Pruski2, come on over here to Iowa. I live in Ottumwa, Iowa, home of Radar O'Riley (from MASH). The hunting in the southern two tiers of counties here is awesome. The world record whitetail buck was shot about 15 miles from where I hunt. And yes, jonsimoneau is right, it can be hard to find a place to hunt, but I know plenty of people, and the public lands aren't too bad anyway. My parents live around Rathbun Lake, an 11,000 acre man-made lake about 45 minutes from me, and 20 miles from the "Albia buck" area. Weather sucks right now, but I'm sure you get the bad winters in CT too. PM me if you have any questions, and I'll try to help as much as I can!
Joe
ps. I should add there's a John Deere plant here that I believe will be hiring soon, and they've got the best health care and wages in the whole state.