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Title: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 28, 2007, 12:38:00 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Dsturgisjr/IRabbits.jpg)

Our MI rabbit season runs to March 31. Shot these two rabbits in a half hour after work last night. They seemed more stupid than wild. I think I could have shot more, but I lost my left contact lens. LOL
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: JBiorn on March 28, 2007, 12:57:00 AM
Mmmmmm.....Hossenfeffer! Nice shooting!

 Jeff
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Post by: Woodduck on March 28, 2007, 12:59:00 AM
Congratulations.   :bigsmyl:  

Good shooting and many happy returns of the 'wild', looks mild, day.   :archer:
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 28, 2007, 01:32:00 AM
Woodduck, not to mention the stripe in the longbow riser and the lucky rabbit foot. Good color coordination is a must for a successful hunt.
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Post by: Stone Knife on March 28, 2007, 05:31:00 AM
Nice going! Our season is closed now, a lot of them show back up in the warmer weather.
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Post by: Osagetree on March 28, 2007, 07:14:00 AM
Looks like well placed shots,, congrats and thanks for posting!!!!
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Post by: Ian johnson on March 28, 2007, 07:20:00 AM
what kind of points did you use?
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 28, 2007, 07:35:00 AM
Hey Ian, I carry judos and hex blunts for rabbits. Shot these two with judos. It is a 79# Widow longbow with Beman Mfx shafts. The results were similar to a .22 long rifle with hollow points
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: AnointedArcher on March 28, 2007, 07:51:00 AM
great job Denny, I put a stalk on a wiley ole woodchuck yesterday but he busted me before I got into bow range.
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Post by: vermonster13 on March 28, 2007, 07:57:00 AM
Good deal.
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Post by: Littlefeather on March 28, 2007, 08:05:00 AM
Congrats Denny! Lots of fun wrapped up in those little guys! CK
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Post by: B.O.D. on March 28, 2007, 08:13:00 AM
Looks like it was mild there yesterday too, was beautiful here.
Colder and clear today though.
BD    :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Tim Fishell on March 28, 2007, 08:14:00 AM
Congrats Denny.  Hopefully I will get out at least one more time as well.
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Ron LaClair on March 28, 2007, 08:30:00 AM
Hey Denny are those the tame rabbits that were living right behind your shop?   :rolleyes:

This is the breeding season, did you get them both with one shot?   :biglaugh:
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 28, 2007, 08:44:00 AM
Ron, I already shot the "tame" rabbits on the range. You never showed up to hunt so I decided to take them out. LOL, These were junkyard rabbits.
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Post by: Bowspirit on March 28, 2007, 08:45:00 AM
A fine cache of rabbits there, Denny...
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Post by: keith brimmer on March 28, 2007, 08:49:00 AM
DENNY what kinda quiver you got there?
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Post by: BigRonHuntAlot on March 28, 2007, 09:50:00 AM
:bigsmyl:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: PaPaFrank on March 28, 2007, 10:27:00 AM
Denny,
     Always enjoy your posts!!  I think you need a HEAVIER bow for those varmits, LOL!!
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dan Worden on March 28, 2007, 12:53:00 PM
Good ol MI rabbits. They remind me of FL deer.  :p  

Nice job Denny.
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: JasonV on March 28, 2007, 02:24:00 PM
I've seen a pic somewhere of W Tim holding a Florida deer that looks a little smaller than one of those....

ok, maybe not smaller than one - but it wasn't any bigger than the two of 'em put together...  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: bentpole on March 28, 2007, 04:10:00 PM
Good Stuff Denny
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Post by: Ron LaClair on March 28, 2007, 04:23:00 PM
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DENNY what kinda quiver you got there?  
That's not a quiver, that's a Rabbit Trap    :goldtooth:
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Bowspirit on March 28, 2007, 04:50:00 PM
Looks to be one of them new Dogware Quivers from 3Rivers...
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Post by: JBiorn on March 28, 2007, 04:52:00 PM
Yeah Ron----he HAD to have been using some kind of trap!!  :biglaugh:
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Post by: Tom Uselding on March 28, 2007, 05:20:00 PM
I've heard of junkyard dogs but never junkyard rabbits.
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Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 29, 2007, 05:52:00 AM
Tom, Heck, there is junkyard toms and bucks too.

Ron, Rabbit trap - LOL! Put a little corn in the bottom and they hop in for a snack. I sent your stuff to you, but now I don't know why.   :)  

Thanks everyone
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: 2-BIG on March 29, 2007, 07:36:00 AM
Nice shooting! This warm weather seems to have em moving a lot. I've been seeing them on my way home from work in the mornings along the sides of the road and usually 3 or 4 are in my yard when I pull in.
I'm gonna get the beagle out for one last run this weekend and see if I can make a meal!  :)
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Ron LaClair on March 29, 2007, 07:57:00 AM
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I sent your stuff to you, but now I don't know why.   :)    
If I didn't pick on you you'd think I didn't like you.    :smileystooges:   : ....   :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 29, 2007, 08:59:00 PM
Couldn't help myself. Ran out after work and went hunting again. Should have got 4, but ended up with one unfortunate rabbit.

You should come down Ron - so I can give you a lesson in shooting rabbits.   :)    (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v328/Dsturgisjr/INTERNETRABBIT.jpg)
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: benderofwood on March 29, 2007, 11:26:00 PM
Denny;

If you shoot like that WITHOUT your contacts, hate to see what you do to them with them in..  :biglaugh:  looks like a great BBQ weekend ahead;
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Tom Uselding on March 29, 2007, 11:43:00 PM
I haven't heard of junkyard Toms or junkyard bucks either; only junkyard dogs.

You keep killing those bunnies and you'll have plenty to eat.
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Post by: Guru on March 30, 2007, 05:27:00 AM
Way to go bud!!
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Ron LaClair on March 30, 2007, 06:59:00 AM
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You should come down Ron - so I can give you a lesson in shooting rabbits.  
Thanks Denny but I was killin rabbits with a bow  when you were in knee britches    ;)    

 (http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/Ron%20&%20Trump%201962.jpg)

   (http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/longbow%20rabbit%20pie.jpg)

   (http://tradgang.com/ron/ron38.jpg)
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 30, 2007, 08:38:00 AM
Too bad Geiko didn't have those caveman ads back then. You could have named your price with that middle photo.  :)
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Post by: Ron LaClair on March 30, 2007, 09:19:00 AM
Those were the days when I was a Stunt man double for Dan Haggerty (Grizzley Adams) That bear never did get use to me.       :readit:   ...     :rolleyes:   ....     :bigsmyl:
 http://www.dm-productions.com/bonanzafilm/dan_haggerty.htm
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 30, 2007, 09:29:00 AM
How is your memory Ron? I'd like to know the brands of the bows in those pics.
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Ron LaClair on March 30, 2007, 09:36:00 AM
My memory's like a steel trap     :confused:    :p

From top to bottom. a 1961 Bear Kodiak Special, 66" 60#@28". Next is a 1980 Zebra Longbow, 70" 83#@28". Last is a 1958 Bear Kodiak Special,68" 45#@28"
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Post by: trapdoor on March 31, 2007, 05:32:00 PM
Fine fine job there Denny, big bunnies! They're bout the same size as Newaygo County whitetails. -
   BTW--Your wife pens quite an article! Really enjoyed that in TB magazine, great job!
  Awesome pics Ron. I read the post where you might be putting a book together. That's going to really be something... looking so forward to that. The pics alone will be some grade A classic stuff!!--Don McKellar
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on March 31, 2007, 05:45:00 PM
How are you doing Don?

I shot another rabbit last night- should have had a couple more. I think I'll go out this afternoon with one contact lense. The last 2 hours of daylight seem to be the best time. Last call for rabbits in MI today.
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: trapdoor on April 01, 2007, 11:04:00 AM
Doing great Den,-thanks
           Yup, bunny season just ended.  Time to hunt a few Chipmunks. The little bast....RASCALS, I mean, have been tearing the heck out of my cabin for the last couple of years.-If I can figure a good way to cook the little delecacies, I'll never go hungry.  
                 :p
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Terry Green on April 01, 2007, 06:18:00 PM
Cool Denny!!!!!
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Gordy on April 01, 2007, 08:19:00 PM
D- did ya give up the dinosaur hunting for the season then ?   ;)

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v431/TimDougherty/Dino-Denny.jpg)
Title: Re: Wilder Than a March Rabbit
Post by: Dsturgisjr on April 02, 2007, 08:41:00 AM
Gordy, You can only draw that tag once in a lifetime. Guess I'm al done.  :)  

Ron, Your memory seems kinda good.

Weather turned off cool and rainy for the last day. Never got a shot.

Turkey doesn't open for a few weeks, but I saw a woodchuck yesterday......