I have a similar field of work in Automation Engineering and might have a few areas you could consider.
I currently work in Eastern Nebraska, and there is a surprising amount of automation work around the Lincoln and Omaha area. Being centrally located in the US is an advantage both for travel and for businesses looking to centralize their US operations. A major downside is that, surprisingly, private property taxes here are not cheap. As far as local hunting here, you have to get in on private land 99% of the time...but there are massive whitetail here and in Iowa. I've also taken an antlerless elk in Western NE on some private land, but tags are hard to get and hard to fill unless you are in tight with a farmer.
Another state to look at is Wisconsin. They have a lot of automotive and marine manufacturing around the Fond du Loc area that I've toured several times. Some of the plant owners I met with there were big hunters and spoke highly of deer opportunities there, but had concerns about their wolf population.
I currently work in Eastern Nebraska, and there is a surprising amount of automation work around the Lincoln and Omaha area. Being centrally located in the US is an advantage both for travel and for businesses looking to centralize their US operations. A major downside is that, surprisingly, private property taxes here are not cheap. As far as local hunting here, you have to get in on private land 99% of the time...but there are massive whitetail here and in Iowa. I've also taken an antlerless elk in Western NE on some private land, but tags are hard to get and hard to fill unless you are in tight with a farmer.
Another state to look at is Wisconsin. They have a lot of automotive and marine manufacturing around the Fond du Loc area that I've toured several times. Some of the plant owners I met with there were big hunters and spoke highly of deer opportunities there, but had concerns about their wolf population.