Post by: Dave Workman on June 07, 2010, 10:19:44 AM
Post by: lokidog on June 07, 2010, 10:24:52 AM
When in college, somew buddies and I would pheasant and grouse hunt and often jumped bunnies. To make it sporting, with the shotgun, we had to yell "freeze wabbit" before we could shoot at them. :hunter:
Post by: Hunterman on June 07, 2010, 10:26:17 AM
Hunterman(Tony)
Post by: SkookumHntr on June 07, 2010, 10:54:25 AM
Post by: quadrafire on June 07, 2010, 11:14:18 AM
Post by: wastickslinger on June 07, 2010, 11:19:16 AM
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 07, 2010, 11:44:36 AM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 07, 2010, 02:23:10 PM
PHOTOS!!!
:yike:
:drool:
Post by: Kain on June 07, 2010, 06:21:24 PM
Post by: denali on June 07, 2010, 06:31:58 PM
we fenced the garden and the buggers are still getting in >:( I've gotten one and my Wife has shot one.
Post by: rasbo on June 08, 2010, 05:52:59 AM
Post by: beagledog on June 08, 2010, 09:17:33 PM
Mostly a 20 gauge as I'm not to keen on shooting the .22 when the dogs are in the brush
Post by: Dave Workman on June 09, 2010, 01:11:07 PM
Soot 'em with What ever I got handy.
Mostly a 20 gauge as I'm not to keen on shooting the .22 when the dogs are in the brush
Fair observation. I admire your safety consciousness, especially for a hunting dog.
The 20 is a dandy bunny thumper, as is the .410, because rabbits are very thin-skinned and don't really take a lot of killin'
Still, the .22 rimfire may be the best rabbit gun on the planet.
Post by: Atroxus on June 09, 2010, 01:58:06 PM
Okay, who besides me will shoot cottontails with a .22 rifle?
I would love to, if I knew where they lived. PM me if you are willing to share any spots near Marysville, WA. ;)
Post by: Dave Workman on June 14, 2010, 09:33:41 AM
These rabbits find refuge in big berry tangles, and root wads. You will often find them where there are roads with lots of clover growing on the shoulders.
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cottontail-rabbit.html (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cottontail-rabbit.html)
Post by: Ray on June 14, 2010, 09:52:12 AM
Post by: Special T on June 14, 2010, 09:56:35 AM
Post by: PolarBear on June 14, 2010, 10:39:12 AM
Post by: runamuk on June 14, 2010, 10:49:31 AM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 14, 2010, 02:20:01 PM
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.
>:(
Post by: jackelope on June 14, 2010, 03:46:38 PM
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.
:tup:
Post by: Special T on June 14, 2010, 10:19:39 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 17, 2010, 12:18:59 PM
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...
:jacked:
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.
Post by: lokidog on June 17, 2010, 03:16:46 PM
Post by: runamuk on June 17, 2010, 03:44:39 PM
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. :chuckle: 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 :dunno: :dunno: they actually have yet to even be shot at here in the yard :dunno:
Post by: Dave Workman on June 18, 2010, 12:38:44 PM
I still have that rifle, a Winchester Mod. 69A bolt action and it is a deadly accurate gun.
Post by: wapiti hunter2 on June 18, 2010, 01:12:19 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 18, 2010, 09:47:21 PM
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!!!!!
Post by: Special T on June 18, 2010, 10:19:43 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on June 20, 2010, 01:07:49 AM
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.
Post by: Dave Workman on July 02, 2010, 04:54:27 AM
I'm seeing a heck of a lot of cottontails lately in the upper Snoqualmie Valley. Sept. 1 is not that far away.
But I typically wait until after the first good frost to get serious about popping a bunny.
How's about you guys???
Post by: Skyvalhunter on July 02, 2010, 05:36:30 AM
Post by: Dave Workman on July 06, 2010, 11:12:11 AM
No bunny's here
And just where the hell is "here?"
:rolleyes:
Post by: runamuk on July 07, 2010, 12:00:16 PM
Post by: BigGoonTuna on July 09, 2010, 09:34:14 PM
Post by: robb92 on July 10, 2010, 05:51:26 PM
Post by: Dave Workman on July 20, 2010, 05:47:52 PM
Bunnies is in trouble, boys!