Where do Colorado rabbits live?

[DouglasR]

Does this look like a place where rabbits would live in Colorado?
Is this too much snow for rabbits to live in Colorado?

 

[Hockaday2017]

If you're looking for jack rabbits drive down any county road at dark. If you're looking for cotton tails I've found the best luck in sagebrush flats by walking ditches or drainages in those flats.

 

[marksjeep]

Ditto above. More sage, and in the banks of washes and arroyos.

 

[RobertD]

Jackrabbits leave pretty good trails in heavy snow, don't be afraid to follow one. I stalked one with a bow once doing that and was almost successful haha

 

[Dinkshooter]

Are you that hungry?

 

[Dinkshooter]

Are you looking to run them over or shoot th
em?

 

[DouglasR]

Are you that hungry?

I’m that broke!
And it beats sitting in i70 traffic to park 5mi from the resort to have to ride the bus face to face with some dude with cigarette/alcohol breath.

I’d prefer to shoot one, but as long as the road is relatively snow covered and I’m worried I’m not gonna be able to get turned around with the cargo trailer I have no shame in jumping out and lighting one up.

Do you have any over your way?
Want to go look for some tomorrow or next weekend?
I’ll drive.

Also, would it be ok if I used your garage sink to do a final fur inspection if I get one this winter?

 

[Dinkshooter]

Not sure where you are/or working this year, but if you come over you can eat elk.

 

[DouglasR]

Not sure where you are/or working this year, but if you come over you can eat elk.

Do you have any bear?

 

[Flatbrimmer]

some dude with cigarette/alcohol breath.

I resent that statement

 

[DouglasR]

I resent that statement

I’ve got nothing against cig/alcohol breath in general, hell I’ve had it myself plenty of times.
But I’m not trying to stand within kissing distance of some dude who has it on a bus.

 

[CO Birdman]

Here in western Colorado rabbits range from almost non-existent to so thick you have to go 5 mph to keep from running them over at night!
All depends on the year. I had years where I killed over 60 with a bow and limited out every day I hunted. I also had years when I was lucky to just find some tracks in the snow! Areas with lots of sagebrush and ditches with lots of rabbit holes. A little water also helps.

 

[reallyoldman]

Rabbits have cycles which averages about every 10 years. If you live in the Grand junction area go out to the stateline and go North,

 

[tkhuntsman]

Does this look like a place where rabbits would live in Colorado?
Is this too much snow for rabbits to live in Colorado?
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Not many rabbits in that stuff look in the pinions or willow filled drainages and areas of tall grass mixed with bushes.

 

[LopeHunter]

My grandfather’s dog had a runt cottontail rabbit that followed it around the yard in the evening one summer. The dog bit Grandfather one too many times so he put the dog down. The rabbit then began eating up the vegetable garden so my grandfather shot and cooked the cottontail. Yes, he had a little hare of the dog that bit him.

 

[jrabq]

My grandfather’s dog had a runt cottontail rabbit that followed it around the yard in the evening one summer. The dog bit Grandfather one too many times so he put the dog down. The rabbit then began eating up the vegetable garden so my grandfather shot and cooked the cottontail. Yes, he had a little hare of the dog that bit him.

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