I see a lot of posts on here concerning the rabbits, and I see a lot of them (rabbits) while out at work, so I know it could be good hunting. But, I don't usually kill anything I don't eat, and I often see things about the bot flies or whatever they're called, and it freaks me out. I grew up in Vermont, hunted and shot rabbits, and ate them, loved them actually.
Now, I'd love to take my 10 year old out to shoot some. First question, how often do you find you can't eat the rabbit, especially this time of year? Is it cold enough to not have any of those fly larvae in the meat. If I see one, I'll puke...... LOL. Second question, where to go for them and method. I can hunt some of where I work, but not all of it. Plus it's 50 miles away, so I'd like to find a spot closer to home in Escondido. And as for method, in Vermont, it was literally walking around, tromping through the briar patches, jumping on piles of branches trying to flush one out. Is that pretty much what you do here, without a dog, is beat the brush?
Got a .22 and a 20 gauge, would let him use whatever he's comfortable with. He's shot a turkey and dove, just want to move him up to small mammals now, and since I had so much fun doing it growing up, figured it's a good place to start. Thanks for any replies.
Now, I'd love to take my 10 year old out to shoot some. First question, how often do you find you can't eat the rabbit, especially this time of year? Is it cold enough to not have any of those fly larvae in the meat. If I see one, I'll puke...... LOL. Second question, where to go for them and method. I can hunt some of where I work, but not all of it. Plus it's 50 miles away, so I'd like to find a spot closer to home in Escondido. And as for method, in Vermont, it was literally walking around, tromping through the briar patches, jumping on piles of branches trying to flush one out. Is that pretty much what you do here, without a dog, is beat the brush?
Got a .22 and a 20 gauge, would let him use whatever he's comfortable with. He's shot a turkey and dove, just want to move him up to small mammals now, and since I had so much fun doing it growing up, figured it's a good place to start. Thanks for any replies.
