Two friends and myself have been invited to come down to MS next year over our Christmas break and hunt with a former youth minister at our church. I have a few questions about hunting in MS. When does the rut usually kick in? I have heard the beginning of January, which seems really late, but if that is true, we will try to plan our hunt overe that time period. Can we purchase non resident tags over the counter or do we have to get into a lottery? Two of us coming down are probably looking to bowhunt, the other would be rifle hunting, is bow hunting still a reasonable attempt at tagging a good buck in January?

Thanks for all the help, if yall have any other suggestions, please let me know.