Rabbit Hunting

[Mike Franzen]

Monday we had 8 inches of snow fall. The first real snow of the season. That's enough snow to pretty much shut everything down in this neck of the woods. I love hunting in these conditions. I took off to a private that I have been going to for over 35 years. When I'm there and the weather is like this, it's like going back in time. The silence is the first thing I notice. No car sounds, no planes just the flapping of song bird wings as they dust snow from their wings. We jump a rabbit burrowed next to a tree and the silence is shattered by the baying of the hounds. They're off over the hill and running in a wide circle. This goes on for about 45 minutes as I just let them run for the pleasure of it. One of those days I'll always remember.