Hey WABBITT!!!!

[Ray]

I definitely would. I saw a few out yesterday and this time of year is great for rabbits. The coyotes are going nuts.

[Special T]

I have a savage 22lr 20ga over under that is a grouse/rabit killing machine! I love walking an old logging road after a hard rain when the salmon berries are ripening... Mmmm Berry filled grouse, and the odd hare are awsome!

[PolarBear]

They are a lot of fun with a bow!

[runamuk]

if they were in season right now I would I have a million of the dang things but like all other game they read the regs and know I wont be poaching bunnies 

[Dave Workman]

I definitely would. I saw a few out yesterday and this time of year is great for rabbits. The coyotes are going nuts.

'Yotes?!

Shoot everyone of the durned things you see.  They're just small-sized wolves, sorta.
 

[jackelope]

I have a savage 22lr 20ga over under that is a grouse/rabit killing machine! I love walking an old logging road after a hard rain when the salmon berries are ripening... Mmmm Berry filled grouse, and the odd hare are awsome!

I've got the same rig and love it for the same purposes.
 

[Special T]

I wish Savage made a 22-250 12 gauge  for yote hunting... I know they offer a .223, but for one shot i'd need something with a longer range...

[Dave Workman]

I wish Savage made a 22-250 12 gauge  for yote hunting... I know they offer a .223, but for one shot i'd need something with a longer range...

 

We wuz talking about rabbits...and another thread here says they're plentiful this year.
Time to haul out the .22-caliber rifle, start shooting at empty quart milk jugs at 25 yards. They approximate the size of an upright rabbit, maybe a little smaller, and it is good practice.


My favorite .22 round is a 40-grain round nose lead pill, but a 33-grain or 37-grain hollowpoint works very well too. I've shot several raccoons with the hollowpoint in my youth.

Still have my dad's old H&R Model 922 9-shot revolver tucked away somewhere. 

Ah, them was the days.

[lokidog]

My best/luckiest shot on a rabbit was with a ruger mk II, running jack rabbit in WY at about 30 yards, rolled him first shot to the head.  He was the third I'd shot at though.     Tossed him into a pot of top ramen, yum!

[runamuk]

My best/luckiest shot on a rabbit was with a ruger mk II, running jack rabbit in WY at about 30 yards, rolled him first shot to the head.  He was the third I'd shot at though.     Tossed him into a pot of top ramen, yum!

I really hope to take one with my ruger markIII pistol I actually practice on golf balls in the part of the yard they frequent so can shoot at targets in places where I see bunnies regularly from the actual distances I see them before they hop off....still trying to figure out how exactly they know when they are open season  they actually have yet to even be shot at here in the yard 

[Dave Workman]

When I was just a little kid, my dad shot one in the neck on the hop with a .22 rifle. 
I still have that rifle, a Winchester Mod. 69A bolt action and it is a deadly accurate gun.

[wapiti hunter2]

I learned to hunt shooting cottontails with a 22.  Still do.

[Dave Workman]

It is my belief that the .22-caliber rifle affords the best training possible for honing marksmanship skills. And as a hunting tool, it can be awesome.

A couple of years back, I had a Marlin .22 Magnum bolt action for a T&E that appeared in GUN WORLD.  This rifle was simply phenomenal and it broke my heart to send it back, but back it went.  I forced myself to not buy the gun (if I bought all the guns I tested and liked, the darn things would clutter up my house...maybe two houses!) and there may be a time when I will get one but that's a ways off. 

The .22 caliber rimfire and magnum cartridges are far more versatile than people imagine.  Small game, varmints, predators and in a pinch/emergency, one can even take down a large animal with a well-placed bullet in the head.

But for now...rabbits.  Lotsa rabbits.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Special T]

I like lots of guns i have shot as well... The ONLY duplicate i have and will puchase is a .22 they are fun, affordable to shoot and many semi auto's have re-barreling kits to turn expensive to shoot guns 1911 Ar15 ect into bunny killing machines... Workman have you ever done a comparison on different re-barrel conversions?

[Dave Workman]

I like lots of guns i have shot as well... The ONLY duplicate i have and will puchase is a .22 they are fun, affordable to shoot and many semi auto's have re-barreling kits to turn expensive to shoot guns 1911 Ar15 ect into bunny killing machines... Workman have you ever done a comparison on different re-barrel conversions?

No, as it would be rather subjective, and really impossible because there are so many options available. It would not be worth the time or effort to launch a project like that.