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Other Hunting => Coyote, Small Game, Varmints => Topic started by: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 02:52:00 PM

Title: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 02:52:00 PM: i saw some pretty healthy looking rabbit's today up in the woods, refresh my memory please. we don't want to eat rabbit's this time of year right? i almost popped one (he was a big ole buck) but let him walk(hop) because i was pretty sure i heard that on here
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: Kain on June 20, 2009, 03:03:56 PM: Cottontail Rabbit and
Snowshoe Hare
5/day, see notes Statewide: Sept. 1, 2009 - Mar. 15, 2010 Possession limit: 15 straight or mixed bag

Season is closed until September.

But you are right. I was always told you never eat rabbit in a month without an "R" in it.
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 03:05:24 PM: im sure glad i didnt shoot that rabbit :yike: i never even looked for a season i just thought there was a bag limit
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: Kain on June 20, 2009, 03:10:59 PM: There might be some rules for killing them if they are eating your garden but I cant find it. Crows specifically say "Crows in the act of depredation may be taken at any time." Rabbit season does not say this. :dunno: Big ol bucks are always tough anyways I like the little new years bunnies. Tender and dumb :chuckle:
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 03:30:58 PM: yeah he was a nice rabbit, if i see him in the winter he will defiantly be going on the spit. thanks again for the heads up on the season, i really just thought there was a bag limit
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: BigGoonTuna on June 20, 2009, 06:28:29 PM: kind of funny that there's a season and bag limit, since cottontails aren't native and very few people hunt them. then again, so are most of our upland birds...

i'd like to try and find some places to whack some bunnies this upcoming fall, the problem here on the westside just seems to be finding any decent concentrations of them.
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 06:35:53 PM: ive found a few areas that hold good numbers but in the fall im never to interested in rabbits, maybe i'll make a day of it this fall just for kicks
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: Wanttohuntmore on June 21, 2009, 08:39:03 AM: This must be one of the good years for rabbits, I've seen more this year then the past few years. I've heard they have a 7 yr cycle or so. Don't know if that's true, but sounds feasable. I have a few honey holes for rabbits, seems like once you find a rabbit, that area will produce for years. Seems like I have a tough time getting them with a 22, but I always seem to make the shot with the bow, go figure.....
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 08:43:04 AM: i found a area last summer that was literally crawling with them. went back this last winter and no bunny's :dunno: im pretty sure they don't migrate but i don't know where they went
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: stumprat on June 21, 2009, 09:08:57 AM: Quote from: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 08:43:04 AM
i found a area last summer that was literally crawling with them. went back this last winter and no bunny's :dunno: im pretty sure they don't migrate but i don't know where they went

Sounds like a good place to call for bobcat. ;)
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 09:15:09 AM: yea its not to far from where i found all those cat tracks in the snow, and the rabbit's i saw yesterday were on the road where i found all those cat tracks. its the perfect place for pred hunting
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: rasbo on June 21, 2009, 09:54:57 AM: Quote from: littlebuf on June 20, 2009, 02:52:00 PM
i saw some pretty healthy looking rabbit's today up in the woods, refresh my memory please. we don't want to eat rabbit's this time of year right? i almost popped one (he was a big ole buck) but let him walk(hop) because i was pretty sure i heard that on here
hare pie :hunter: :mgun: :hunt2: :mgun2:
Title: RE: Rabbits
Post by: BigGoonTuna on June 21, 2009, 11:16:42 AM: Quote from: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 08:43:04 AM
i found a area last summer that was literally crawling with them. went back this last winter and no bunny's :dunno: im pretty sure they don't migrate but i don't know where they went
rabbit populations are pretty cyclic -- once they get too big the toothy critters start to take notice :chuckle:
Title: Re: Rabbits
Post by: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 01:34:16 PM: i thought hair pie needed this equipment :con: not this :mgun: i guess some like it ruff :dunno:
Title: Re: Rabbits
Post by: 7mag. on June 21, 2009, 02:29:32 PM: Quote from: littlebuf on June 21, 2009, 01:34:16 PM
i thought hair pie needed this equipment :con: not this :mgun: i guess some like it ruff :dunno:

Rasbo likes it any way he can get it. :hello:
Title: Re: Rabbits
Post by: rasbo on June 21, 2009, 02:46:00 PM: :chuckle: :chuckle: