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- Thread starter huntinchef
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trubluscrew
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- Location
- SW Ontario
Follow the Natives (just kidding).
We use to check out the gravel logging roads (the not so used ones) during the off season around the mid-evening. The rabbits come out to get some gravel for digestion. We used the truck odometer to aproximate the distance and mark it down in a book. When season opened, we would head to the aprox. area and start into the bush.
We use to check out the gravel logging roads (the not so used ones) during the off season around the mid-evening. The rabbits come out to get some gravel for digestion. We used the truck odometer to aproximate the distance and mark it down in a book. When season opened, we would head to the aprox. area and start into the bush.
- Location
- Hillbilly shack in the boonies
Find stands of Birch, drop a few in an open area where you can see for a fair distance,50 yds or so, and setup in the evening , they will come 
- Location
- Prince George, BC
it's real easy in the early winter and very early spring as there is still snow on the ground for easy tracking and the rabbits arent completly white.
but in the fall/spring/summer whenever it's still not that difficult. what i used to do is just simply take a walk through the bush. look for rabbit trails and then just follow one you'll eventually come acrossed some rabbits. the hard part comes when you actually find some and they take off and trying to swing your gun to follow him in thick of the bush is an interesting expience lol. in Northern Ontario there are so many rabbits that just walking through the bush your bounf to come across acouple.
but in the fall/spring/summer whenever it's still not that difficult. what i used to do is just simply take a walk through the bush. look for rabbit trails and then just follow one you'll eventually come acrossed some rabbits. the hard part comes when you actually find some and they take off and trying to swing your gun to follow him in thick of the bush is an interesting expience lol. in Northern Ontario there are so many rabbits that just walking through the bush your bounf to come across acouple.
Huntinchef,
Thing to remember too is that our "rabbits" down here on the Rock are actually Snowshoe Hares. (We also have Arctic Hare, especially in Labrador). The most common bunny you'll run into on the mainland is the Cottontail Rabbit. Unlike our snowshoe hare, the cottontail will hole up in burrows, under brushpiles, rocks, etc... If you don't have a dog, check around for food sources and any near by brush piles. Take a buddy with you. Have one guy give the pile a good kick and the other guy standing ready to take the shot. You can check with local farmers in your area as well. Many will tell you where to look and will happily give you permission to hunt them on their property as the little buggers can do lots of crop damage if left unchecked.
Thing to remember too is that our "rabbits" down here on the Rock are actually Snowshoe Hares. (We also have Arctic Hare, especially in Labrador). The most common bunny you'll run into on the mainland is the Cottontail Rabbit. Unlike our snowshoe hare, the cottontail will hole up in burrows, under brushpiles, rocks, etc... If you don't have a dog, check around for food sources and any near by brush piles. Take a buddy with you. Have one guy give the pile a good kick and the other guy standing ready to take the shot. You can check with local farmers in your area as well. Many will tell you where to look and will happily give you permission to hunt them on their property as the little buggers can do lots of crop damage if left unchecked.
huntinchef said:
If by "ours" you mean NL, Nope. X-man was right
"There are six small game species that are currently managed and hunted in
Newfoundland and Labrador. These are the snowshoe hare, arctic hare (hunted in Labrador only), willow ptarmigan, rock ptarmigan, ruffed grouse and spruce grouse."
That was taken right from the Small game management - Environment and Conservation page from the Gov. site.
The Snowshoe Hare was brought here as an additional food source for residents, there used to be more Arctic Hare on the island portion of the province but the Snowshoe took so well to NL that it ate them out of house and home.
EDIT: Just looked at the ontario page, If you were talking about up there than you were partially right, you have the European, the Varying, and the Cottontail.
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- Location
- Manitoulin Island
Well, we used to hunt European Hare (Jackrabbit) and cottontail when I lived in S. ON, but all we have on Mantioulin are Varying Hare (Snowshoe). I think the same applies in N.W. ON, but correct me if I am wrong.
Went to the camp near Timmins last month and seen the most rabbits ever along the gravel road. We usually find the odd one while bird and moose hunting. When snowmobling you will find areas with lots of tracks and some areas with none. That is how we locate where you find them.
