Buck and Babe

Mudcreek · Member Joined: Aug 04, 2014 Posts: 34

m.youtube.com/watch?v=qs8uRIke00o

hot out scent was tough they had to work for it. thanks for watching

Vince · Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:58 pm Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

Wouldn't the constant barking and lack of stealth frighten off every rabbit within a couple of hundred metres?

I've never used dogs to hunt rabbits...I much prefer to wander slowly through the scrub and find them like that. Also enjoy sniping an active warren in the late afternoon.

Mudcreek · Member Joined: Aug 04, 2014 Posts: 34

Nope. rabbits stay pretty buttoned up in briars, fallen tree tops stuff like thst. once a rabbit is jumped it runs a circle right back almost exactly where you jumped it up from or atleast within shotgun range. some circled are jist bigger.than others!

Vince · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:49 pm Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

Ok, the cottontails you guys have in the US are different to the European Rabbits we have out here in Australia. Our rabbits live in what we call a "warren". Some warrens can be very big with as many as 20 entry points. These warrens are usually centred on blackberry patches, heavy bracken fern patches or fallen logs etc. sometimes you can find them in amongst rocky outcrops or even out in the open.

TRBLSHTR · Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

You gonna eat all of them Vince? Shocked

Aloysius · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:25 am Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

I didn't know Vince had a pick-up... and you're jealouse about me when I shoot 34 rabbits on an evening???
When it can please you: this year's record is still only 29 Smile

Elvis · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 12:48 am Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

what you are describing is more like how our Hares behave.

Aloysius · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:46 am Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

Elvis wrote:

what you are describing is more like how our Hares behave.

exactly, here the same. Rabbits do only a very short run till they go under. Only in cornfields they might run longer. Even when you chase them out their hidings with a furret, they will only run till the next "safe-house"

Vince · Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:01 am Post subject: Re: Buck and Babe

The last pic showing the ute with all the rabbits isn't mine, it's a pic I found online. My mate and I have shot that many rabbits before, but it's been a while because of Calisi virus.