rabbit hunting

[twitchstick]

I love to hunt rabbits even in the snow. Bright colored feltchings and crests go a long way. Even giving a rattle can job the entire shaft with a bright color. Judo type heads don't seem to dig in as deep if you miss but old broadheads put them down quick. I have have donated quite a few shafts over the years chasing bunnies but it was worth it to me.

[Roy Steele]

There's and old saying.Scare money never wins.Same go's with loseing arrows.If you'r worrying about your arrows.WELL

[Mudd]

It's little like the lottery, "you gotta play to win!".

It's more than worth the potential loss of an arrow or two.

There are some positives about having a bad memory, one is I don't remember how many arrows I lost last year at the 1st annual Mid-Missouri bunny stomp but I do remember having a blast with the other guys chasing the bunnies and flinging arrows.

I am already starting to get excited about our upcoming 2nd annual. Everyone is invited!!

God bless,Mudd

[macksdad]

I agree with Jim memories are worth a million bucks and last forever and arrows don't last long anyway. For my kids I get the cheapest youth arrows I can find and for me I try to pick through the worst of our practice arrows and if i lose them ones i dont feel all that bad about it.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

I try not to shoot at them running if I can help it, but I haven't got behind a beagle yet with bow in hand. I'm gonna try that maybe today? My neghbor's beagle is constantly running a rabbit and all I got to do is follow him around and I'm sure to get a few shots!

I know for a fact that "Biscuit" the beagle is slow, so I'm sure he doesn't push em' too hard?
I need to get me a new pair of beagles.

[Don Stokes]

My favorite rabbit hunting is around the brushy edge of beaver ponds in wooded areas. Big ol' swampers like to sit there. With a companion to help, when you jump one you can circle around in the open woods to get ahead of the rabbit, so your companion can then slowly push the rabbit to you. They will follow the edge where there is better cover. They usually don't move very fast if you go slowly, and make for easy shots. We take turns pushing. Sometimes you can spot them first, going slowly and looking closely. We learned to always check hollow logs, too.

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Bright flu flu's on old arrows. I will not spend more than a minute or 2 looking for a rabbit arrow....that's a minute or 2 that could be spent hunting another rabbit!

[Wolfie2nd]

Originally posted by Stone Knife:
Bright fletchings on old arrows, you find some you loose some you hit a bunny once in a while. If your worried about loosing arrows ya might just better stay home but if you want to have a good time go and don't worry about loosing a few. The memories you'll have will far out weigh any lost arrows, arrows can be replaced memories need to be made.
   
 
 

   

Here's my son now, I can't imagine giving up those memories for a few arrows.

   

Did you guys attend the muzzy shoot? I've seen you guys somewhere but where I don't know where????

[bsv]

I agree with you Stoneknive,memories are more imporant than arrows.
Burt

[bsv]

Where should I look to get some cheap woodies?I make my own but need some shafts.Burt

[7 Lakes]

You can't make new, old memories.  New arrows are easy.  

Just a suggestion, get a pointing dog and train her on rabbits as well as upland birds.  

Memories with kids and dogs are better than money in the bank.

[Charlie Lamb]

 
 
 
 
 

[**DONOTDELETE**]

On Monday the Michigan muzzloader season will be closed, and Daisy and I get after the rabbits!!

[Shawn Leonard]

OOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Please don't get me going!!! 2013 guys!! We, I believe have already set a world record for largest trad bunny hunt, and we will surely break that in 2013. At one of our hunts we had over 450 shots taken(09)lots of lost arrows but who cares!! Shawn

[Shawn Leonard]

Charlie is my hero!!

[SEMO_HUNTER]

Charlie is the Bunny Thumpin' Man!  

[Bud B.]

OK. You're gonna think I'm crazy, but....


Take some light black sewing thread and tie it around your arrow at the nock. then wrap it opposite your fletching twist so it unwinds in flight. Maybe 3-4 feet of wrap. Maybe longer. Don't tie it off when the thread is used up in wrapping, just wrap it loosely. Upon arrow release you'll have a trailer to follow. You can use small rubber bands like you get at Equine supply places for horse manes and tails. When you get and arrow out of the quiver slip off the rubber band from around the thread and have at it.

[Thumper Dunker]

If you do not lose or breack arrows your not shooting enough. Go get them waskels. Whats snow?

[vtmtnman]

Get a doz non weight matched POC,a can of orange spray paint.Paint the shafts orange,and seal them up with poly.

If you're shooting in the snow use orange or black fletching.

If you're shooting bare ground use orange or yellow fletching.

Cut in self nocks and use wing nut heads.

That's about the cheapest I think I can make a bunny arrow.

If you want to go with aluminums(Metal detector for the strays)buy some used shafts or get the Easton blues or jazz shafts.

[Osage61]

I lose arrows in the best of conditions !!  Sunny days with lovely warm weather and beautiful green scenery. I figure: It's archery;     arrows are going to break and arrows are going to stray.....