gmil,

Here are some similar sites for MA. I don't do much hunting in the Chicopee area actually. Most of my hunting in MA is done in zone 8 on WMA's in the Southbridge and Sturbridge area.

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/wma/wma_maps.htm

http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/hunting/hunting_opportunities.htm

As far as CT goes I have found the hunting to be terrific. Seldom do I go out and not see deer. I don't have a specific "honey hole" Connecticut has a lot of bowhunting only land that you can bowhunt from September 15th right thru the end of the year. I just got my September copy of New England Game and Fish and they have a great article about bowhunting in CT. This should give many more ideas than I could. It seems that they hit just about every area that I hunt, from Scantic riverin Enfield to Bennet's pond in Ridgefield. Both are bowhunting areas only and get a lot of pressure. My experience has been that in the early season many of the bowhunting only areas get and abundance of pressure while the state forests that are open to gun hunting seem to get less. So don't focus on just the bowhunting areas.

Also you will find that the further south from the border you go the less pressure you will generally see. There are a lot of Massachusetts hunters that hunt just over the border. I am fortunate that my old Nissan 4X4 still gets good mileage.

Keep in mind that if you want to hunt private land in Connecticut it is by written permission only, whether it is posted or not.There is a form on their website. This differs greatly frommost of Massachusetts which you can hunt with out permission if it is not posted. I always ask anyway. but be aware that some towns have some funky rules. You can find them are listed here at the Massachusetts Sportsman's Council web page:

http://macouncil.tripod.com/id28.htm

What are you going to scool for, and where??

Bob