thunderchicken
Grandmaster
I certainly miss the days when we had access to private land to hunt rabbits. Public land is available but it's over hunted, and seems like we almost always encounter a situation where we end up in the same general area where someone is sitting in a deer stand. I'm sure they perceived it as ruining their hunt for the day.A group of us went a couple weeks ago when it was bitter cold. That Saturday was -5 and Sunday was -10!
Hunted my place Saturday and got 3. We usually take 5 on a average every year . Sunday we hunted another farm and killed 14 , probably seen/missed another dozen. This farm has been great the last few years but other years it's been about 5 .
This is all kicking brush and pushing through some of the nastiest sh!t imaginable. Always a great time and the younger kids just eat it up. When someone yells THERE HE GOES , their faces just light up. It's my favorite time with the kids for sure.
We used to have access to private land down south that was on an old coal mine strip pit. A few occasions we met up with some other beagle owners we knew and they would have 4 or 5 rabbits on the run at the same time. There were really wide gravel roads where earth movers once drove. If you wanted to you could almost sit on the tailgate with a box of shells and just wait for them to run a rabbit by.
We've only gotten out to chase rabbits twice so far this year. But, we've also gone to a preserve twice to hunt Pheasant and Chukar. Maybe we'll be able to get out either this weekend or next.