We had our first snow yesterday so, immediately after work I went for a drive to scout for areas with rabbit tracks. 13 miles of dirt roads later I went home without having seen a single track. I did, however, see about 40 red tailed hawks and almost a dozen white tail does.
It seems rabbit numbers have been declining here at least since 1998 when I moved back here. In the late 70's & early 80's I lived in northern Cowley County where I could shoot 4 to 6 of the dozen or so rabbits I saw just about any fall/winter morning. Granted, back then I didn't know anything about archery and therefore hunted with a .22 or a 20ga. but, I actually saw plenty of rabbits back then.
I'm not sure what is going on in this area but, I sure wish the rabbits would return.