I gotta say in answer to Mississippi.There are 3 million head of deer,hundreds of thousands of public land,and the season starts on Oct.1(archery) and ends on Feb.31 in my zone(primitive).If you can't kill a deer here,you're just not trying hard enough.I shot 3 bucks last season(my zone is considered the "worst' area in the state).I passed on a ton of anterless and young bucks.Ms is far from the worst state.I'd put it in the top 10 best states actually.