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Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« on: January 14, 2011, 05:02:58 AM »
In the past I went out to Vancouver Lake.  It looks like prime rabbit habitat with all the blackberry bush islands but so far nothing.

Any ideas on a place?




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Re: Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2011, 05:20:54 AM »
A coyote free area?  :dunno:
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Re: Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2011, 10:25:59 AM »
I always thought cottontails were all over the state.  Didnt realize it wasnt native either.  Learn something everyday.  :)



This rabbit was introduced in various places in Washington, starting in 1926. In eastern Washington, it occurs in wetter, brushy and other types of habitat providing low cover, including sagebrush, river bank thickets, rock outcrops, gullies, etc. On the west side of the state, it is found in much of the low-elevation, disturbed areas.

Its range limits were delineated around known locations with all zones where it occurs being core areas. It is almost certainly more widespread than indicated by records. In the steppe, Ponderosa Pine, and Oak zones, low density development, irrigated agriculture, and water/wetlands, were good. In the forested zones on the west side, low density development, agriculture, water/wetlands, and non-forested were good.

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Re: Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2011, 01:53:08 PM »
I assume it's the green as opposed to the blue on the map because they're all over my neighborhood in east Vancouver.  :bash:

I'm looking for a place to take my boy who's seven.  (And yeah, I enjoy hunting the little critters too.)


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Re: Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 10:16:07 PM »
Did you find any?  My son just passed hunter safety so I he wants to get out and and chase some bunnies about.
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Re: Any cottontail hunting in SW Washington?
« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 10:21:55 PM »
was hunting the tioga unit in or with my dad and my o my the rabbits but the elk are even better like huge jalopies  :P  :twocents:

 


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