I would say alot of that has to do with the size of town you want to live in. Wichita is the workforce center of KS outside of KC and you can drive to several lakes and ok hunting within an hour. If you are willing to work in a smaller town then Marion, Lindsborg, Beliot and even Manhattan and Salina would be good options for little bigger towns. Lindsborg would be my choice but anything along the I 135 coridor will work. That is kind of your dividing line between good hunting west and more lakes east (althought there are many good lakes just west of the highway) Winters are cold and summers are hot but still a great state to live in.