Last time I hunted rabbits was up here about 20yrs ago during a very high peak in the hare population. A friend and I went out and in 60minutes took 62 hare with a pair of Winchester 62A pumps. We quit when we ran out of ammo. Art was definitely set for trapping bait for the winter. His aged lab retrieved every one of them and could not possibly have been a happier dog. I'm pretty sure that was his last hunt of any kind.
I hunted rabbits a lot as a kid in Michigan. My favorite memory is of hunting on snowshoes by the full moon on a crystal clear night at about -15F and listening to my beagle, hot on a trail, and hearing him "come of age" as his usual juvenile yelps turned to the classic deep beagle yowl in a matter of 30seconds. Who could ever forget that?!
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