Swamp rabbit!

[Cody2306]

First harvest out the national Forrest and first blood with the pedersoli 12 ga

 

[3Setters]

Nice. What state are you in that still has an open season?

 

[Cody2306]

Texas. Open season year round

 

[hanshi]

Only snowshoe hare is legal in Maine, no open season on cottontails. Snowshoes are larger but terribly dangerous.

 

[Cody2306]

Hahaha

 

[Stykbow]

Congrats.

 

[doubleset]

Impressive canines on that bunny.

 

[Codger Craig Wilcox]

We hunted them in OK, but have to wait until after the first freeze to rid the rabbits of "warbles", which are the larvae of Bot flys.

 

[MountainSmoke]

That will be a fine meal right there. Nice job!

 

[Cody2306]

We hunted them in OK, but have to wait until after the first freeze to rid the rabbits of "warbles", which are the larvae of Bot flys.

We don't really get freezes here. But I did inspect my rabbit for any sign of bot Flys and it was a clean rabbit

 

[Big Bubba]

When I was growing up we called swamp rabbits blue tails. Their tails were always this blue gray color from hanging out in the swampy areas and near the marsh. They also stank pretty bad.

 

[josie wales]

The best hunting ever is running White (Varying Hare} Rabbits with a pair of Beagles, Here in Massachusetts season opens October 20th and runs until February 5th. Great thing about Whites is they do not hole up like a Cottontail. Now because of Coyote predation their population has dropped off to a point it is difficult to train Beagles. I do hunt Eastern Coyotes but it is a waste of time trying to hunt them with a Muzzleloader.

 

[LME]

When I was growing up we called swamp rabbits blue tails. Their tails were always this blue gray color from hanging out in the swampy areas and near the marsh. They also stank pretty bad.

We called them marsh rabbits. They could swim with nothing out of the water but their nose. They also could run a pack of Beagles forever in a phone booth! Hunting the swamps with a pack of beables was way more fun than one man deserves. I am now dreaming of days gone by and the fun I had.

 

[Crooked Creek]

Only snowshoe hare is legal in Maine, no open season on cottontails. Snowshoes are larger but terribly dangerous.

Only one suitable weapon for that......

 

[LANEY REECE]

Good job on your hunt Bud, i know you had fun with 1st. harvest.

 

[andy52]

Only one suitable weapon for that......
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And the count is three, do not proceed to four, and five is right out!...

 

[oldwood]

Wow.......Big bunny Cody. What did you have to use on him ,# 3 Buck shot" ??

 

[Andrewmtnman]

Texas. Open season year round

I hunted in way south Texas many years ago and I remember the rabbits down there were huge, like small dogs. Lol. Seems to me they called them Jack rabbits. Is that the same rabbit as a swamp?

 

[bud in pa]

Here in PA we get about a one week season on snow shoe hares, and we are limited to one a day.

 

[Cody2306]

I hunted in way south Texas many years ago and I remember the rabbits down there were huge, like small dogs. Lol. Seems to me they called them Jack rabbits. Is that the same rabbit as a swamp?

No sir. From my understanding there are cotton tails, swamp rabbits ,and jack rabbits.