2011 Rabbit(Snowshoe Hare) Season

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:11 am
Coyotes are getting bold here.

There is an alley that runs along an empty wooded area in one of the unbuilt parts of the subdivision. A neighbor was out jogging one dark and early morning and sensed something behind him: there was a coyote pacing him about 15 ft behind.

As a kid, I would see lots of rabbits as road kill but not so much anymore. It's all squirrels, raccoons, opossums and the occasional skunk for small critters.

I do see rabbit tracks in the snow inside the subdivision so a few are finding some refuge.

I can't speak to the bird population.

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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 6:37 pm
Out this afternoon for a short hunt.The stars must have been lined just right.Was able to bag three rabbits with the 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37.This is the most I have bagged in one day this season.These were the first rabbits I have seen in the woods since sometime in January.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:11 pm
Nice job!! snowshoe or cottontails?
--Jim

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 7:04 pm
ravengunsmith wrote:Nice job!! snowshoe or cottontails?



Snowshoe hare.No rabbits in Nova Scotia although everyone calls snowshoe hare rabbits. :)

Out this afternoon for a hunt.Never saw one.Used up my luck yesterday.I guess. :)

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:41 pm
The snow shoe hare hunting has been good in Maine But we do hunt with 5 dogs ,the cotton tail in RI ,my home state is also good with my one dog I think that the states with the harmfull cayote population should offer some kind of incentive for coyote kills maybe like a bounty on them or a free hunting license or something to get the population down I do hunt mostly with my 28 ga flues SXS thanks for the intrest JIM C

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:02 pm
Nova Scotia pays a $20.00 bounty to trappers for each coyote they trap.
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