Questions about hunting bunny rabbits.

[Luis]

The cottontail is the best of all the rabbits/hares for table fare.
If their liver does not have spots on it, and there are no other obvious signs (crud around the eyes, open wounds), I eat them.
I have never used any dog to assist in rabbit hunting.
I walk slow and look a lot in open sage brush areas. In rocky areas, I also walk slow and use my scope to look for sunbathing rabbits among the open areas of the rocky stuff.

 

[LVTom]

We have tons of Rabbits , they eat everything in the yard including the plastic fence around plants... its a sin, and take a good guess where i live.

 

[Mackay Sagebrush]

I have popped a bunny or two in my time.

Usually use a handgun and consider it a good reason to get outside and get exercise and after big game season winds down. Normally handgun hunt them with big bore pistols. Frequently use a .44 mag with a hard cast, wide meplat bullet that flattens them.

But lots have been shot with .22 lever actions or .38 Specials. Pretty much anything but a shotgun, as that would be far too easy.

Headshot with a 5" .44:

 

[Mackay Sagebrush]

.357 Flattop

 

[Mackay Sagebrush]

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