Walking up Bunnies

[Guest lilcrackshot]

I live in Kansas wich is small patches of woods and brush surrounded by farmland. I don't have a dog and was wondering if you had any tips on walking up bunnies. Also looking for squirrel hunting tips.

[Hillbilly]

Re: Walking up Bunnies

Rabbit Hunting:

I'd get maybe 3 or 5 hunters. Have three walking through the thick stuff, kicking brush and bushes. Have the other hunters on the outskirts of the brush to shoot when they try and escape. Be ready cause they will come out fast.

[Orion_70]

Re: Walking up Bunnies

Check any brush piles, honey suckle patches, fence rows and drainage ditches. Sometime they sit really tight and you practically have to step on them before they take off, other times they take off when you get within 20 yds. Once you kick one up, they'll usually run to thick cover then stop(unless they have a dog on their tail), they'll circle back to the same area though.

[Squirrelhunter91]

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I've only shot one rabbit in my life and that was done by myself. I walked through over 100 yards of brush piles, kicking them throwing things into them, trying to get something to jump out. The one rabbit I saw, did not jump out, it stayed in the brush, and just moved forward a little when I shot. That was the rabbit that I shot.

For squirrel hunting, I have taken many, too many to remember. It depends on what you are hunting them with and when you are hunting them.

[Tominator]

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Bunnies--find thick cover like brambles, weeds, and brush piles. Get up on top of said cover and kick around. If you have snow on the ground, look for fresh tracks--IMHO it's a waste of time to hunt where they're aren't bunnies. Also, when walking around good cover, pause every once in awhile and just stand for like a minute or so. Make sure it's for a minute or so, then kick some cover. Lots of times a rabbit (or any game for that matter) will watch you approach, and hunker down thinking that you'll pass and that the camo is working, but when you stop, they panic and run when you kick the brush.

Squirrels--look for woods that hold nut trees like oaks, hickories, beech, etc. Look at the bases of the trees for nut hulls. Also when the leaves come off the trees look for their nests up in the branches.

[longislandhunter]

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I have a friend who loves to hunt bunnies. He has a theory that he swears by, and judging by his success at bagging bunnies I won't argue the point with him. His theory............the best time to bunny hunt is the first sunny day after heavy rains or other wet weather. On those days he targets slopes facing the track of the sun. He says the bunnies relish sitting on such slopes soaking up the sun in order to "dry out" from the wet weather they had to tolerate. Might sound a little crazy, but you should see the amount of rabbits he bags on days like that.

[Tominator]

Re: Walking up Bunnies

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I have a friend who loves to hunt bunnies. He has a theory that he swears by, and judging by his success at bagging bunnies I won't argue the point with him. His theory............the best time to bunny hunt is the first sunny day after heavy rains or other wet weather. On those days he targets slopes facing the track of the sun. He says the bunnies relish sitting on such slopes soaking up the sun in order to "dry out" from the wet weather they had to tolerate. Might sound a little crazy, but you should see the amount of rabbits he bags on days like that.

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Not crazy at all Longisland, I've noticed that too. Bunnies seem to love those calm sunny days after a storm. During a storm, or inclimate weather I target the heavy brush and pine trees. Seems they head for the cover to try to stay dry.