WI, yes I am a little biased but we have the most B&C entires by a couple hundred for the next closest state in the last 10 years. It is double than that of some famous states like Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri. Like all whitetail though it depends on ow much time and money you have. Leases are not cheap at all, and then working on the property isn't cheap either, but that cost is there for a reason. Just in central WI in the last two years, in about a 20 mile radius of my house I personally know of 5 bucks that were over 180, from just friends of friends, not even counting newspaper or social media bucks. Two years ago a mathews member shot a buch that scored 206 I believe within miles of my house. This is just the areas by Green Lake, Waushara, and Marquette counties. Not even counting buffalo county which is probably the most famous whitetail county in the world; then others like La Crosse, Trempealeau, and Grant.
Public land isn't impossible for some big deer, but that is going to be some tough hunting like marsh with flooding timber, and then getting to oak islands.
Another plus in Wisco is the cheap cost for a tag, which you get every year, one buck for bow and another for gun. Then the doe tags are pretty much unlimited in purchases ( which I hate, but it is what it is). Saving a couple hundred dollars just on the tag could help you in securing more acreage for a lease, or getting a better outfitter/lodge for your hunt who does all the plots, trail cams, scouting, and shootable bucks for you.