Rabbit Hunters...what do you use?

[reesej]

.22 40 grain sub sonic with a suppressor
Cheers
Richard

me, too, on a M21 Pocket Beretta. Front sight is on the can. The threads on both are flame-hardened, but the can is loctited on the barrel. 8" OAL, 15 ozs. The can is sleeved around the main tube and has an underchamber, 3" long, but 1/2" of that is the threads. The flip up barrel feature is gone, extractor added, real sights, and the barrel release is now the slidelock. Run wet, it's very quiet. No more noisy than a much bigger can if you let the slide cycle and run it 'dry".

 

[TwistedSage]

Shotgun or 22. If going with 2 people one of each is perfect a shotgun for when they jump close and the 22 for if they stop in the open. If I had to pick one to count on bringing some meat home, shotgun.

 

[Mtnhunter1]

My son would say that his 17hmr works purty-darn-good for those rascally rabbits!



Photo of one of our annual Christmas Holiday rabbit hunts......I really miss those days! He will be graduating college in the spring.

 

[wsco3506]

.40 caliber southern mountain flintlock

 

[Valgrego]

My son would say that his 17hmr works purty-darn-good for those rascally rabbits!

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Photo of one of our annual Christmas Holiday rabbit hunts......I really miss those days! He will be graduating college in the spring.

Nice shooting! Wow, he looks really young for a college graduate! Ha ha!

 

[Walkathon]

We used to jump shoot them in thick cover and used a 20 or 12 gauge with 6 or 4 lead shot. Modified choke.

 

[Wildabeest]

Hunted them as a kid in thick cover with a beagle and shotgun. Most shots were full speed runners and we missed far more than we hit, but it was great fun!

 

[WyoDoug]

I don't like 12 gauge for rabbits. I generally use a semi-auto 22LR or a semi-auto 410.

 

[1100RemingtonMan]

A .22LR is what I like to use for rabbits as a shotgun is to easy.

 

[Gr8bawana]

I rarely go hunting just for rabbits. We usually run across them while quail or chukar hunting so they get shot with my 12ga using 7 1/2 or 6 shot. Fixed modified choke.

 

[shrapnel]

We take rabbit hunting seriously...

 

[TrumpkinTheDwarf]

Rabbits are the perfect excuse to get a new gun. An old one. Preferably .22 LR, lever or pump doesn't matter. Bonus points if it's a pistol. I'm a lousy shot with .22 pistols but it's fun to kill bunnies with them.

 

[MarylandBeagler]

Im hunting over dogs so it’s always my side by side 20 gauge with high brass #6 shot.

-Z

 

[Trial153]

I only hunt with my dogs. I carry a nice little 410 side by side that does the trick

 

[shootbrownelk]

Winchester 1890 in .22 long.

 

[GlockZ]

I live in a shotgun only state, so I use my 20 gauge pump

 

[.270Rem]

Past few years I have carried my 16 gauge A5 Browning and a 20 gauge O/U. I got a SxS 16 Verney Carron that I want to get out before the season closes at the end of the month. 5's, 6's, or 7 1/2's all work well as long as you choose your shots. And the .22 is a solid choice if you want to slow down and find them before they run.

 

[460Wbymag]

Depends on what I draw for the fall hunting season. I will use the rifle for practice on rabbits to get ready for the upcoming hunting season.


Although I have been known to use something that is a little larger than normal. That is my .460 Wby.

 

[460Wbymag]

I also use smaller cartridges for bunnies.

Sako .22 PPC topped with a Leupold 3.5x10.

 

[ImBillT]

17HM2, 22lr, 222, 223AI. Headshots only.