White with white: late winter snowshoe hares

Ken Taylor · March 27, 2012, 03:37:00 PM

Timothy - I've only used judos and blunts for ptarmigan. I usually use my 71# longbow and the rubber blunts do a good job with that weight of bow at the ranges we normally shoot them at.

When snowshoes are too close I sometimes get a pass through if I hit them broadside in the chest.

Rubber blunts get through brush better than judos and don't penetrate as much as metal blunts so they are actually the small game head I use the most.

lpcjon2 · March 27, 2012, 04:04:00 PM

Thats awesome,thanks for the beautiful pics

Lin Rhea · March 27, 2012, 04:38:00 PM

They look like perfect game for the bow. Good shootin Tim.

KSdan · March 27, 2012, 08:47:00 PM

Thanks for sharing. My favorite animal to hunt when I grew up in Northern MI.

chinook907 · March 27, 2012, 09:01:00 PM

Woodamon - yes, the first tracks are lynx, the other tracks are coyote.

Lin - Thanks. And please, no close scrutiny on my metal work on the snuffer, its right out of the Pleistocene, especially compared to your abilities.

rxhntr · March 27, 2012, 09:32:00 PM

really cool. I love chas'n bunnies

AkDan · March 29, 2012, 02:48:00 AM

you want a really good grouse/hare head. a 357 case with a large HTM blunt (I think the are called barta blunts now).

For hares you dont need that case. For grouse you most certainly do!

If you try them, you'll want to remove the extractor rims. Pretty simple on a belt sander....even with a file it goes quick. Slide the blunt on and your done.

The other plus in snow, a huge hole for 'arrow trackn'. Shove an arrow in the previous shot hole and keep working it down till it buts up to the nock. Think of the blunt like a wadcutter in snow

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Next time you're up this way holler Tim! I Havent bothered with bunnies in awhile, keep kicking it around...usually too busy looking for the cats when I find the hares.

chinook907 · March 30, 2012, 11:54:00 AM

Thanks Dan. I've used different blunts when the snow isn't as deep, but this setup is pretty sweet, and they don't go far if at all. But I may go to some blunts shortly the way the snow is melting all of a sudden. Thanks for the invite, I'll definitely keep it in mind next time I head up. Thanks again.