as game animals go last year we saw 2 10 pointers and an 8 point buck in the back yard the morning after a 650 lb black bear was in (this I only know because he was harvested) then after breakfast we headed down to Camal only to just miss seeing a cow elk with her two calves cross pine creek. Now that sounds pretty good to me. I am not saying that east is better then west or vice versa. It's just that we have our fair share of open country and I think we all agree in the fact that there is no place better then where the trees grow tall and the game runs free!