Last weekend I went shooting at a new spot and the place turned out to be thick with jackrabbits. I got 5 out of probably 10+ I saw last sunday, from 20 to 120 paces with Savage Edge .223. No misses yet, I don't like to shoot if I don't know it's good shot. I also found 3 skulls, couple .50 bullets, and a chewed up salt cedar, AKA tamarisk. I wonder what chews 'em. Too high for little critters. Skulls look like fox, coyote, deer? They go good with the horse skull I found a few days before. On my way out I found a broken, abandoned EZ-up, so I cleaned up the desert, took it home, used the center section for a tripod and got one of my jacks with it today.Almost got bit by a sidewinder. I was almost on him when he started buzzin', thought I'd seen a jack and wasn't payin' attention to the ground. I backed up 2-3 big steps real quick, and he followed. I backed up more, and he followed again, so I fed him a lead pill. 10 sections on the rattler. Man, snakes give me the heebie-jeebies, but it was cool to see a sidewinder in person. This AM I got up at 4, in the field by 5 (after getting gas), 2 rabbits by 6, in the cooler by 7. One at 300 paces and one right after at 140 while I was pacing over to the first. Field butchered after I watched this vid the other day. I tied up both rear legs though, not too hard for my first time. No worms! Hope they're edible, swimming in some Sweet Baby Rays in the oven now. Wandered in the desert and hunted round tailed ground squirrels, took pictures, rest of the day. Found one 20mm projectile. That there's a big boolit.Got this one at 20 yards with .44 magnum SBH. Also saw this guy.
That looked like a great day.Good shooting also Might of been a porkypine eating the tree
You can hop but you can't hide. Yahi Bowmen. Its not how far you can shoot but how close to the game you get when you shoot. Sights we don't need any sights. Why waist time reloading when I can be making arrows.
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Posted 28 May 2011 - 07:28 PM
Great pics. I love the one of little guy peering out of his hole. The picture is so clear and sharp it almost looks fake, nice job. I'm guessing that's NOT the typical camera phone pic . Hope you enjoy your new found spot. There's nothing like the feeling of of exploring a new (to you) place.
Yeah, from what I found, looks like it mighta been a porcupine. Might be fun to do some nighttime critter watching out there. Yes, the lizard and the ground squirrel pics were taken with my wife's Canon Rebel XS that her parents bought her. It's pretty nice, as you can tell.
The very SE corner of CA. Jacks are everywhere I've been in SoCal I think. Whacked 7 this AM, off to another spot for the PM. Gonna hafta limit myself to handguns...Oh, and it's already too hot.
That's a really good video! I'll have to try that method next time. Curious how all the good game prep videos are all done by out of state F&G departments. Kinda shows where the priorities are here in wonderland...
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally,… you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
Single Six,Where generally in the desert were you? I would love to go shoot at some jacks before it gets too hot.
Hey Single Six Don't meen to be a pest, but is that country neer Holtville, Bonds Corner, Bard????? How about a general idea. I hunt and fish down in the Valley but do not see to many Jacks. Good hunting longboard
It's one little spot that seems to be full of them....and I ain't giving up my spot, sorry! Although, it seems like I see jacks all over the valley at least every once in a while. You just gotta learn what they like. I found this area by accident, but now that I know what to look for and have done my homework, I've found them other places too. In other news, it looks quite likely that the tree was chewed by porkys. It's chewed much too high for deer, etc, had to have been climbed. I went out and took more pics with a good camera and looked at the tree more. Also, they're not unheard of in the desert apparently and like salt. No other trees in the area seem to be chewed, but I read they like creosote bushes...
When I hunt 'em I just go out in the desert and move from hill to hill slowly and quietly glassing under the bushes as I go. Half of them I get that way and half I scare up walking. If you freeze, they'll run aways and stop and then you get to practice your stalking. I'm getting better,at stalking, it's a lot of fun. Next I'm going to try handguns and shotguns. In the hot part of the day they get in the shade in thicker cover, and you can't spot them, you end up scaring them up close-range and running, so shotgunning or some real good handgunning will be the ticket. They like transitional areas, edges of grassy openings in the brush, but you'll also find them under a creosote bush out in the desert. I don't find them in Ag areas much, maybe around the edges.
Jack CountryOne front left of rifle one right rear. 210 prone one right after the other. Shot from the hills just to to the right of where the rifle's pointing. From a hundred and some yards with telephoto. Good area for shotguns
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Posted 01 June 2011 - 03:17 AM
Great pics.. specially the one with the cresent moon. Know what you mean about the snakes.. we get a few around here during the season, mostly Yellow Bellied Black and Eastern Browns.
Picking them up, but haven't been able to make the jacks palatable yet, need to try some more tricks. The ones I tried tasted terrible, and I don't usually mind gamey stuff. Might as well go chew on the brush they're eating out there I think.
Field butchered after I watched this vid the other day. I tied up both rear legs though, not too hard for my first time. No worms! Hope they're edible, swimming in some Sweet Baby Rays in the oven now.
Some people online say jacks are good, and some say terrible. Everyone down here says they haven't been able to make them taste good. I think it might depend on what they're eating or maybe time of year.
http://honest-food.n...tew-hard-times/Best stew I have ever had. It is good over some saffron riceThis one looks really good too, but havent tried ithttp://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/showthread.php/210794-my-Jack-Rabbit-dinner-with-lots-of-photos-and-recipe
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Posted 01 May 2012 - 01:30 PM
Shooting is fun, but a far cry from a substitute for hunting! I noticed that you never did say, how was that jack meat? If you put enough spices and mix it with enough stuff to drown out the taste, anything can be edible, but you just can't beat the ease of throwing it into a pan or crock pot with little or no prep like cottontails. Look forward to seeing some more pics.
Last weekend I went shooting at a new spot and the place turned out to be thick with jackrabbits. I got 5 out of probably 10+ I saw last sunday, from 20 to 120 paces with Savage Edge .223. No misses yet, I don't like to shoot if I don't know it's good shot. I also found 3 skulls, couple .50 bullets, and a chewed up salt cedar, AKA tamarisk. I wonder what chews 'em. Too high for little critters. Skulls look like fox, coyote, deer? They go good with the horse skull I found a few days before. On my way out I found a broken, abandoned EZ-up, so I cleaned up the desert, took it home, used the center section for a tripod and got one of my jacks with it today.
Almost got bit by a sidewinder. I was almost on him when he started buzzin', thought I'd seen a jack and wasn't payin' attention to the ground. I backed up 2-3 big steps real quick, and he followed. I backed up more, and he followed again, so I fed him a lead pill. 10 sections on the rattler. Man, snakes give me the heebie-jeebies, but it was cool to see a sidewinder in person. 
This AM I got up at 4, in the field by 5 (after getting gas), 2 rabbits by 6, in the cooler by 7. One at 300 paces and one right after at 140 while I was pacing over to the first. Field butchered after I watched this vid the other day. I tied up both rear legs though, not too hard for my first time. No worms! Hope they're edible, swimming in some Sweet Baby Rays in the oven now. Wandered in the desert and hunted round tailed ground squirrels, took pictures, rest of the day. Found one 20mm projectile. That there's a big boolit.Got this one at 20 yards with .44 magnum SBH. 
Also saw this guy. 
