Well new attendees and veterans from last year; the date has been set. I will be hosting the 2nd annual EOBH( Eastern Ontario Bunny Hunt), on the weekend of Feb 24th and 25th. This date is over a month later than last years hunt.
I think late Feb is a better time, more sunny days and more rabbits out sunning themselves.
I have a new area this year, more brair thickets and some real nice, brush filled, thorn filled tangled hegderows that border a cornfield; the bunny tracks are crazy thick in there.
My beagle is a year older and wiser, I took her out the other morning but it was too cold for man or beast, -28 with the windchill. Her feet froze-up and we went home before she had trouble.
Not many fresh tracks in that weather though.
While deerhunting the same area, I would routinely see bunnies on the move in the am and before dark.
Some cottontails and some big snowshoes too.
We will be based from a huge old farmhouse that sits on 3-4 acres and has a ton of room; it is surrounded by hundreds of acres of prime bunny haunts. The farmhouse has 3 baths, 3 fireplaces and 3 storeys of space! There is also a large outdoor firepit, with lots of wood ready to gather around after the hunts. So far the confirmed are as follows: Me, Jake H, MessinwithSasquatch, Patience, Harl, Ontario Longbow, HunterJohn, Jim Godden of Mississippi Lake Longbow,Dan Banting and Luke Vandervennen.
We still have room for any Fellow Ontario TGers who want to join us for a weekend of great times.
We will hunt from morning till noon, come in for a big lunch, then either go back out for shooting games or more bunny chasin'!
We will be having the swinging bunny target again, some "various position ballon busting" Can you shoot lying on your back on a hay bale??
Some long distance pine-cone shooting, some clout shooting and some type of bionic bunny shoot( bring some junker arrows!)
There will be prizes and a trading blanket, along with a grand prize for the person showing the most carefree, wild attitude during the hunt.
A big dinner followed by some fireplace "chillaxing", and video watching of each days events.
This is bigger than last year, more people, more food, and even the elusive Tundra-bunnies that eluded us last year!
This is the official Start-up thread, so maybe we can keep it alive for awhile, I know there is the NY bunny hunt thread running too, but 50 guys??? WOW! I'd be surprised if 50 trad shooters were even in Eastern Ontario, LOL! and we are huge compared to NY state!! ( I wish Shawn and crew all the best!)
Ours is a week later this year so there will not be 2 result threads running at once.
Our meals are already in the planning stage, be ready to leave a few pounds heavier...
Everybody is encouraged to bring something to the trading blanket, one man's junk is another man's treasure!
Any early arrivers are welcome to show up on Friday, I will be on hand to greet them.
I look forward to seeing my friends again and meeting new friends.
CHEERS!
BD
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