m.youtube.com/watch?v=qs8uRIke00o



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

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.

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!

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.

You gonna eat all of them Vince?

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

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

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"

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.