5th Annual Bunny Bustin’ Outing

[Lovellr653]

My buddy's neighbor owns a bunch of overgrown farm land and once a year let's us rabbit hunt it. Well this is the 5th year in a row we went out and kicked brush, got tore up from briars and had a blast bustin some bunnies. We were 3 short of a two man limit this year but still plenty for a couple good meals. We are both shooting 20ga, though I think a little .410 may be a lot of fun for next year.

 

[Mathews Diehard]

Nice work! In New York?

 

[Lovellr653]

Nice work! In New York?

Yes

 

[Mathews Diehard]

Looks like a fun day, I haven't seen a cottontail in years in my area of NY (W Adirondacks)

 

[Lovellr653]

Looks like a fun day, I haven't seen a cottontail in years in my area of NY (W Adirondacks)

Chase any snowshoe hare in the ADK's? I've tried a handful of times with no luck.

 

[Mathews Diehard]

Used to go quite a bit, a good day and we'd get a half dozen or so. Haven't been in years but I'm told their numbers are down considerably. Was a lot of fun when the beagles were in em

 

[Orange Dust]

We always used beagles and .22 Pistols. Super fun and good eating.

 

[H82MISS]

That brings back some great memories. I miss bunny huntin'. Thanks for sharing.

 

[david g ranes]

The last rabbits I shot was in the 80s I used my 54 caliber muzzle loader using round balls can't remember the charge of powder I used so it didn't tear them up now but it put a nice round hole through their head and didn't hurt the meat I do remember I had more fun that day rabbit hunting than I ever did using a 22. David

 

[just_jon]

I have a 10" 410/45LC barrel for my TC encore. Great fun on bunnies. Same chambering in the contender is a favorite among the serious rabbit hunters I know. Numbers seem way down here as well. I hunted a lot of pheasant this fall and saw 2 or 3.

 

[david g ranes]

We have very few rabbits between hawks owls and coyotes they work them over pretty hard. David

 

[dznnf7]

Same here. I'd love to hunt them but clean farming and heavy predation means very few rabbits. They were everywhere when I was a kid. Didn't see a coyote before I turned 40, though. Now they're everywhere, and raptors on every power line.

 

[Harry Knutz]

We used to go out hunting rabbits in alfalfa fields at night in the 90's, You would be surprised how well a long barreled .410 does, I think they hold a tighter pattern because it starts out smaller. That was my choice and usually got more than the guy's using 12's.