Cottontails

[SurfNHuntSD]

They are eating our pumpkins, sugar cane and carrots in the garden. I’m here by santiago canyon in Orange. So many rabbits.

Yea my wife makes fun of me because our front lawn is loaded with fat rabbits yet I drive an hour away to chase scrawny bush bunnies.

 

[JLerch]

Ruger 10-22, don't get much more rim fire than that. Scope, christ, I'm not superman.

Haha! Hey man, there was a time when scopes didn’t exist.

 

[Bowman]

Can't deny 17 is a very good round. And is very accurate. So what it is is quantity vs accuracy.
For price of 20 rounds of the 17 one can
Get 500 rounds of 22.
But 22 has no where near the range of 17.
So tomatoes or tomato.
I like my 22lr I grew up with it.
I have killed a lot with it before there was
Scopes.
But at my age as my eye sight goes to poop and I get more shaky.
I would get a mil scope.
The price is cheap and really helps.
If I need a larger round I have my 223.

 

[GUNDOGLOVER]

Haha! Hey man, there was a time when scopes didn’t exist.

And there was a time when I wasn't 70. Killed many with iron sights.

 

[JLerch]

Has anyone shot pregnant rabbits? “Milky does” I think they are referred to as? Any way of avoiding that?

 

[HATCHET1]

Good optics...lactating bunnys...oh my..

 

[ilovesprig]

Has anyone shot pregnant rabbits? “Milky does” I think they are referred to as? Any way of avoiding that?

No

 

[SurfNHuntSD]

Has anyone shot pregnant rabbits? “Milky does” I think they are referred to as? Any way of avoiding that?

Years ago my buddy shot a jack with a prize inside... it was pretty gnarly. I still give him crap about it. I don't really see any way around it other than it's weird.

 

[WaterDawg]

Has anyone shot pregnant rabbits? “Milky does” I think they are referred to as? Any way of avoiding that?

Yes I’ve shot them and no you can’t avoid it. The good news Is they multiply like...rabbits.

 

[JLerch]

Hey guys, new virus killing off rabbit/hare populations in the southwest. Rabbit hemmoragic disease. Sorry if misspelled. It kills almost immediately, as of now not transmissible to humans. Signs of infection are; swelling, bleeding from nose or mouth. It apparently has killed almost the whole population in Australia. Research and take precautions. Is it still worth pursuing rabbits/hares?

 

[ilovesprig]

Hey guys, new virus killing off rabbit/hare populations in the southwest. Rabbit hemmoragic disease. Sorry if misspelled. It kills almost immediately, as of now not transmissible to humans. Signs of infection are; swelling, bleeding from nose or mouth. It apparently has killed almost the whole population in Australia. Research and take precautions. Is it still worth pursuing rabbits/hares?

Yep...I haven't seen it locally...Like most diseases. it will come and it will go...Rabbits are very cyclitic anyway.

 

[sportyg]

It was first detected in the Palm Springs area, but haven't seen any sign of it here in DHS as yet we are only about 13 miles away

 

[Handgun]

 

[ilovesprig]

Cool video, but you can do the same thing without all that skinning and what have you...Just sayin'….AGAIN....

 

[DanSanDiego]

There is a reason rabbits are lean. It’s so all the hiking we do to harvest them results in getting in shape for deer season. I gotta put a few hoss’s (Hossenfeffers) in the oven while I get in shape for D16.

 

[JLerch]

I’ve come across this vid too. Very good.

 

[GUNDOGLOVER]

I prefer to leave the Jack's for the scavengers.

 

[Baldkrash]

Does anyone process the hides? I used a salt and alum mix last year, soaked them for 48 hours and when I tried stretching the skin it smelled rancid. Ay thoughts?

 

[sherpa1]

Do you brine them with the GULP? Looks like you got a couple bottles ready to go.

 

[HATCHET1]

Sweet jesus.