We had a huge ice storm here in my part of Ny and over 250,000 without power. So what is one to do? I went bunny huntin today. The guys and gals who have been to my bunny hunt know we have lots of rabbits. Today was awesome. I left the house at 2:30 and everything was coated with ice, I mean a 1/2" of ice. I only hit two small spots and they were out and about. I hunted the two spots where Killdeer and I hunted last year and where we did the kids hunt on our first day of the Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt last year. I managed to miss 13 shots at a total of 19 0r 20 bunnies. I only hunted and hour and they were the ones I saw. I could here more going out in front of me as I skated along. It should be another banner year and I am looking forward to another great hunt with all my Tradgang friends. Shawn
That sounds like a lot of fun. We're getting snow here as well. I plan on heading out to a nearby area with my bow tomorrow morning to see if I can see some cottontails.
ohhh yeahhhhhhhh!!!!!
i was just tryin to recrute some new guys for the hunt tonight. got them all excited about the "biggest bunnies ever"!! cant wait shaun, if ya wanna do any tune-ups let me know, i dont know if i can wau till feb!!
jamie
There are a ton of bunnies this year....I cant wait!
Jamie..I will be letting ya know once Im done big game hunting(tomorrow).
Looks like a great bunny season ahead.
I was at the Bean outlet store a couple of weeks ago. I remembered that huge field of ice that we crossed to get to the thorny ravine where Dave impaled his eye on a wayward snag. I got two types of ice gripper thingies. Nothing makes me feel quite as helpless as ice. Glad you and the bunnies can show me an upside to the stuff!
Eat the raspberry-blue snow!
Killdeer :D
I was wondering why all the blue snow had hand marks in it! Killy...no wonder why you werent panting and dehydrated like everyone else when you all came rolling in. :biglaugh:
Where do you all hunt bunnies? The population seems pretty good in my area, but nowhere could I find more than a handfull during a days hunt.
Bowhunters...always turning a bad situation into a good one. Sounds like you had a great day.
Lebecnal, we are just south of Albany. Shawn's hunt in is Selkirk.
Well, I'm glad that you are into the bunnies like crazy there! Do you all have alot of coyotes there? We've been seeing coyotes every time we go out, sometimes 2 or 3 a day.
Sounds pretty promising Shawn, we have so many fox around and so much less cover that are population is quite low. I have been making some shafts out of some old fir porch boards, my friend gave me a bunch of goose wings complete with feathers so I'll be well stocked when we show up :thumbsup:
Shawn I can't wait..BUNNY,,,BUNNY COMIN AT YA!!!!!
Gotta let me know when you can use some help bustin' up them little fuzzy critters. Before the Main Event I mean.
... mike ... :archer: ...
yeah man, i'm up for some bunny huntin any weekend after December.
I'm in this year, can't wait! I love rabbit stew.
OOOOHHHHHHHHHHH YYYYYEEEEAAAAAHHHHH :thumbsup:
What Drew said!!! :bigsmyl: :bigsmyl:
Larry
Our rabbit season opens back up tomorrow, I have the bow and beagle ready. Can't wait!!
I'm gonna be outside prac-tiz-en with my bunny bow today. :) Need to beat that steel target.
... mike ...
Wed will be the first bunny hunt of the year for me. Beagles are pumped & ready, as well as my weapon. Sorry I just cant wing arrows at the bunnies, I like to hit a few now & then. Specially after the dogs work so hard. After a while I will get back at it with bow. I have a young pup that is just coming on & packing with the older dogs & he needs some fur in his teeth. Mike
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
67 days and counting......but I'm not the least bit excited about it!!!!!! :saywhat:
David
Snow is coming in....ya know I will be out there chasing em tomorrow!
OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH YYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!
Shawn what are the details on your bunny hunt? You invited a couple of us at the last Muzzy shoot and we are looking forward to coming. thanks Pete from CT
Guys, sorry I have ot been on. Please watch for my post on the strole of mid-night Jan. 1st. We have some special stuff planned this year. This post will give everyone all they need to know about the hunt. OOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn
Guys, I also have a new 180 acre spot to hunt that is only a mile from the greenhouses. It is loaded with bunnies and I am gonna do a hunt there Thursday after work. We killed 17 last year with over 250 shots and I hope to do better but ya never know. We need snow, so Mikey I know it is early but put on the pink tutu and and call the big snow dancer (Woodchucker) and get busy, maybe with your help he will make more this year!! Shawn
Team Pink is ready Shawn! I have a few bunny bustin' arrows made up. Lookin' foward to this weekend of bunny hunting almost as much as Christmas!
... mike ... "Think Pink!" ... :archer: ...
sounds good thanks Shawn
Shawn,
I will be there this year with the boys from Rochester. Sorry I missed it last year, but I was there in spirit.
Im ready for some bush bustin, brush pile smashin good times, I think I have as much fun if not more pushing the bunnys and callin them out!
Pete Smith
Fresh snow....as soon as I am done shoveling...
Just got back in...no bunnies, only two sets of tracks. All the bunny holding prickers and roses have been mowed...
Who in their right mind mows down good rabbatat????
The landowner is an avid bird hunter, and I guess he got tired of walking into this stuff to retrieve his birds...I still have a lot of good stuff to hunt, but that stuff around the lake was just....perfect.
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Who in their right mind mows down good rabbatat????
Now that right there is some funny stuff!! I hope to make it this year. SKippy
Only in New York would someone ruin good "rabbatat".....LMAO. :smileystooges:
Rabbatat? :D Now that is a word I've never heard before; but I like it, and it will definitely become a part of my vocabulary. I'm taking my 12-year-old daughter bunny hunting this weekend. If nothing else she's going to learn a new word. :D
I am heading out tomorrow right after work for an hour or so. I am gonna try the new spot and see how I do. I have a dozen arrows with hex heads and blunts. I know I will be getting some shooting in. Shawn
Shawn, Shawn, Shawn, haven't you learned to NOT ask for snow! Thanks a lot! 7-14" is coming today! At least it will be fun for the bunnies.
I'm with Terry on this one......STOP THE DANCIN' CHUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
David
Hmmmmm.....How did they know????? :rolleyes:
Nice warm up Chuck... ;)
I like it. I am 44 today and feeling it!! I plowed snow for the last 18 hours and I managed 2 hours sleep. I am gonna do little snow clean-up at the old house and than around 3:30 go chase them bunnies with my bow. We have 8"s of fresh stuff and it should be good as we have another storm coming in for tomorrow morning, 8 more inches. Chuck keep on dancin!!! I would rather have 4ft. than none at all for the bunny hunt. I am also gonna get in a cheap plug. Anyone reading this who wants to donate to our raffle for the St. Judes kids feel free to PM me!!! We need a bow builder to build a bow for the raffle as well!! OOOOHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Shawn
Shawn....
A very Happy and Healthy Birthday. :scared:
Jim
Happy Birthday Shawn! Have A Wonderful Christmas Too!
... mike ... :D ...
Happy Birthday Shawn !!!!
Four feet of snow? We better get one of the fiberglass bike poles with a flag for Mikey...
Happy Birthday Shawn!
Dont worry about Mikey,Im gonna keep him safe in my quiver.
Perfectly good brand-new word and it came out of the chute misspelled!
Rabbit + habitat = rabbitat.
Leave you guys alone for a few minutes and look what you do. Can't find Mikey, the rabbitat's been mown and the New Yorkers are running amok. Chucker, a little discretion, please.
Killdeer~that IS a great new word. :bigsmyl:
Chuck, disregard the last part of Killie's second paragraph, please use a lot of discretion!!!! I still have nightmares plowing through snow two years ago, and I'm a might bit older than the 44 years that Shawn is pushing around.........
Happy Birthday Shawn!!! :clapper:
David
I forget what birthdays are, but have a good one anyway, Shawn! :wavey:
Oh man, happy birthday Shawn!!!
Plan on hunting some "rabbitat" in the morning...should be good with all the fresh snow.Happy birthday Shawn.
DAAAAAAAAAM Chuck sloooooow down on the 2 stepping bro!!! by the time the bunny hunt gets here NY will look like AK!!!!!
You guys had better watch out! I've been doin' lots a push-ups. Bet I can out shoot any of you turkeys with my 18# bow, that I draw to 22"!
Don't think I forgot what you did to me last year. When I was inside Skippers backquiver and found his bottle of Beefeater. Not my fault me falling in love with one of his pink fletched woodies. Remember "Icky-icky-icky!"? I rest my case..... I didn't know it was a boy arrow! It was dark in there.
... mike ... :p ...
:scared: :scared: :banghead: :banghead:
I'm working on a good "base",kinda like the ski slopes.....
"Conditions for this weekend's Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt,are a 52" hard packed base with 10" of fresh powder"
How's that sound Shawn????? :bigsmyl: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Brother!!!!! :clapper:
Im having flashbacks....toss the bow out in front....swim to it. Repeat. Repeat. Watch bunnies run by when bow is out of reach...I will settle for a foot Chuck. :biglaugh:
Oh, there's Mikey! Somebody must have left the keyboard on the floor again.
Gratuitous ragging here.
Killdeer :wavey:
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Happy Birthday Shawn!
Alright Chuck we got enuff snow here already ,it's up to Sonnys back and snowin hard with no bunnies moving today...course we didn't stay out in this crap that long LOL
Killy, what'd you have to do, empty your quiver to get that rabbit? how'd he stay in one spot long enough to shoot all the arrows out of your quiver??...something suspicious about that pic :biglaugh:
Shawns only 44? why he's just a young buck, happy birthday bud.
Mike is the bearer of all arrows :thumbsup:
HEY CHUCK...ENOUGH ALREADY! :knothead: Save it for February!
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Merry Christmas folks!
I'll be over soon looking for those sheds :bigsmyl:
Hey Jim, you should have some pretty good comp time coming after this weekend, huh?
That looks about right for a lab standin in the snow now picture Sonny :scared: and he's big for a beagle
Chuck I had 4 feet in the close side of my driveway this mornin only 2' on the low side I think ya can take a break :pray:
I was too busy shoveling this weekend to check TG much.
Happy Birthday Shawn!! :D
What was the final snow fall for you guys this weeekend. I only had about 18", but a 200' driveway is he** to shovel with that much snow!
rabbitat... gotta love it! :)
You need either a 4x4, or a snowblower Jeremy. LOL.
At my house, we got about the same...18".
Got some stuff to do around the house today...like shoveling again, firewood, etc. Then I might take a quick walk this afternoon...
I have a snow blower it just isn't running and the engine that opperates the shovel is gettin tired LOL
Mine's probably 200' if I straightened it out,it's horse shoe shaped and it sure ain't lucky anything blowing in the N - NW quadrant turns 2" into 2' in my driveway...it sucks
Comp time, I like to think of it as Trad hunting time in the bank :bigsmyl:
We got 18"s and the bunnies are not moving yet. I went out on my B-Day for an hour and only saw 10. I was gonna try today but have worked 30 hours OT the last 3 days and I am whipped. Gotta a new toy but not a bow and I am gonna try some long range bunnie shootin(17 HMR) for my B-Day from, guess who? ME!!! :bigsmyl: I will hunt Xmas afternoon for sure, with the bow~!! Shawn
How am I doin' Shawn????? ;)
Keep dancin and you'll hafta warm up Sonny's boys this time :biglaugh:
Found a few holes...some tracks. Looks like they arent going too far away from home. No bunnies sighted, but I did see a nice buck at about 20 yards. Aint that the way it always goes?
I hope we have enough to see well that is all. Last year was perfect, we had a little rain than snow and everything froze, no place for the bunnies to go but round and round. Jamie and anyone else close by, we can do a warm up this Sat afternoon if ya like!! Shawn
I'm in!
Wow that is cool. Get here early enough so we can shoot a bit say by 11am. Bring your camera!! I will have something for lunch around 12 and we can get huntin!! I need this for sure!! Shawn
i think i might be able to sneak away for a bit! by "here" do ya mean your dads house?
Saturday should be good for me too.
I can already feel the thorns....OOHHH YYEEAAHHH!
OOHHHHHHHH YYYYEEEEEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
i gotta pick up some car-hart pants before sat. i ruined a pair last year at the hunt. hope the rain holds off!! anybody got any ace hex heads that i can buy for sat? i need to order some of those or the"hammer" heads from 3-rivers.
my blunts just arent cuttin it for me. no pun intended..
I'll be out but I won't be driving quite that far.Maybe some of the guys our way can get together...
I still gotta check the weekend plans but I will be out Sat sounds like a possible
Brent , why did you do that to him?That poor old boy looks flat out embarrased.Bring him to the hunt and we can saddle him up for WAYSIAH.
Got space for me and the 2 boys?
I'm up for a saturday bunny hunt if you have the room for another person...
Chris, Im not even gonna ask about that newest nickname. :D
Can't make it this time. :( The wife gave me this look :mad: and said... "#@&*#^<>#!" Guess I'm gonna be doin' stuff on the honey do list along with family time this weekend. Hey! It's Christmas!
... mike ... :p ...
I have room for all. The only thing may be the weather. If it is pouring it is a no go, but it looks like it should be good. A lil' rain won't kill us!! Should be good! Shawn
Maybe I can help you guys out..... ;)
Hey bud, as of right now it doesn't look good for me. I forgot my Sis is coming down this weekend with the kids......sorry bud
But my crazy job is over and I'll have some time to do things after TX....
Thanks for the invite Shaun and Happy Birthday. Mine is 1/1. What a nice present you send every year too, an invite to the JLMBH.
My daughter is home from college, so I'll be hanging with the family while she's around.
Would love to be joining you guys crawling through the rabbitat. (thanks Killdeer, that spelling was grating on me.)
Oh no! another word freak! :scared:
:wavey:
Can't help it. I got it from Mom (along with a few good swipes for poor grammer).
The wheel guys on league nite say I shoot my LB like a gattlin gun LOL pullin from my back quiver shootin into the RABBITAT at the rabbit TAT TAT TAT TAT
Swampbuck I talked to Scott last week and he mentioned he knew a place a bunch of us could hunt that was quite large and had plenty of rabbits. Maybe worth a look. Any time after the first would work for me.
Thats some good stuff Swampbuck...
We are still on, it looks like it may be real good. The holes are filled with water s bunnies everywhere. I saw 6 in the yard last night. Shawn
Going out right now. See how many I can see in an hour before dark!! I may even get lucky!! Shawn
nice!!! let us know how ya do. im gettin ready for sat as we speak! how mwany guys we got so far?
Fran, is it near us?
Shawn, I didn't check this soon enough and the wife made other plans for the boys and I. We will be hunting on Sat. though. We have a place with lots of bunnies and pheasants. We'll be out losing some arrows. I did say losing and not loosing. Although, I guess both would have to apply. See you soon though my friend.
I am still good for tomorrow...
Damon going Shawn? Any luck yesterday?
Just wondering Shawn, what time do you want us there by?
hey said in another post 11am. so thats what time im gonna be there by, unless i hear from him by then. i dont know what the weather is gonna be like, i hope not crappy.
oohhhhhhhhh yyyyeeeaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!
Calling for snow/rain mix. Weathermen have the only job in which you can be wrong all the time and still keep your job...lol.
I think the temp is gonna be in the low to mid 30's.
Guys, I am sorry but we have to cancel. I went out just to see how it would be tomorrow and there is way to much standing water. This warm weather killed us. It is a muddy mess. I know it will freeze over night but than warm to 45. I just do not think it would be worth the effort. If it gets cold again I want to do a tune up next weekend, so watch this thread. Again I
am sorry I was pumped!!! We will get it done!! Shawn
:jumper:
Up for the guys who were coming! It is a muddy, wet mess! Shawn
your loss my gain as i can definitly make next weekend!!!!!!!
I can almost hear the collective sigh as we all read that news... :rolleyes:
I'll work on some "white stuff"..... :bigsmyl:
well, i was bummed to say the least, when heard the tune-up was off. :( but overall a good call shaun. the rain has come steady all day, and at times it was a downpour. so im tryin to clear my weekend so that we can get-er-done next sat.
get after it chuck, we need ya... :clapper:
jamie
"Wabbit Season" "Duck Season" "Wabbit Season!" "Duck Season!" "WABBIT SEASON!" "DUCK SEASON!"
... mike ... :rolleyes: ...
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Page 2?! :saywhat:
I've got HAPPY FEET!!!!! :bigsmyl: Just can't help myself..... ;)
brother yer killing me!!! its tuff to even hunt on snow shoes right now! i don't think it has stopped snowing for 2 weeks!
oh man, i cant wait!!! only 5 hours and 45 mins left before the "most anticipated post of the year" ohhhhhh yyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! :pray:
You Can Say That Again! My wife will be in front of the TV and I'll be at my PC at 12:01 AM!
OOOOHHHH!!! YYYYEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!! :D
... mike ...
If I go, I will miss out on a couple-three days of the mail count...I could lose money and even my day off! :scared:
I put in a leave slip anyway.
Killdeer
thats cool killy, your gonna try to make it up again. im vert curious as to who the "special guest" is gonna be this year. i have a guess, and i hope im right!!!! :pray:
looks like chuck is at it again. 10-12" of fresh powder at my house.
4 1/2 more hours!!!! tick tock tick tock.....
ooooohhhhh yyyyeeeaaahhhhhhhhh...
i wonder if shaun is gonna have the Absolut power again??????? CLASSIC!!!!!! :biglaugh:
Killy ya got to make it man, ummm i mean sister!! i for one look forward to slinging arrows with you.
I would love to see you make the trip again Kathy, just get Chuck to STOP THE DANCIN'!!!!!!!!
David
If I could find his neck I'd wring it! :biglaugh:
and the crescendo begins to build....
KILL THE WABBIT, KILL THE WABBIT!! :archer:
Would be great to have you up again Killie.
Its new years eve....Woodchucker is into the Scotch by now....Lord knows what type of dancin he'll be doing outside tonite. Its 9 degrees right now with 40 mph winds....He should be a sight to see....could be dangerous though....the 'Ol Chucker could bring in some white stuff... :mad: :eek: :saywhat:
Boy Wabbit + Girl Wabbit = "Icky, Icky, ICKY!"
Then... :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper: :jumper:
Wabbit Family!
... mike ...
must be a whole lota shakin goin on in them briar's cause them bunnies all over hell down there!
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But Swann..... I haven't got a wiscence to shoot a fwickaseein wabbit. :D
daaaaam a foot shorter and that would be the spittin image of ole icky icky himself!
Take Notice!!! Bugs is wearin' PINK! Silly Rabbit.
yeah bro and we all heard what ya did to the pink arrows in the quiver! :scared: :eek: :o :(
Them desires is only natural. ;) Just wait and see what I made outa the pink baby blankie that Killy gave me last year.
... mike ... :p ...
A sleeping bag? :jumper:
Atta girl Killy... :thumbsup: