Minimum of five states the law. So it could be more but I is tighter than a ducks......rear.
My rabbit hunt.
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For rabbiting when there is a R in the months good sport can be obtained walking up with a couple of spaniels in rough cover of bracken , whinny , and gorse, For a more leisure day a days ferreting rabbits with out nets can be good sport if they bolt OK ,only trouble with this type is loading the gun quick enough and not to make a mistake on loading .
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Looks like a lot of fun!
I need some translation on this.
ferreting,? nets ? if they bolt ok???
bracken, whinny (?) gorse different ground covers I assume.
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Congrats on the good hunt.
Rock Home Isle
58 Cal.
Is that still going around? I know 6 years ago the north western region of Colorado took a big hit in the rabbit population, along with populations along the Colorado front range. I think it was a mix of Tularemia and some sort of Rabbit Fever.
I was really hoping that they’d be on the recovery end by now….
What kind of effective range are you getting with that 5-ball combo?
I remember when I first tried it, a few years ago now. I got a rabbit at 40 yards or so.
Other than that, no idea.
In a rifle I would not load more than two full size ball Pete.
I tried 6x.375 and 4x.458 over 50gn 2f. I've used an ounce of size 4 shot over 50gn before and it was surprisingly useful out to 15m. I really need to make it a smoothbore
If its a good rifle don't fix what doesn't need fixing.
Its only as good as it is useful
DuncNZ
54 Cal.
That is a big rabbit , we have the same species here in New Zealand and also in Australia . They were released for the fur/meat trade by early settlers and with no natural predators , soon became a pest . They swarmed over certain parts of the country in their hundreds of thousands . Rabbit boards were set up to control the numbers which in some cases forced farmers off their land . They were shot , poisoned with arsenic and cyanide gas ,1080 coated carrots dropped from the air . They were even even blown up in their burrows with acetylene gas . Lately Calici virus has been introduced , but they still survive , so we have no seasons or limits on numbers or firearms caliber .
DuncNZ
54 Cal.
My Akubra is made from wild rabbit fur . Note Akubra's are Australian hats , sort of like Stetsons but an Ausie will tell you better than a StetsonWe used to have a skin trade for them,but now you can't sell.wild skins for akubras
I know what an akubra isMy Akubra is made from wild rabbit fur . Note Akubra's are Australian hats , sort of like Stetsons but an Ausie will tell you better than a Stetson
I didn’t, thanks Cutfinger.
