Jacks are out in central Alberta

[riversrest]

Yes I do know about "jacks" that's what we call small pike.

You do know what a pike is don't you???

I think I caught a few (not "jacks") with my buddy in Slave Lake, AB. They called em' pikes.!

 

[AlbertaJohn]

I think I caught a few (not "jacks") with my buddy in Slave Lake, AB. They called em' pikes.!

Wrong answer my friend.
Small ones are called jacks, bigger ones are called Slough sharks.
But please try again.

 

[riversrest]

Wrong answer my friend.
Small ones are called jacks, bigger ones are called Slough sharks.
But please try again.

^^ Ride one - so, only the medium size variety of that fish is called "pike" ?

 

[AlbertaJohn]

^^ Ride one - so, only the medium size variety of that fish is called "pike" ?

"Ride on" ... wtf is "Ride on"?????
You riding on a jack or something???
Or did you mean "Right on" ...

 

[riversrest]

Btw. maybe you should outline the answers to your decrypted assumptions first, so everyone can follow. Alberta Boy, lol

 

[AlbertaJohn]

Btw. maybe you should outline the answers to your decrypted assumptions first, so everyone can follow. Alberta Boy, lol

Ride on BC boi ... (snicker)

 

[Shovel]

Its a rabbit. They look the same. Who cares who is more expert. I don't know what the species of rabbit is here in south east sk but they are big and long. Bigger than the deer on Vancouver island lol. I think they are jack rabbits.

 

[Redneck Hippy]

Haha you guys made me read a book about rabbits
Turns out I’ve been wrong this whole time.
Alberta has 3 native species:
Whitetail jackrabbit (actually a hare)
Snowshoe hare
Mountain cottontail (which does not change colour in the winter)

Jackrabbits like the open areas, have black tipped ears

Snowshoes are smaller, prefer the cover of bush

There’s a decent chance I have never seen a cottontail, at least in Edmonton.

Either way, enjoyable to hunt and eat

 

[mbogo3]

The reason you're seeing so many jacks is it's their breeding season.........mad as a March hare.

 

[mattgoulding]

The reason you're seeing so many jacks is it's their breeding season.........mad as a March hare.

Oh yeah I know, just lets others know the rut is on.

 

[350tracker]

In my younger years I used to hunt Jack rabbits. My neighbour would take his boys and me out for a day hunt on the weekends. I had a great time being able to shoot a 22 lr as my dad never wanted anything to do with guns and hunting. Lucky I had a good neighbour that took time for me and this is how I got into hunting and fishing.
This neighbour ended up moving way out near the city perimeter at the time with very little house on the gravel road. We used to shoot 22's behind his place and ride a mini bike. Went for a ride a few years ago in that area and it's unbelievable how the city has grown.

 

[track]

The jackrabbit has longer ears, body and big eyes, whereas; the snowshoe hare has shorter ears and body. I've viewed both in southern Alberta and there is a noticable difference. I believe the photo's on this thread by hunters show no evidence of jackrabbits.

 

[canadian hunter312]

I grew up catching over 100 snowshoe hare a year when we ran the big trap line, I can promise you this is not a snowshoe. I know the pic does make it look smaller then it is, I though about it after I skinned it I should have placed something by it for size so guys like your self who have never killed one could get a sense of how big the jackrabbits are

I think some people are missing this post and are either half blind, have no idea how to use objects in a picture for scale, are viewing CGN on a monitor from 1995 or need to clean their glasses

Or maybe they just don’t realize you need to click on the picture in the very first post of this thread to see the jackrabbit while the other 2 pics you don’t need to click to enlarge are of snowshoes?



It’s a funny thread either way.

 

[riversrest]

Sometimes it's hard to articulate what a real rabbit really is...

 

[mattgoulding]

I think some people are missing this post and are either half blind, have no idea how to use objects in a picture for scale, are viewing CGN on a monitor from 1995 or need to clean their glasses

Or maybe they just don’t realize you need to click on the picture in the very first post of this thread to see the jackrabbit while the other 2 pics you don’t need to click to enlarge are of snowshoes?



It’s a funny thread either way.

I know I am getting a good laugh from all the old guys trying to tell me what is and isn’t a jack rabbit, none of them have a clue. But next time I post something I will make sure it’s clear in the photo of what it is so they don’t have anything to question. Hahaha

 

[crazy_davey]

I know I am getting a good laugh from all the old guys trying to tell me what is and isn’t a jack rabbit, none of them have a clue. But next time I post something I will make sure it’s clear in the photo of what it is so they don’t have anything to question. Hahaha

Don’t worry about it. More than half of these experts couldn’t tell their d@ck from a cocktail weenie. That’s a fact…

 

[fingers284]

Marinade the rabbit for 2-3 days in red wine. Brown the meat and then slow simmer for several hours with spices (salt, marjoram , juniper berries, peppercorns, bay leaves, smoked paprika, onion flakes), carrots and celery root

In other words..."pretty much take the taste of Rabbit from the equation"

 

[AKAalbertacoyotecaller]

Now we should discuss the gophers we have in Alberta…

 

[geologist]

 

[canadian hunter312]

I know I am getting a good laugh from all the old guys trying to tell me what is and isn’t a jack rabbit, none of them have a clue. But next time I post something I will make sure it’s clear in the photo of what it is so they don’t have anything to question. Hahaha

Apparently you need to post GPS coordinates, pictures of the animal beside a certified measuring device, pictures of it being weighed at the post office, and send in a DNA sample before posting on CGN.