rabbit hunt,12-27 4 bunnies down

[buckeye]

ran a bunch.if we were better shots may have killed more.hounds ran non stop for 7 hours.we and the hounds were wore out after the hunt.
great day with good friends.here is a little video.
RABBIT HUNT 12-26-11 - YouTube

[woodsmandave]

I killed a rabbit once. I was in college, sitting on my back porch drinking a beer with my Browning compound hunting bow and small game tips on the arrows. I had to shoot that rabbit 3 times before I killed it. The first shot ripped its lower jaw off. The second stuck between its shoulder blades, and the thing tried to lamely hop back through the fence hole it came from, but the arrow sticking out of it stopped it. When it turned back around to look at me, I shot a 3rd arrow, and skewered it from mouth to anus.

Needless to say, I haven't hunted rabbit since

[buckeye]

thats why they make broadheads

[MickR]

I killed a rabbit once. I was in college, sitting on my back porch drinking a beer with my Browning compound hunting bow and small game tips on the arrows. I had to shoot that rabbit 3 times before I killed it. The first shot ripped its lower jaw off. The second stuck between its shoulder blades, and the thing tried to lamely hop back through the fence hole it came from, but the arrow sticking out of it stopped it. When it turned back around to look at me, I shot a 3rd arrow, and skewered it from mouth to anus.

Needless to say, I haven't hunted rabbit since

Probably a good thing you haven't. Proficiency on moving (non living) targets and various distances should be acquired with any hunting tool before you try out hunting. Saves a lot of needless harm to the animal that way. People still miss, but misses and woundings are greatly lessened with proper practice. I bow hunted years ago, but only after some serious time put into practice with a bow hunting associations approved training programme.


Mick

[woodsmandave]

Did you ever bow hunt rabbit?

during that experience, the rabbit wasn't moving, but from the time of release until contact, the rabbit moved just enough to miss the kill zone that first shot. The second should have killed it, and I don't know why it didn't. I was a good shot at the time, could hit a quarter at 40 yards more often than not. My thinking is that the rabbit's kill zone is the size of a dime.

[MickR]

Yes, both rabbit and goat hunting with a bow. Beer was only ever involved at the completion of the days hunt.


Mick

[buckeye]

i kill tree rats,rabbits,groundhogs and deer using a recurve.no sights just instinctive shooting.i mainly use broadheads.few kills on small game with judo points.groundhogs and deer razor sharp broad heads.

[Grizzley1]

Probably a good thing you haven't. Proficiency on moving (non living) targets and various distances should be acquired with any hunting tool before you try out hunting. Saves a lot of needless harm to the animal that way. People still miss, but misses and woundings are greatly lessened with proper practice. I bow hunted years ago, but only after some serious time put into practice with a bow hunting associations approved training programme.


Mick

I gotta go with Mick on this one. I've hunted rabbit, squirrel and other critters with a 22 and like he said practice makes for less wounded animals. Looks like you had a great day hunting with your puppies, but man, how many aspirin you need after all that baying ? Looks like a blast but I have always hunted being stealthy, although hunting with the dogs looks like fun. Hope you had a good day. And to the rest of you remember practice makes for a one-shot kill.

[buckeye]

the hounds are running the rabbit scent not baying the rabbit.been beagling for 30 years and it`s all about the music the hounds make.never need a aspirin while hounds are running.music to my ears.i kill very few rabbits.when i do hunt i mainly use a 410 handgun.we run hounds every weekend.if i want to be stealthy i grab my recurve or long bow and hit the woods.i enjoy all types of hunting and raising and training rabbit dogs has been a passion of mine all of my adult life.so the only aspirin i take is for my sore old body the next day after chasing bunnies with my hounds.

[MickR]

I would be concerned about hitting one of my dogs...And running out of aspirin ...I like to hunt by stealth too. Not that I've done any real hunting for a long time now. These days hunting is about as far as the nearest venomous snake away when I'm out on the farm. Snakes are out and about at the moment and ya gotta watch ya step out there.


Mick