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Any rabbit hunters on the board?When I was young my family raised beagles and I had some of the finest rabbit hounds ever seen.I had some of the best times of my life with an old .410 shotgun and beagles.
I love fried rabbit,wild or domestic.My beagles are long gone but one of these days I might get me two more and do a little training.
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| Posted: Sat May 28th, 2005 07:15 AM |
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I haven't hunted rabbits in years. When I was growing up (southeast Alabama) there was a huge field of kudzu that I hunted. It was full of rabbits. We didn't have dogs, so we kicked them up. It was great practice. You had to balance letting them get far enough away for your pattern to open up, but not too far or you would loose sight of them.
My parents' family were from Arkansas, so I got to hunt "swampers" once. They were in the swamps, tough and big. Shooting their front legs never stopped them, they would lift their heads and just scoot on away. There were 6 of us, Grandaddy, Uncle Gene, Cousin Gary, Uncle Harvey, Daddy and me. We killed a bunch of them. After cleaning them my Grandmamma, Aunt Anne and Mamma ground them up and made rabbit sausage (very popular at the time) and man was it good.
I got to hunt rabbit with my Uncle Harvey and his dog, Whitey once. It was great! I was amazed that a dog knew to run the rabbits in a circle. Uncle Harvey didn't bother to straighten me out, he just let me go on. It was a while untill someone clued me in, I had wondered why everyone smiled or laughed when I was telling about it.
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| Posted: Sat May 28th, 2005 01:54 PM |
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lol Mickey.It took me a while to learn too that a rabbit would make a big circle from where the dogs struck a bay.Just sit still and wait and the rabbit would be coming right back your way.
I haven`t hunted rabbits in years either but man it was fun..
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| Posted: Sat May 28th, 2005 09:39 PM |
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Hey Timber back in the 70's i raised beagles and rabbit hunting was my passion. If the rabbit where around now, like in those days , i would still be raising beagles. I loved rabbit hunting better than any big game hunting. I really miss it. I wish the deer where gone and the rabbits where back . 
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I hear ya bea.I was looking through my old photos yesterday finding some old hog hunting photos and ran across some pics of my old buddy`s.Tucker,Sarah and Diamond.With them three no rabbit ever made was safe when they struck the trail..I`ll try to get some scanned and post em.My best hound was their father named Tigger..I sure miss that dog,he was as close a friend as some people to me..
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I bet he was always glad to see you, never tried to borry money, always ready to hunt and never fussed at you even once.
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I guess down here our rabbits are compareable to you pd's.Some hunt to eat but mostly it is more target practice.
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I used to hunt rabbits alot loved to try and hit those little speed demons. Tried my hand at one this last season but, my gun was crooked (so was blk's) lol.
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It was all your fault for running off the road and throwin the shitguns around in the back of your land-yacht Last edited on Fri Jun 3rd, 2005 11:04 PM by Blkpwdernut
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nice looking dog there timber. And black 
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Fine looking dogs. Never have rabbit hunted with a beagle...sounds fun. Gonna be a good year around here for them...seeing them everywhere. Guess I oughta break out the ole .22 this year. Have an ole .44 cap and ball revolver that has head shot a few also.
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Yup Timber,
those pics are great and bring back a lot of memories for me,when I had my beagle hounds.They are one hardy dog when it comes to chasing rabbits.I love the sport and the hounds that put em in the sights!
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Hey Vic.They sure are fun to have around and hunt with.When I retire I`m gonna raise me a pack of em and Lord willing I`ll still be able to tromp the thickets in search of cottontails.
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My great uncle Luther raised beagles for a number of years in the '40's to '70's, I got to help "train" them a few times, actually a plot to get Unc away from the house before his wife found something that needed doing.
That is another form of classical music.
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I always used a semi-auto .22 for rabbits & squirrels. I tried to hit slow moving frizbee's with the 16, but always missed. I could nail a bird on the wing with the rifle tho. I enjoy hunting bunnies almost as much as the squirrels. Deer come in a close 3rd. Never used a dog either, so I had to kick em out myself.
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I still keep 3-4 beagles for rabbits and 10 blkntans for coons and bobcat Jaime
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Hey hounds,you still hunt them beagles pretty regular?I haven`t coon hunted in years either.It is hard to find enough property anybody will let you coon hunt on here and people are bad about not wanting you on their property if your dogs get off on somebody elses place..Shame too,coon hunting is fun as can be..Got any pics of them hounds?I like lookin at good dogs!!
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I love coon hunting and up north is the place to be folks.
Folks around these parts have to problems with coon,rabbit hounds
doing what they like best!we have no population to worry about up
here in N.S. Hunt where ever you like,has been a long tradition!
time to make the move hehehehe
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These stories and pic's sure bring me back in time. I remember how I used to love the sound of the beagles running snowshoe hares in the mountains of Vermont. We had to wear snowshoes to get through the deep snow. It would amase me how those little hounds could plow through that stuff. I always used a .22 because shotshells were to expensive. I was taught to wait for the bunnie to circle then look for that big black eye. With all the surroundings being white as the rabbit, that eye stuck out like a sore thumb. That was many many years ago but thanks to you fella's for this post, it feels like yesterday.... Thanks.
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