Cottontail's

[bearclaw]

Who's going out this weekend?

I have to finish a bow mount for my mountain bike, but think I will go try and skewer a few rabbits and scout for the A zone opener at the same time. Daddy's gonna eat...

 

[hatchet1]

loaded with the vermon..your gonna have to out shoot the boys though..and dude..they shoot...im thinking anyday during the week bro..i have a double header in burbank this weekend for basketball with emily..being a freshman now my weekends are nothing but summer ball!! evennings are always best for the cousin of the squirrel...might even geek a yote ..let me know

 

[nicapopolis]

[sup]Bearclaw what heads do you shoot for bunnies? I have yet to kill anything with my bow. I should make a bunny the first. haha[/sup]

 

[bearclaw]

VPA SGT (small game thumper).

Full disclosure, I am on the field staff but have shot the broadheads and SGT's since they came out.

The small game heads are freaking gnarly and unbreakable. I used to shoot old broadheads and judo's, but will shoot these forever now. Pretty much unbreakable. I keep one in my quiver at all times for practice shots or for that quail that steps out while hiking back to the truck while hunting real stuff...

 

[Skeet]

I'll be throwing some arrows at them come the 1st

 

[gab909]

I had a sweet spot all picked out for the opener, but the guy has to run up to Santa Barbara, so I will be freelancing with the 22 this weekend if the morning hunt with the bow doesn't go exactly as planned. I am shooting the small game heads (blue box) and totally decimated some ground grizzlies with them after turkey hunting this spring.

 

[DOG ON POINT]

on it!!! me & the boy are ready to go!!! (just hope his license makes it back in time)...

 

[Shot]

will try to make it to the local hills. One thing I learned last year is I will not shoot blunts/small game heads at jacks, sucker ran off with my arrow. As for cottontails, you can glance them with the arrow and they will die. I just use old broadheads for all small game, blunts for stumping.

Really fun away to get ready for the season.

 

[DirtyDave]

Hope I get my license in the mail soon....

 

[Ambush]

My tag arrived on monday.

 

[STEVE IN SOCAL]

I told DFG I wanted to hunt rabbits for the opener, and they sent me this:

UNSUCCESSFUL

 

[hatchet1]

got the tree stand hung today....packed it in 12 miles....put it up at a spot that appeared to be hammered with rabbits tracks leading to the creek bottom...gonna sit all day tommorow and hope 1 comes by...man im pumped!!! good luck fellas!!

 

[bearclaw]

Hatchet you are the definition of a hardcore bunny chaser!

I read an article about how good eating the blacktailed jacks are so on top of the cottontail feast I am going to eat some jack rabbit too!

Now that is Beast Mode!

 

[photohunter]

I once heard all the bunnies had worms this time of year. Is that true?

 

[bearclaw]

They surely can. I haven't seen it as "all", but if I see that pattern I will wait till it cools off.

 

[DOG ON POINT]

the worms are just a larva stage and only get between the skin & meat... just wash them off and make sure to cook your meat. as far as tulare virus.... check the liver for yellow spots.... shouldn't be a problem....

 

[gab909]

If the liver looks anything like mine I toss the damn bunny. So far so good down here in So Cal. As for the worms, I like to fish so I never have to dig for bait. All rabbit goes in the crock pot, until I learn how to BBQ it. Good thing is that there is no shortage of bunnies to practice with.

 

[bearclaw]

I got two today, anyone else get out?

Was supposed to be a day with about 25 miles round trip on the mountain bikes scouting and some rabbit hunting, but some idiot busted his buddy's tire before we left...

My bad. We can get some more bunnies and scout later this week, all I really wanted was to give the cams more time...

 

[2rocky]

When is the bunny Rut?

 

[hatchet1]

JUST ROLLED IN...I CRIPPLED 1 AT LAST LIGHT..DAMN IT..GOING BACK IN TOMMOROW TO BLOOD TRAIL AND HOPEFULLY FIND HIM..I PLAN ON QUARTERING HIM OUT AND JUST SAVING HIS SKULL FOR A NICE EUROPEON MOUNT,,,STAND BY FOR WHAT I HOPE TO BE AN EPIC RECOVERY WITH MANY MONEY SHOTS OF THE TROPHY,,,IM PUMPED!! DAMN CONEJO!!!!