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Title: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Ian johnson on August 24, 2008, 09:50:00 PM

this year gonna try rabbits with a bow, how do you guys go about hunting rabbits with a bow?, show some pics

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: pointy sticks on August 24, 2008, 09:56:00 PM

bow arrow snow and friends head shot.

 (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/shelhebeen/Bow%20Harvests/DSCN0288.jpg)

 (http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a144/shelhebeen/Bow%20Harvests/DSCN0286.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Ian johnson on August 24, 2008, 10:00:00 PM

man I wish it would snow here, has not in a few years though

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: dino on August 24, 2008, 10:08:00 PM

Shoot em'in the head!

 (http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q28/deanvanderhorst/215-1.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Terry Green on August 24, 2008, 10:12:00 PM

(http://tradgang.com/tg/images5/huntbuds3.jpg)

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Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Charlie Lamb on August 24, 2008, 10:46:00 PM

(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/06sunsetbunny.jpg)

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  (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/Pinedalebunny408.jpg)
  (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/TXS06bunny2.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: BUFF on August 24, 2008, 11:05:00 PM

(http://www.buffsblackwidow.com/images/RABBITS.JPG)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Drew on August 25, 2008, 08:41:00 AM

I like to spot and stalk along the brush, or get a group together and do some bunny stomping (jumping brushpiles)! Of course hearing a beagle singing isn't a bad way either....

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v445/Drewsifer/MarchEaster2008003.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Tim Fishell on August 25, 2008, 08:51:00 AM

Yup spot and stalk rabbits is a riot!!  Nothing better than good friends and a few bows!!!  

 (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p278/timf24/Picture009.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Ron LaClair on August 25, 2008, 08:59:00 AM

(http://www.shrewbows.com/rons_linkpics/ron_rabbit_2005.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: tamure on August 25, 2008, 10:51:00 AM

(http://hogsmack.com/random/bunnyhunt/me_success.jpg)

 (http://hogsmack.com/random/jackrabbit.jpg)


I use wood arrows with the big rubber blunts, and always aim for the eye. Walk real slow through the brush, and stop and look around every so often. It's all sagebrush here, so I really examine under every bush to try to catch one sitting there. A lot of times, especially when it's rainy or cold, cottontails will sit tight and won't move for nothin'. They will let you walk right by. If you do spot a rabbit within range, resist the temptation to snap into an aggressive position. If you're walking and you suddenly stop and bring the bow up, the rabbit knows you've spotted him, and he'll be gone like a rocket.

If I spot one that's too far away, I try to get closer by walking in an arc around him, or at an angle to him. Not straight at him.

I love hunting bunnies with a bow. It's challenging and fun, and if you're in good rabbit country, you get to fling lots of arrows. Our cottontail season doesn't start till October. We can shoot jacks all year, though. I have the best luck in the evenings, generally. However, mornings after a light snow are good, especially after it has started to warm up slightly.

HTH

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on August 25, 2008, 11:35:00 AM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/whoffman1955/Friends/rabbits.jpg)

Here's a few on a good year. No dogs, just kicking them out.

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Jeff Sample on August 25, 2008, 11:42:00 AM

Geeze, which one of those guys is holding the scattergun behind his back!

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: WindWalker-AK on August 25, 2008, 12:54:00 PM

Ladies & Gentlemen,
Request your advice:
When hunting Hare in powder snow (3 to 4 ft deep), what is the easiest way to find your arrow, if you should happen to miss?
Packing along a metal detector is a bit cumbersome and waiting for Spring breakup is a bit long.
Best Wishes

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Tim Fishell on August 25, 2008, 12:59:00 PM

Quote

Originally posted by WindWalker-AK:
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Request your advice:
When hunting Hare in powder snow (3 to 4 ft deep), what is the easiest way to find your arrow, if you should happen to miss?
Packing along a metal detector is a bit cumbersome and waiting for Spring breakup is a bit long.
Best Wishes

That is a tough one.  I normally just keep my eye on where the arrow hit and go get it right away.  I look for the entrance hole and carefully brush the snow away until I find it.  Although we rarely get that much snow here in Michigan!!

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Chris Lantz on August 25, 2008, 01:21:00 PM

With a group of hunters we usually spread out and walk in a line. When someone kicks a rabbit out have a few people make wide circles around where you think  it may have stopped before moving in on it. They usually don’t go too far before stopping if there some cover available. Rabbits are lots of fun to hunt with a group of people.

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   (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v433/dumbarse/Hunting/PC290386.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: GingivitisKahn on August 25, 2008, 03:51:00 PM

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Originally posted by tamure:
 (http://hogsmack.com/random/jackrabbit.jpg)

Holy yikers - look at the size of that thing.  I hope you had someone with an elephant gun backing you up.

   :eek:

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on August 25, 2008, 07:20:00 PM

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/whoffman1955/Friends/temp2031.jpg)

You know how rabbits cycle, good breeding years like every 7 years? here's the 8th year.

The tall slim fellow on the right is the one and only Joey Buchanan

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Marty on August 26, 2008, 09:07:00 AM

There's no way that's Joey!! If it is, the only thing he could still wear outa that photo is the boots!

Can you imagine what one of those new heads he's braggin on would do to a rabbit!!!

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on August 26, 2008, 05:35:00 PM

OOps....just found another one....you guys seen enough dead rabbits yet?

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/whoffman1955/Friends/temp2030.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: robtattoo on August 26, 2008, 05:47:00 PM

(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y110/robtattoo/SWEAT/2-1.jpg)

Somewhere hereabouts there's a picture of Charlie Lamb with a MONSTER jackrabbit. I mean a real gargantuan Bunzilla of a Jack.

I wish I could find the pic. I can't even remember the tread...  :knothead:

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Killdeer on August 26, 2008, 07:27:00 PM

Too fast and too small..
Nope, can't be done.

Killdeer  ;)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: A.S. on August 26, 2008, 08:08:00 PM

Just close your eyes and shoot!!! Worked for us!!

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Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: joebuck on August 27, 2008, 12:30:00 AM

Biggie, in your last pic...was that your Byron Ferguson impression?...the hat is priceless

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Bowspirit on August 27, 2008, 12:52:00 AM

Aww, just show the pic already, Killdeer. You know you wanna...

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Stone Knife on August 27, 2008, 05:24:00 AM

(http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y275/420W/HeadShots.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: joe skipp on August 27, 2008, 01:05:00 PM

(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/sf1oak/scan0012-1.jpg)

Winter Fun a two years ago.....pheasant was a bonus..

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on August 27, 2008, 07:42:00 PM

I like the pheasant Joe!

Let's see.......jackrabbit, jackrabbit....here's one. How do you like this hat Joey?

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v295/whoffman1955/Bears%20and%20Caribou%20and%20other%20Critters/jackrabbit2.jpg)

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Marty on August 27, 2008, 07:53:00 PM

Biggie is being humble. He shot that oversized bunny on the dead run! The bunny, not him. I saw it!

Title: Re: rabbits with a bow?
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on August 28, 2008, 06:05:00 AM

Yeah but I hit him "too far back"