Got a few of these also.
Boy its getting hard waiting for rabbit season.
Cottontail Tease
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, May 26 2012 11:36 PM
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Posted 26 May 2012 - 11:36 PM
Only a little over a month to go. Just wish I knew where some was.
Got a few of these also.
Boy its getting hard waiting for rabbit season.
Got a few of these also.
Boy its getting hard waiting for rabbit season.
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 27 May 2012 - 03:52 AM
Now that is some good eating.
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 07:54 AM
Boy its getting hard waiting for rabbit season.
Ain't that the truth!
Sounds like you got a bad case of an itchy string finger
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Posted 27 May 2012 - 09:58 PM
Ive got hundreds running around the ranch. I swear if I had a little 3 foot net I could just scoup them up as Im walking to certain areas!! There are about 4 different spots through out the property that hold some big fatties!! I think I'll give them a try this year. Ill have to stand off 2-300 yards just to make it fair 
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Posted 28 May 2012 - 09:43 AM
2-300 yards?!Wow, you must have an awful long net? 
It will be interesting to see how skittish they get after being shot at a few times though Carlos. A great way to practice though with that new rifle, by taking long range head shots on the bunnies 
It certainly does look like it will be a great year again this year for the cottontail
. Darn Thumper keeps posting these rabbit pics teasing me to death. It's just not fair I tell you! I don't wanna wait 33 more days 
It will be interesting to see how skittish they get after being shot at a few times though Carlos. A great way to practice though with that new rifle, by taking long range head shots on the bunnies It certainly does look like it will be a great year again this year for the cottontail
. Darn Thumper keeps posting these rabbit pics teasing me to death. It's just not fair I tell you! I don't wanna wait 33 more days
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Posted 28 May 2012 - 09:47 AM
Love the photo's and they better be ware when you have the bow not the camera. 
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Posted 28 May 2012 - 03:20 PM
Those photos are making me want to get some Cottontails too! I've seen a bunch while hunting for Jack Rabbits so I'm hoping they'll still be around when the season starts on July 1st.
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Posted 29 May 2012 - 09:37 PM
I was able to snap a picture of this one while scouting in the evening after a day of target shooting
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Posted 31 May 2012 - 03:34 PM
I can almost hear the snap of a rimfire just looking at that cottontail.
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 05:59 PM
Last season...air pistola action...
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Posted 02 June 2012 - 06:27 PM
Those air guns and arrows sure leave them looking a L O T better than when hit with my .243
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Posted 04 June 2012 - 09:44 AM
Yep. Leaves them much easier to clean/prep too. 
Especially if you get them with a head shot (my preferred shot) which is much easier with shooting sticks. When I get them with a heart/lung shot (typcially when shooting offhand), it typically leaves a big mess of blood on the interior and can mess up one of the front legs too as the pellet exits out the opposite side of the rabbit. It's just much easier to clean when there isn't a mess of congealed blood to deal with (IMHO) and it doesn't gross with wife out as much too.
If things go well this season, I'm hoping to start off the season by getting my bag limit of (5) in a day with my .25 Marauder. I may even do some tuning to my .22 Discovery to up the FPS a little and take it out instead (since it is about 3 to 4 pounds lighter, consumes less air (about 20 shots from 2000PSI to 1200PSI) and much easier to carry in the ready position all day. The only draw back with the Disco is that it is a single shot. So in that case I may try and take my Marlin 81-DL-.22 Cal S-L-LR for it's first hunt in about 40 years (it was my Grandfather's) after I sight it in. Ahh, so many options.
Especially if you get them with a head shot (my preferred shot) which is much easier with shooting sticks. When I get them with a heart/lung shot (typcially when shooting offhand), it typically leaves a big mess of blood on the interior and can mess up one of the front legs too as the pellet exits out the opposite side of the rabbit. It's just much easier to clean when there isn't a mess of congealed blood to deal with (IMHO) and it doesn't gross with wife out as much too
.If things go well this season, I'm hoping to start off the season by getting my bag limit of (5) in a day with my .25 Marauder. I may even do some tuning to my .22 Discovery to up the FPS a little and take it out instead (since it is about 3 to 4 pounds lighter, consumes less air (about 20 shots from 2000PSI to 1200PSI) and much easier to carry in the ready position all day. The only draw back with the Disco is that it is a single shot. So in that case I may try and take my Marlin 81-DL-.22 Cal S-L-LR for it's first hunt in about 40 years (it was my Grandfather's) after I sight it in. Ahh, so many options.
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