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[slon]

Had a hard working 3 months sprint and hunting afterwards was like God blessing...
Decided to visit one of my favorite hunting spots.

Traveled a lot and was captured by night in my VW wagon.
The cap of hot tea and dreaming about early morning hunting kept my attitude extremely positive and I placed myself on the top of my car-bed with enthusiasm, waiting for sunrise hours....

4-30. New day started. Hot tea with a sandwich made my body Ok and ready to start. With first light I started to scout area, looking for fresh rabbit signs.

8-00. Found very fresh marks. Started to look over the area using my binocular, moving slightly, looking around and moving again.

8-30. The piece of eye found a moving. My arms reflected the action, but little bit slowly, jack was a bit away from beginning and moved too fast between bushes. So I missed him.

9-00. Figured out the possible area of jack location and started to move around.

11-30. Located the jack from 200+ yards distance. Continued going around the area

12-37 (that time captured exactly) - jack was found at ravine and got 2 shots in his direction. First one I missed as jack jumped aside so fast. Next jump was much more predictable and It was easier to place the shot well...

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Returned home with fresh meat and next day prepared a yummy stew.

Eaten with a glass of white wine

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[ShooterJohn]

Hey Slon it has been awhile since we last heard from you. Nice to see you are still out there and got some rabbit for dinner. Stew is a great way to have cook jack rabbit. That's a nice dinner setting you pictured.

[slon]

Hi, John,


Thanks for comment. Actually I had a tough time between old job and new one, so was out of mainstream (had only range practice)...
Now much more flexible and ready to action

Next weekend planning dove hunting.

[ShooterJohn]

I'm glad to hear you are getting some time to go out. Best of luck getting some dove.

[Rooster707]

You make that jack look pretty tasty. Congrats.

[Bisley]

Rabbit and dove go very well cooked together in a crock pot with some watered down Italian dressing . Good luck.

[slon]

Thanks, guys.

I`ll definitely try to mix rabbit and doves. I like experiments

Luck to you too

[Air Rifle Hunter]

Nice story and photos. That plating of stew looks fantastic! I hope your next few hunts go well for you too.

[Thumper Dunker]

Nice going. Im not a stew guy but that does look good.

[chuckocaster]

Very nice! I like to Stew Jacks also, or do cacciatore with them, they need the "low'n'slow" treatment.

[ShooterJohn]

Yep I agree on the low and slow. Stews and braising these sorts of meats in a crockpot or Dutch oven can make anything taste great.