Thanks. With any luck, and some hard work, I'll be feeding wild game to the family this year.
I just spent some time reading up on rabbits today as a matter of fact. Kids are a bit young yet at 4 and not quite 2, but my daughter already wants to eat an elk, so there's hope.Welcome Brian. Consider small game this July if you want to get your family into it. Rabbits are easy to hunt, plentiful and easy to cook, and they taste good.
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I'm new as well and would be interested in rabbit.. but have no clue where to start though... Any suggestions?Welcome Brian. Consider small game this July if you want to get your family into it. Rabbits are easy to hunt, plentiful and easy to cook, and they taste good.
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I would recommend investing in a nice 12 gauge semi-auto for its versatility, in case you do get hooked on hunting and want to expand into upland birds, turkey or waterfowl. For rabbits, I end up using a shotgun quite a bit because the areas I hunt are thick, making for few shot opportunities with the rimfire. More open areas I'll bring my .22 (Marlin 60) or my .17HMR (Savage 93R17) to snipe the bunnies along the edges of brushland. Either way, its fun and often successful hunting.
I'm thinking that I've narrowed it down to the Savage .17HMR with the bull barrel, a Benelli Supernova, and a Savage 111 in .270. Going to buy the .270 down the road a bit as I applied for an Archery deer hunt this year. Gulps the budget a bit to push that off too.I would recommend investing in a nice 12 gauge semi-auto for its versatility, in case you do get hooked on hunting and want to expand into upland birds, turkey or waterfowl. For rabbits, I end up using a shotgun quite a bit because the areas I hunt are thick, making for few shot opportunities with the rimfire. More open areas I'll bring my .22 (Marlin 60) or my .17HMR (Savage 93R17) to snipe the bunnies along the edges of brushland. Either way, its fun and often successful hunting.
I've been reading a lot more around here and other sources. I shoot you any questions I come up with for sure. Going to be in San Diego with the family for a week in August. Might have to make a hunt of it.
I'm looking at that exact one at Bass Pro. I like a little more weight out front. I feel a little more stable, especially in wind. Same goes for my bow.
X2. I have the bull barrel model and love it, although the regular barrel version shoots just fine too and will shed some weight. As sprig said, for the price of a Nova there are some good options on autos like the Stoeger M3000, or for a couple hundred bucks more you can get into a Beretta A300, Franchi Affinity, or Remington V3.
All the shotguns I mentioned are under a grand. I shoot a Franchi Affinity and love it.. retails for about $700-800. Also, with the SBE3 out now, there may be deals on used SBE2's around.
