The state may not be loaded with monster muleys like the arizona strip or sonora mexico, but theres good bucks out there. Has eastern OR ever been known as a big buck meca? Do people flock to the eastern side of the state to hunt monster muleys? No, cause theres never been an over abundance of monster muleys out there, that don't mean theres not a few around if you put in the time to find one. What are you calling a big buck 170" + or what, or does it have to be B&C all-time before you get a woody? Unless you keep things in perspective and set realistic goals your going to be let-down probably about every where you go. Is finding a 170" 27"+ wide buck a reality in eastern OR, I would say yes. If you think around every other sage brush a 32" wide 190"+ buck is going to jump out, you will be let down. I don't deer hunt OR anymore since moving to Idaho but with that being said, in the last 5 yrs I have gone over to help my dad and have watched 3, 175"+ bucks be taken, the largest a 32" 189" buck, and had a freind take a 213" non-typical and he missed one last fall that would have been larger. Non-typical 234 that comes to this website has taken 2, very nice bucks the last few yrs. To say the deer hunting sucks in eastern or, I would disagree, but given the choice on where to hunt it would'nt be south of highway 20, it would be north of it in the beulah unit.