You might look at the new gun and ammunition regulations that just got passed in California before consider a move here...
No more online ordering of ammunition, and you cannot purchase or carry more than 50 rounds of ammunition on you. No more guns with clips can be purchased or carried... Have to purchase a permit to buy ammunition, and I believe that the 2 box rule is per week (although I could be mistaken).
In general, there is not a worse political climate anywhere in the whole country... Highest rate of welfare and unemployment, highest regulations, and I would argue that if the new regulations that were passed, do not get overturned, we are the least gun-friendly state in the union.
The turkey hunting is very good in the Sacramento valley, if you can find private land to hunt on. Public land is extremely difficult and time consuming to hunt here (although it can be done successfully). A good boat (that can run in shallow water on rivers) would be a huge asset for getting into some very good public land hunting though.
The bird hunting (waterfowl, dove, quail) is pretty decent with liberal limits and seasons... The big game (deer, elk, etc.) is marginal at best. Fishing can be pretty good, and as a fly-fisherman, I have managed some awful nice steelhead and trout on the fly.
As a waterfowl and bird hunter, and fly-fisherman, my first choice would be Oregon... The political climate is not much better than California (but it is better), and you'd better like the rain a lot, but I believe with the outdoor opportunities there (and the lower cost of living), that I could be pretty happy there.
The weather is mild during the winter but miserably hot during the summer if you are not on the coast (June through September expect 100-112° highs)... If you are on the coast, plan on at least $1million for a house that would normally cost $100K in other states.
If it were not for family and business ties, there is no way that I would choose to live here, especially considering that political climate, which will only worsen in the coming years. Interestingly though, outside of San Francisco and Los Angeles, the vast majority of people here are conservative... A lot of agriculture, and a relatively conservative crowd, that is politically controlled by SF, LA, San Diego, San Jose, and to some degree Sacramento...
