Results 1 to 15 of 15

Thread: Cottontails are in a boom year

  1. #1
    Luke45
    Guest

    Cottontails are in a boom year



  2. #2
    Basic Member Hotolds442's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Clark County, WA
    Age
    64
    Posts
    3,758
    I'd say you found a honey hole. Around here, the cottontails are just coming off the peak of their supposed 7 year cycle. The predators are thick and the rabbits are thinning out.
    Originally Posted by keeki
    Guess it doesn't really matter. If ya cant afford $15, you won't be buying much anyways

  3. #3
    Luke45
    Guest
    ya i'm worried there wont be many next year! gotta get as many as we can, they are so tastey

  4. #4
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Age
    37
    Posts
    46
    Little over the limit?

    I have been hammering them around here also. Hoping to get back out this weekend. I have been looking up sausage recipes to use them all up.
    Doug


    Sticks and stones may break my bones but hollow points expand on impact.

  5. #5
    Luke45
    Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by dk17hmr View Post
    Little over the limit?p.
    3 people, 10 rabbit limit, 30 rabbits. I've also been thinking of sausage recipes!

  6. #6
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Age
    37
    Posts
    46
    I figured you had 3 or 4 guys. Using a shotgun or a rifle?

    I really like hunting them around here with a shotgun there is so much sage and they jet through the openings so fast its hard to connect. I take a rimfire when I want to make sure I bring some home.
    Doug


    Sticks and stones may break my bones but hollow points expand on impact.

  7. #7
    Luke45
    Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by dk17hmr View Post
    I figured you had 3 or 4 guys. Using a shotgun or a rifle?

    I really like hunting them around here with a shotgun there is so much sage and they jet through the openings so fast its hard to connect. I take a rimfire when I want to make sure I bring some home.
    The best thing we found is have 1 guy with a short barrel open choke shotgun and one with a 22 for 40+ yards shots when they stop in rock piles

  8. #8
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Posts
    147
    Quote Originally Posted by Hotolds442 View Post
    I'd say you found a honey hole. Around here, the cottontails are just coming off the peak of their supposed 7 year cycle. The predators are thick and the rabbits are thinning out.
    Too bad you stole those from the 'predator'. I hope you ate em all..

  9. #9
    Administrator J.Baker's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    NW Ohio
    Age
    49
    Posts
    6,466
    We got a few inches of snow last weekend and the first thing that came to my mind was "This is perfect bunny hunting weather!" Unfortunately that was just two days after my surgery so I was stuck on the sideline. Worse is the fact that it's been years - like over a decade - since I last went bunny hunting.
    "Life' is tough. It's even tougher if you're stupid." ~ John Wayne
    “Under certain circumstances, 
urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer.” —Mark Twain

  10. #10
    Vintage Savage Guru Mad Dog's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2006
    Location
    Ont, Canada
    Age
    55
    Posts
    1,537
    Just went by your turn off coming home from Tennessee yesterday Jim, Even not that much snow till you get up into Michigans U.P.

    Would love to get my old Savage model 25 pump out for some bunny hunting up here but we have 4 feet of snow, easier to snare a dinner, haha.
    Savage- "never say never".

  11. #11
    Luke45
    Guest
    Quote Originally Posted by langenc View Post
    Too bad you stole those from the 'predator'. I hope you ate em all..
    of course, rabbit replaces chicken very nicely

  12. #12
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Posts
    147
    Quote Originally Posted by J. Baker View Post
    We got a few inches of snow last weekend and the first thing that came to my mind was "This is perfect bunny hunting weather!" Unfortunately that was just two days after my surgery so I was stuck on the sideline. Worse is the fact that it's been years - like over a decade - since I last went bunny hunting.
    I did much rabbit hunting on the N side of Toledo when you could hunt there. Also had a couple hot spots near Delta--Late 50-early 60's.

  13. #13
    savage2014
    Guest
    Nice haul!

    where i lived in England before, we used to buy them at the butchers for around $3/piece and only seasonal, already cleaned and ready to cook...

    how do you cook 'em?

  14. #14
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Dec 2013
    Location
    Central Texas
    Posts
    251
    One of our favorite techniques is to walk railroads. We put one person on each side of the track as "beaters," and one, the designated "shooter" on the track itself. When flushed, the rabbits tend to hop up onto the track and sprint a few yards and then dive off into the brush on either side. After every score we change shooters so everyone gets some time in the prime location. It's proven to be a very effective way to collect some bunnies for the pot.

  15. #15
    Basic Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2015
    Location
    Mechanicsville, VA
    Posts
    53
    Where are you at? My brother-in-law in Green River says they nary a one!!
    #10 G.I. Vietnam. You got anymore ammo?

Similar Threads

  1. What year is this 110?
    By Dakotabaker98 in forum 110-Series Rifles
    Replies: 4
    Last Post: 08-05-2015, 04:53 AM
  2. Son's new F/TR rig for next year
    By Tempest in forum Picture Post
    Replies: 42
    Last Post: 07-17-2014, 07:24 PM
  3. Savage 110E - pull trigger, no boom.
    By SilverSon in forum 110-Series Rifles
    Replies: 32
    Last Post: 05-26-2013, 07:03 PM
  4. Year Mfg?
    By Histicks55 in forum 110-Series Rifles
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 05-06-2013, 05:59 PM

Members who have read this thread in the last 1 days: 0

There are no members to list at the moment.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •