PARKER RABBIT HUNT

[J. A. EARLY]

A short morning hunt with Parkers on 2-3-24. Taken at dinner break (lunch for y'all above the Mason-Dixon line).

Trojan 12, DHE 16, Trojan 20. All with open chokes in the right barrels.

[mobirdhunter]

Wonderful! With beagles, or walked up?

[6pt-Sika]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Wonderful! With beagles, or walked up?

After going with my cousin a couple times and being informed by a member here “it just ain’t right to shoot rabbits that aren’t being run by beagles” . If you kick them up before the beagles hit I was informed do not shoot

[mobirdhunter]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

After going with my cousin a couple times and being informed by a member here “it just ain’t right to shoot rabbits that aren’t being run by beagles” . If you kick them up before the beagles hit I was informed do not shoot

But ya gotta have beagles.

[Woodcock survey]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

But ya gotta have beagles.

35 years or so ago i had 4 beagles and 2 high school age sons who needed some thing constructive to do after the bird season ended. we ran the dogs every Sunday year round and hunted them Sat, and school vacations till their ribs were showing, they looked abused except for there muscle structure.
The rule was no shooting on the jump and the dogs had to run 15 minutes before you could load your gun. As they got better they switched to .22 rifles then pistols. The dogs when coming to where a rabbit was killed acted discussded and gave us a very hard look before going off searching again.
Kept two boys busy and out of mischief and got them a lot of time in the woods that taught them how to also hunt deer in that the same discipline applies to both.
I really miss those days, my last beagler friend died 5 years back and now when i hear a hound running i just listen to the chase and remember those days.

[mobirdhunter]

I’d sure like to go on a rabbit hunt using beagles again. I got to go several times when I was a kid at the invitation of friends. What a special way to hunt. I’d also like to hunt deer again over hounds…and carry a Parker while doing it.

Wishful thinking.

(Thanks for this post!)

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

After going with my cousin a couple times and being informed by a member here “it just ain’t right to shoot rabbits that aren’t being run by beagles” . If you kick them up before the beagles hit I was informed do not shoot

We never shoot rabbits going from the bed. The greatest fun is hearing the beagles run and trying to find the rabbit sneaking by you in the thicket.

[mobirdhunter]

Jerry, I finally located the videos—wonderful stuff! Was that at Amelia WMA? If so, my Pop and I have quail hunted there.

[J. A. EARLY]

Originally Posted by Garry L Gordon

Jerry, I finally located the videos—wonderful stuff! Was that at Amelia WMA? If so, my Pop and I have quail hunted there.

Gary,

We were hunting on a farm that had been in a friend's family for a couple of centuries. About ten miles from the WMA, past the courthouse. The son has cleaned some land and it has grown into briars. We found all of the rabbits in one small area. My cousin said that at this time of year that is common as they are getting together as things warm up. This is the first time I have videoed rabbit hunts. Turkey and rabbit hunts are great to video as there is a lot of vocalizations to be heard.

[Mike of the Mountain]

Originally Posted by CraigThompson

After going with my cousin a couple times and being informed by a member here “it just ain’t right to shoot rabbits that aren’t being run by beagles” . If you kick them up before the beagles hit I was informed do not shoot

Craig, it's like hunting grouse, the locals say "Shoot 'em where you see 'em!!" I agree with the locals. As long as the dogs are nowhere near the critter, it is fair game.