Guest malikai Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Hi I just started hunting and am 14 years old. I went rabbit hunting with my old man a few days ago and was wondering if there could be any tips that i could use to get more rabbits. I know that following the tree line is a very good strategy but I am looking for more. So if anybody has some useful tips feel free to tell. joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beagleboy Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips If you don't have any dogs, I would kick the brush piles no matter how small the brush pile. Look for dropping and tracks in the snow. Kick the pricker bushes and keep your eyes open. I've seen them come out of little bushes that would barely cover their bodies. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 17, 2006 Report Share Posted January 17, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips Good advice from beagleboy. Concentrate on the cover. Like anything else, it's all about habitat. Find the cover, and you'll probably find the bunnies. Get out when there's a fresh snow. You can cover a lot of ground and eliminate a lot of it if you're not seeing droppings, red urine spots, and tracks. We like ditches, railroads (make sure you get permission), any kind of thicket. If you have your own land, make some brush piles of junk, especially things like drain tile, or anything else they can hide in, and cover it with branches, old Christmas trees, old fence posts, old wire, etc. I've seen rabbits hole up in some weird stuff including an old live trap--on that one we actually picked up the trap and shook the little booger out of the trap before my buddy shot him. Also, if you're seeing a lot of cat, fox, weasel, and yote tracks, and an absence of bunny tracks, it's time to go varmint hunting. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckNrut Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips When approaching a brush pile, note the "entrance" and "exit" spots. Approach from either end, keeping an eye on the other. Let the rabbits think they have an escape route. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips Remembered another one. When you're walking a field or fenceline that looks good, stop every now and then. Stop for a good minute and actually watch your watch. When you go to move again, be ready to shoot. Many times a rabbit will "sit tight" waiting for you to just pass by, but when you stop, it makes them nervous, and when you start to move again, they bolt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slughunter Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips good tips everyone, hey joe, see you at school tomorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhunter91 Posted January 18, 2006 Report Share Posted January 18, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips Definitely concentrate on the brush piles. Every rabbit I have shot came from brushy areas. We don't use dogs, we just kick brushpiles and jump on things and throw rocks & sticks and get them to flush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest littlered Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips jump on every little thing that a rabbit could possibly be in, and some spots that are to small for them. i've seen rabbits pop out of about eveything you can think of. tom brought up a really good piont about stoping for a while. good luck and have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips 1- the perfect snow is when it snows the night before and the snow stops falling before 2 or 3 am. You'll ussually have lots of good fresh sign in the morning. 2- When you find a feeding area riddled with tracks, circle the area, and you will eventually find where the rabbit came in to feed and where he exited. follow his exit tracks, and you'll find your bunny. You may even find the bunny still sitting there somewhere, under a tree or beside a log. 3 - If a rabbit runs into a hole at the base of a tree, they will actually climb up inside the hole and hang out there all day. To get them, you cut yourself a willow switch as long as you can, with a small fork in the end. Take out your knife and sharpen the forks up ...insert forked end into hole at the base, while manually bending the switch, while feeding it up the inside of the tree....slowly. You will feel it when you touch the bunny, because he will usually move a bit further up inside on contact. Push the switch up a little further and twist it as you come in contact with the bunny. Keep twisting until you get some resistance and slowly pull the bunny down the hole. This is how you get rabbits, without fireing a shot. And it's fun too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muggs Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips good advice from everyone so far, I don't hunt rabbit that often, but when I do, I hunt ditches like Tominator said, and I've found treelines separating crop fields are money spots too. Just make a lot of noise and be ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest malikai Posted January 21, 2006 Report Share Posted January 21, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips Well it just got done snowing here, about 2 inches apprroximatley. I am going rabbit hunting tommorow, wish me luck! joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 22, 2006 Report Share Posted January 22, 2006 Re: Rabbit tips Good luck bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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