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Posted: 5/1/2016 3:25:51 PM EDT
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<a href="http://s18.photobucket.com/user/IV_Troop/media/125-1.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/125-1.jpg</a> What do you do with them? Aside from mounting skulls on your fenceposts. 
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Posted: 5/1/2016 3:29:49 PM EDT
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I vaccinate for lepto/vibrio (Staybred, IIRC) also 7way for blackleg. As do we. |
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Posted: 5/1/2016 3:36:33 PM EDT
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My older Brittany chases down cottontails like they are standing still. I haven't seen a jackrabbit in MN in a while, but pheasant hunting in SD we see them occasionally. The dog got a scent of one, pointed it, then it bolted. The chase was on in relatively open country. The dog came back exhausted and with no bunny. He even gave me a look of "what the fuck kinda crazy fast rabbits do they have around here?" First time I ever saw a rabbit get the best of him.
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Posted: 5/1/2016 3:41:11 PM EDT
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When I'm hanging out in my folks garden I'll shoot a rabbit if they come across my path.
I don't go through much hassle of getting all the meat, but I will chop off the back legs and throw them on the grill 
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Posted: 5/1/2016 3:47:31 PM EDT
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Seems like it would be great fun to let loose a couple sighthounds and let them work their magic. I reckon the hare gets fucked. |
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Posted: 5/2/2016 10:20:59 PM EDT
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I vaccinate for lepto/vibrio (Staybred, IIRC) also 7way for blackleg. As do we. doesn't everyone? |
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Posted: 5/2/2016 10:30:57 PM EDT
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It's too bad they don't taste better.
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Posted: 5/2/2016 10:50:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is perhaps the most  I've read in a while.Is there a lot of livestock predation by jack rabbits and prairie dogs in your location? Don't get me wrong, I like shooting jack rabbits as much as anyone else but to feel the need to justify it by saying they are predators is just about fucking stupid. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Shoot on sight. Many do not know they will eat meat.... So will Prairie Dogs. This is perhaps the most I've read in a while.Is there a lot of livestock predation by jack rabbits and prairie dogs in your location? Don't get me wrong, I like shooting jack rabbits as much as anyone else but to feel the need to justify it by saying they are predators is just about fucking stupid. Lol. That wasn't a justification for shooting them, which I do not need. It was merely a tidbit of information many do not know. Grab a beer, and relax. |
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Posted: 5/2/2016 10:56:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Teach hunting skills to the next generation with them. There was a day when with two 400 round bricks of .22 (less than $20.00 total) you could spend all day in parts of the west blasting bunnies. Best education a young boy or girl could get. When I was a kid they paid bounty on varmints. A Saturday morning could get a dozen Jack rabbits and maybe a coyote and a kid would have enough money to go to the weekly movies, buy a couple cokes and some lunch. And still have enough to buy another box of ammo on the way back home. Life was simple then.  |
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Posted: 5/2/2016 11:21:04 PM EDT
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We like to go spotlighting on ATV's or sidexsides....what a blast.
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Posted: 5/2/2016 11:27:03 PM EDT
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Odd thump sound when hit with .22. Some just stand there then fall over minutes later. 17HMR & watch there guts fly. |
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Posted: 5/2/2016 11:40:46 PM EDT
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My older Brittany chases down cottontails like they are standing still. I haven't seen a jackrabbit in MN in a while, but pheasant hunting in SD we see them occasionally. The dog got a scent of one, pointed it, then it bolted. The chase was on in relatively open country. The dog came back exhausted and with no bunny. He even gave me a look of "what the fuck kinda crazy fast rabbits do they have around here?" First time I ever saw a rabbit get the best of him. My 10 years old Brittany can chase down jack rabbits. She's a freak though. |
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Posted: 5/3/2016 2:11:58 AM EDT
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I live in Orang County Ca We have cottentails in the yard. What kinda problems can my dogs have?
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Posted: 5/3/2016 2:28:43 AM EDT
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varmint. Kill on sight
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Posted: 5/3/2016 2:39:51 AM EDT
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My wife likes them. She's home bound do to MS and it's one of her few joys. They fuck up the lawn pretty bad! Dogs have been trained that the rabbits are " Elephants " so my dogs go bat shit crazy and chase Elephants out of the yard on command.
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Posted: 5/3/2016 3:49:25 AM EDT
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My dad always said they were full of worms, never tried to eat one, probably tough and stringy as hell. Not bad in a slow cooker. so, they are edible? never knew. Best way to do it. Makes separating the meat from the bones a bit easier. Don't think I'd eat them if in a southern state, but most wild things down there probably have worms. |
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Posted: 5/3/2016 4:05:13 AM EDT
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Why are they pests? I walked up on one when I was in Wyoming a couple weeks ago. Didn't even bother taking a shot at it. My dad said he used to sit on the back porch and shoot them when he was a kid here in Florida. Now they are gone. Supposedly there is still a population down around the international airport in Miami but I've never seen one. LOL ask my wife! She has an extensive garden in the back yard. They dig up all her plants. So? We have to kill everything because your stupid garden? Go back to Fl |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 11:55:02 AM EDT
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Lol. Grab a beer, and relax. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Shoot on sight. Many do not know they will eat meat.... So will Prairie Dogs. This is perhaps the most I've read in a while.
Is there a lot of livestock predation by jack rabbits and prairie dogs in your location? Don't get me wrong, I like shooting jack rabbits as much as anyone else but to feel the need to justify it by saying they are predators is just about fucking stupid. Lol. Grab a beer, and relax. One time I was about to enjoy my Five Guys burger. I got up to wash my hands and when I came back the bacon and burger patty were gone....Damn Jackrabbits!!! That wasn't a justification for shooting them, which I do not need. It was merely a tidbit of information many do not know. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 12:31:35 PM EDT
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I know this is a jack thread, but during the winter, cottontail are mighty fine bbq.
Kill and grill. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 12:32:46 PM EDT
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So I saw both in WY... http://i64.tinypic.com/2e5o6ir.jpg I don't mind killing pests but there is a huge difference between killing and wiping out. They are wiped out in many parts of the country where they used to be plentiful. Sounds like the passenger pigeon. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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They pretty much disappeared around here about the same time that the horned toads did. Still see one every now and then, but not like they once were.  Same here but I've finallu started seeing them again. Got a breeding pair on our place that showed up about 3/4 months ago, and I've found myself being oddly protective of them when we have company out to hog hunt. Plenty of cottontails to bowhunt or for my niece and nephew to hunt, so I would like to let the jackrabbits get settled and a have a couple litters to build up a population base before I add them to the list of huntable animals on our property. So I saw both in WY... http://i64.tinypic.com/2e5o6ir.jpg I don't mind killing pests but there is a huge difference between killing and wiping out. They are wiped out in many parts of the country where they used to be plentiful. Sounds like the passenger pigeon. Miss those lil lizards. Had em as pets when I was a kid. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 1:25:10 PM EDT
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So? We have to kill everything because your stupid garden? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Why are they pests? I walked up on one when I was in Wyoming a couple weeks ago. Didn't even bother taking a shot at it. My dad said he used to sit on the back porch and shoot them when he was a kid here in Florida. Now they are gone. Supposedly there is still a population down around the international airport in Miami but I've never seen one. LOL ask my wife! She has an extensive garden in the back yard. They dig up all her plants. So? We have to kill everything because your stupid garden? This. I don't get lets kill them all! Your not hunting, your being sadistic. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 1:55:18 PM EDT
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Choot 'em. Almost as much fun as whackin' prairie dogs.
There's been a bumper crop in Sweetwater CO WY for the past two years This was mid April.  40gr Vmax' mess 'em up.  Suppressed 22-250AI does a number on them too.  6x45 carbine. Running head shot. August last year.   |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 3:35:30 PM EDT
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Why are they pests? I walked up on one when I was in Wyoming a couple weeks ago. Didn't even bother taking a shot at it. My dad said he used to sit on the back porch and shoot them when he was a kid here in Florida. Now they are gone. Supposedly there is still a population down around the international airport in Miami but I've never seen one. They multiply and eat everything in their path. We used to shoot them in idaho; just drive some back roads and a couple of clean cut guys could easily be in item to shoot all they wanted off a rancher ' s alfalfa plot. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 3:40:25 PM EDT
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never bothered shooting them,
they any good in stew or chili? |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 3:50:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: never bothered shooting them, they any good in stew or chili? |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 4:08:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Opps, that's what I was thinking. Sorry, I was initially thinking of prairie dogs. Good riddance to them as well. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I don't kill what I don't plan to eat. Wait another year or two, the armadillos will be in TN to change your mind. No, they can carry leprosy though. Sorry, I was initially thinking of prairie dogs. Good riddance to them as well. |
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Posted: 5/9/2016 4:19:04 PM EDT
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never bothered shooting them, they any good in stew or chili? Yes, they are. People like to swear they're not so they can justify shooting them as "useless varmints". The meat is super lean, so it's susceptible to overcooking. It's great stewed, braised or marinated in Italian dressing before grilling. It's rabbit, it's not a dumpster diving trash kitten like a possum. Google "Steven Rinella Sardinian hare stew" |
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Posted: 5/10/2016 1:56:51 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One time I was about to enjoy my Five Guys burger. I got up to wash my hands and when I came back the bacon and burger patty were gone....Damn Jackrabbits!!! That wasn't a justification for shooting them, which I do not need. It was merely a tidbit of information many do not know. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Shoot on sight. Many do not know they will eat meat.... So will Prairie Dogs. This is perhaps the most I've read in a while.Is there a lot of livestock predation by jack rabbits and prairie dogs in your location? Don't get me wrong, I like shooting jack rabbits as much as anyone else but to feel the need to justify it by saying they are predators is just about fucking stupid. Lol. Grab a beer, and relax. One time I was about to enjoy my Five Guys burger. I got up to wash my hands and when I came back the bacon and burger patty were gone....Damn Jackrabbits!!! That wasn't a justification for shooting them, which I do not need. It was merely a tidbit of information many do not know. Didn't grab that beer, huh? |
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Posted: 5/10/2016 2:14:40 AM EDT
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"Hell I was there". Mudlake Bunny Bash '84. For all the naysayers that have never seen rabbits as thick as ants. Cases upon cases(not bricks) of 22lr. Fish and Game opened night/spotlight shooting. Millions of rabbits. You just cant imagine what that many rabbits can do to a stack of alfalfa. Rabbit shit an inch deep for acres and acres. I've seen 1800 acres of green turn brown and grey in one day. look it up...
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