Rabbit Hunting in Alberta

kaiviti

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Yes I stole the title :D

but I spelled rabbit right.

I was just wondering if anyone could recommend a good place to find and shoot rabbits close to Cochrane area. I've been up to Ghost Forest Land Use Zone 3 different days but haven't seen any yet. Is there somewhere better someone could point me towards.
 
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get a quad and go early in the morning. cover some distance and keep a good eye open. you can catch them sitting just out side the trees soaking up morning sun. If ur at a distance they wont move so they dont get caught.
 
AKD said:
get a quad and go early in the morning. cover some distance and keep a good eye open. you can catch them sitting just out side the trees soaking up morning sun. If ur at a distance they wont move so they dont get caught.
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Instead of a quad do you think hiking shoes and wool socks would work. I'm pretty much a city boy just getting into this so the whole quad's and dirt bikes aren't available to me just yet. The only real gear I have is rock climbing and gear for hiking.

Also if I get up early in the morning do you think the Ghost Forest Land Use Zone is an appropriate place to find them?
 
Ya youll be fine walking around as well. Rabbit hunting in the summer is hard game but rewarding i find.
Im not to sure were the ghost forest is sorry. Mostly you will find them in thicker treed areas. Ive seen a few trying to hide under fallen over trees and we had some success kicking wood piles.
 
Jacks like the open country, and cottontails are pretty much border animals.

For the area you want to hunt you will probably be shooting Snowshoe hares. They like the thick s**t in the wetter areas. Find some thick low growing spruce and alders that borders a bog and work your way VERY slowly through it. In that stuff you will need to see them before they run so being a ninja :ninja::ninja::ninja: is helpful. With a lot of patience and ninja stalking in those areas you will kill a hare about every 2-30 days spent hunting -depending on skill level and ninjaness.

Low powered scoped .22 will be your bud. The shotgun is useless this time a year as you can't see the buggers when running but will blow them to confetti if you get lucky enough to see them sitting.

I like eating hare. Never hunted them with beagles and would be willing to give it a shot if I found someone with a few semi-trained "buglers". Spot and stalk has always been my main method of hunting them and it has been good for getting some nice walks in.

Snares are what fill the freezer for the 30 plus Christmas pies I cook every year to satisfy family and my closest transplanted newfs. I can set snares twice for a half hour each time and then spend 15 minutes checking them every day. 24 snares gives about 1-4 hares a day for 4 days. Then you move and repeat.
 
Just looked at the map of the area you've been to. The long eared rats do live there but in the thick #### like I said. Best bet for a newb is to locate grassy areas near thick low cover and hunt it at dusk and dawn to see if you can catch feeders in the open. Otherwise make a day of it. Hunt early and late. Limit the beers in between.
 
sjemac said:
Just looked at the map of the area you've been to. The long eared rats do live there but in the thick s**t like I said. Best bet for a newb is to locate grassy areas near thick low cover and hunt it at dusk and dawn to see if you can catch feeders in the open. Otherwise make a day of it. Hunt early and late. Limit the beers in between.
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Thanks for your info. Truth be told after 4 different outings without even seeing a rabbit I got discouraged. Reading your posts lit the fire again. If I get skunked too many more times though, you'd better be prepared to see me up at your place for a "guided tour" :D

I'm going to take my camera along next time and take pictures of different areas and maybe get a yes/no from you.
 
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