Tough meat in the west?? It can't be so!! To tell ya the truth the meat in Wyoming is terrible. We occassionally get a tender or somewhat tender piece of beef but not often. The good eating is sent back east I think. I grew up in meat country too but raised my family on deer. We also had lots of hog meat and chikin...but we raised out own except for the deer...and my crops paid for a lot of them. You're right Dan..meat is tough out here.