What's your rabbit set up?
- Thread starter triton
- Start date
- Location
- Saskatchewan
Marlin 39M .22 LR, or Browning M42 .410 pump, or Rossi M92 .38 spec, or Heym 16ga/.222 or a few others...
Snare's are certainly the most effective and in the right patch of small spruce's on the edge of the muskeg or cut line can be damn impressive especially in a good year , Hunting In Alberta I used to use a Norinco Jw 15 .22 with a 1.5x5 scope and look under the low hanging branches of spruce trees, In the lower mainland of BC a shotgun and walking the blackberry bushes along the slough's in february peering in used to work well too.
I use a baikal ij58 mainly. a mossberg 400 with dual pistol grips if I hunt real thick stuff. 7/8oz #8 shot. When the snow comes I use snowshoes and a chuckster 22mag for jacks. Altho last year I used an o/u in 12 20 28 and even 410. This year will prolly be a mix of the baikal with 410 tubes and a real sweet italian sxs also with 410 tubes
Toz-17 .22LR
Looks like this one but without the globe sight on the front, just has a post:
Used to use my M6 Scout with 7 1/2 shells but I found cleaning the things so much nicer when head shot with a .22 The shotgun just ruined to many shoulders and always punctured the guts.
Here are pics from last year with the M6 and the TOZ 17
TOZ
M6
Looks like this one but without the globe sight on the front, just has a post:
Used to use my M6 Scout with 7 1/2 shells but I found cleaning the things so much nicer when head shot with a .22 The shotgun just ruined to many shoulders and always punctured the guts.
Here are pics from last year with the M6 and the TOZ 17
TOZ
M6
I used whatever I had ammo for when I was a kid. Variety of .22's, 20 ga. Mossberg bolt, Winchester 37 12 ga., and my brother had one of those El Faisan .410 doubles. I came to regard the 12 gauge as overkill after cutting a couple in half at close range. I don't do much bunny hunting these days, but my pick would be a .22 semi-auto. Snares are illegal in Ontario south of the French River.
antiqueguy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- windsor ontario
cooey model 60 when i can ge thtem to stay still or a 12ga or .410 bolt or backpacker when i cant
i like fllowing the tractors around it will flush them up makes perfict for shotgun
i like fllowing the tractors around it will flush them up makes perfict for shotgun
- Location
- AB foothills
I don't pursue rabbits much anymore but I do take one once and a while around our place for a rabbit stew. I prefer the old Cooey for that job, mostly because it is what I killed my first bunny with many, many moons ago.
the spank
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Planet Earth Wearing My Tinfoil Hat
I don't pursue rabbits much anymore but I do take one once and a while around our place for a rabbit stew. I prefer the old Cooey for that job, mostly because it is what I killed my first bunny with many, many moons ago.
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I don't like your method and or rifle choice, it is far too simple and you end up spending so much unnecessary time in the field, contribute very little to the local economy plus you run the risk of wounding too many bunnies with such an unproven rifle/load choice. Here is how it should be done...............
First I scout 4-5 days per week, then after locating some good sign, I find where two bunny trails intersect. I spend countless $$ and dump feed in said location, at minimum 1 - 4' x4' crate of apples and then set out trail cams. After checking the cameras for at least a week I then decide if it is worth building an enclosed box blind on top of a 15 foot tower. If it is I do so, then re-feed if necessary and let it sit for a few days to give the elusive bunnies time to settle back into the area after my construction disturbance. Then as I am getting anxious and excited at the thought of putting down a big mature Cottontail or Varying Hare, one with at least 4" long ears, so it can make the record books, I log into canadiangunnutz and ask advice on calibre and bullet selection. Next I spend at least 1 week testing the various loads that were offered up as the ultimate by the wisest of veteran hunters on here. After checking the weather channel and farmers almanac to decide which day is going to be best for my anticipated hunt I head to Cabela's to get myself a scent lock suit. So armed with my new waterproof, scent proof, bunny bite proof clothing and hiking boots, my overloaded field pack, an SLR camera, my favorite rifle, nothing less than a Cooper with Swarovski optics and my new pet loads I put another $100+ gas in my truck, buy my bunny tags and head for my stand.............
