rabbit hunting

[JeffinNZ]

Both chest or neck shot from memory.

I would have been using a load that generates 1850fps at muzzle.

Now if you "bark" a squirrel surely you "soil"
a bunny. :rotf: :rotf:

I've seen a few bunnies "soil" themselves at a near hit........ :blah:

 

[Herb]

I know what you mean. There are some of them running around out in the desert faster and lighter than when I shot at them!

 

Great post and a real good follow up thread. I used to hunt rabbits a lot here in PA, but I haven't seen one in about 5 - 8 years here. Some of my very best hunting memories are of rabbit hunting. Foxes are all over the place but when small game starts the bunnies are no where to be found. Well, maybe it is more accurate to say that where ever I am -- they ain't! But I have been looking hard and in many places. Maybe they vacated SE PA....

 

[BillinOregon]

Great thread on a cabin fever day guys. Flehto: We have snowshoes up in the mountains here, up in the elk wintering grounds above 3,000 feet. I think hunting them on snowshoes would be a real treat. Jeff: lovely .40 and pouch. I have heard of those European hares being much larger than most other bunnies, but yours looks huge.
Brownbear: Gotta try that Texas chili. A friend who grew up in Arizona tried to tell me he shot jacks specifically for chili, and I thought he was just giving me the business ...

 

[JeffinNZ]

Yes, the hares get very large. Much better than our bunnies and WAY smarter too. Very good sport animal and the meat is like venison.

 

[redwing]

Not a lot of meat on a Jack Rabbit. The good thing is in the winter they yard up. You may find a great number of the critters in one open spot on the range.
The old timers would bone out a Jack and mix the meat with pork fat, salt, sage, pepper and make a sausage out of it. Home steaders often lived on this and flour all winter. :thumbsup: