Good luck to you guys traveling to Mississippi. It's interesting to hear that some of you are headed this way. I hunted Missouri for the first time last year and fell in love with it. In fact, I have not even hunted my farm in Mississippi this year but have traveled to Missouri 3 times. I will be heading north again on Friday for the black powder season.
I will begin hunting here in Mississippi after Christmas. Our rut in the southern part of the state usually doesn't start until late December. In fact, my last 3 Mississippi bucks have all been killed between December 26th and January 10th.
I always see more deer when hunting in Mississippi than I see in Missouri. However, I see more bucks and bigger deer in Missouri. Our buck to doe ratio is way out of whack down here. You guys traveling south will certainly get a better deal on the tags than we get when we head north.