RE: Who has the best PUBLIC hunting?
If you wanted to hunt something other than whitetail, I would come to Oregon to hunt Muleys. A friend of mine got a 4x4 a couple of years ago that had an inside spread of 24". It was a monster for sure. You would want the Heppner Unit for big bucks. I'm not sure how the hunting pressure is, I have only rifle hunted elk there and it was a zoo. Hunters everywhere.