Yeah, I told the guy at the road house down the way the same thing after he said business was slow. I said you gotta run these fat chicks out and the predators will come back.
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I have seen more in my yard this year. I don't have a garden so they don't bother me.
It’s not just the predators, rabbits (both cottontails and jack) have been depleted due to a virus that nearly wipes out the population. It takes a long time for them to recover, especially because nearly everything eats them. Birds, reptiles, canines… they are definitely the bitch of the food chain. I have a lot of friends who are falconers and although they can hunt other prey (ducks, squirrel, quail, pigeon, etc ) depending on the species of bird, cottons and jacks are the most common.
If anyone knows of bunny rich areas where they can hunt with these birds, the info is always appreciated.
If anyone knows of bunny rich areas where they can hunt with these birds, the info is always appreciated.
I'm watering the rabbits around my house. I try to leave veggies and lettuce for them but I go back later and nothing has eaten the scraps.
This is a jack rabbit.
I hated finding them in the field when hunting cottontails with beagles.
A cottontail will always eventually run in a circle, coming back to the hunter when chased by beagles.
The jack rabbit will run in a straight line for miles.
My beagle got after one once and I lost sight of her a mile away. Drove around the section lines for hours trying to find her. Nada.
I heard that if one left an item of clothing where you last saw the dog get on a scent, they would eventually retrace their steps and be at the location where the clothing was left.
Put down an undershirt and a jacket and came back at 5 am the next morning.
Sure as heck, that beagle was sleeping on my clothing.
We had several more successful hunting seasons before she got too old.
To this day, I have hunting buddies back in the day brag on how intense she was in catching rabbits on her own. It became a contest to see if the dog or the hunter would bring home more rabbits.
Sometimes the dog won.
I hated finding them in the field when hunting cottontails with beagles.
A cottontail will always eventually run in a circle, coming back to the hunter when chased by beagles.
The jack rabbit will run in a straight line for miles.
My beagle got after one once and I lost sight of her a mile away. Drove around the section lines for hours trying to find her. Nada.
I heard that if one left an item of clothing where you last saw the dog get on a scent, they would eventually retrace their steps and be at the location where the clothing was left.
Put down an undershirt and a jacket and came back at 5 am the next morning.
Sure as heck, that beagle was sleeping on my clothing.
We had several more successful hunting seasons before she got too old.
To this day, I have hunting buddies back in the day brag on how intense she was in catching rabbits on her own. It became a contest to see if the dog or the hunter would bring home more rabbits.
Sometimes the dog won.
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Wabbits are everywhere this year......went to get a steroid injection in my shoulder at the Norman Health Plex yesterday and saw one in one of the parking lot medians then went to Academy and saw the same thing but two.
Two in the back yard around dawn this morning and one in each of the neighbors yards across the circle.
Two in the back yard around dawn this morning and one in each of the neighbors yards across the circle.
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