I've hunted a bunch of different big game as well as ducks geese turkey etc. Went with a buddy of mine rabbit hunting for the first time last week. Man those suckers are fast when they pop out. Didn't help that there was no snow on the ground but dam I blew through shells with little result. I will say this though, it was an absolute blast and the one rabbit that I did get turned out great in the instapot. I'll be doing the rabbit thing again thats for sure.
Bunny Hunting....
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It is unlawful to hunt with a ferret.
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Yup ferrets are illegal.
I grew up running beagles for bunnies. It is the greatest fun. I switched to basset hound until i had to put my boy down from cancer. Now i use mostly a 22lr or 17mach2. If you kick cottontails up they dont go to far and you can snipe them. With the hounds theyd run them in a circle so you could shoot them coming at you. In southern ontario every ditch and fence line is being cleared and the woodlots are dropping fast. Rabbit hunting down here is just about non existent now. Hawks and coyotes and no place to hide really put a hurt on them
I grew up running beagles for bunnies. It is the greatest fun. I switched to basset hound until i had to put my boy down from cancer. Now i use mostly a 22lr or 17mach2. If you kick cottontails up they dont go to far and you can snipe them. With the hounds theyd run them in a circle so you could shoot them coming at you. In southern ontario every ditch and fence line is being cleared and the woodlots are dropping fast. Rabbit hunting down here is just about non existent now. Hawks and coyotes and no place to hide really put a hurt on them
unbelievable
we used to run ferrets,dogs and hawks for rabbits.really good sport and lots of fun for all the animals
as that what they were bred for.
i still have my rabbit purse nets here from 35yrs ago,hmm they are probably a prohibited item here lol
i have just got the legal clearance to use my hound and terrier to hunt rabbits and jacks here in Sask.the CO didnt
have the slightest clue what i was talking about. he was more concerned that i did chase down deer.
we used to run ferrets,dogs and hawks for rabbits.really good sport and lots of fun for all the animals
as that what they were bred for.
i still have my rabbit purse nets here from 35yrs ago,hmm they are probably a prohibited item here lol
i have just got the legal clearance to use my hound and terrier to hunt rabbits and jacks here in Sask.the CO didnt
have the slightest clue what i was talking about. he was more concerned that i did chase down deer.
cdn1canhunt
CGN frequent flyer
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- southwestern ontario
Still bunnies is most places but as you said the predators have knocked them back and keep them nocturnal. But if you can find an old fence row with some brush piles that the farmers haven't burned off yet, you will find cottontails. I gave up on bunnies years ago and started to hunt the coyotes that keep eating them all.
holzmeister
Regular
- Location
- Neumarkt Ontario
Mmmm what my Anschutz and quiet ammo could do.... 
Where are you where there is no snow on the ground??
1963beretta
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Vaughan, Ontario
They certainly are a tasty treat. I got lucky and got this one when heading out to check up on my game cam and top up the feeder. Lots of rabbits on the property, but as mentioned earlier, they have become completely nocturnal. This one spooked out when I was walking the woods looking for grouse just before the season closed. It scared the crap out of my girlfriend who just happend to be with me. Worked out well as she cleaned it while I was shooting pigeons.
Same story here with the yotes and hawks and owls. Been doing a lot of walks after recent snows and pretty confident there are just 2 or 3 rabbits making tracks on 200 acres. Except around the house and barns, likely 4 or 5. Tons of yote tracks and seeing more owls than ever.
As an aside never seen as much wild turkey, both tracks and birds.
As an aside never seen as much wild turkey, both tracks and birds.
I've been hunting rabbits and hares my whole life... as a kid, I snared so many hares every winter that we had more hare meat than deer or moose by weight. I would generally debone the meat, cube it, mix it in a large bowl (I was often doing 20 - 30 hares at a time), mix in diced garlic, diced onion, salt and pepper, and then freeze it in 2 pound bags, ready for a soup or stew or stir fry... delicious! I would often save the backstraps separately, and fry them up for breakfast with bacon and eggs... WAY better than breakfast sausage.
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They certainly are a tasty treat. I got lucky and got this one when heading out to check up on my game cam and top up the feeder. Lots of rabbits on the property, but as mentioned earlier, they have become completely nocturnal. This one spooked out when I was walking the woods looking for grouse just before the season closed. It scared the crap out of my girlfriend who just happend to be with me. Worked out well as she cleaned it while I was shooting pigeons.
thats a good size bunny
Snaring is legal in Northern Ontario, not legal in the south. Dividing line used to be the French & Mattawa Rivers, but things have been changing so quickly lately, I would check the regs before assuming that is correct. I doubt netting would fly in Ontario.
grew up hunting snowshoe hares on the farm with the .410, 22 and snares. Lots of fun and tasty too!
Today, still use the 22, but also the 28 ga and the bow.
Mostly hunted them by walking slowly through the swamps and bush, and shooting them when I saw them (there black eyes stand out well in the snow!).
My wife had a pet jackrabbit as a kid, so doesn't care for me shooting hares, or bringing them home, so I do it when she isn't along. Most of them go to an old uncle now, as he sure does love his rabbit stew!
Today, still use the 22, but also the 28 ga and the bow.
Mostly hunted them by walking slowly through the swamps and bush, and shooting them when I saw them (there black eyes stand out well in the snow!).
My wife had a pet jackrabbit as a kid, so doesn't care for me shooting hares, or bringing them home, so I do it when she isn't along. Most of them go to an old uncle now, as he sure does love his rabbit stew!
