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First real cold spell with some snow last week, perfect combination for some good bunny shooting. I ended up Shooting 140 rounds through my CZ 455 .17hmr. Not sure how many rabbits I ended up shooting but a hit ratio in the conservative 60% range - a bunch. To say it was a target rich environment is an understatement!
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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love shooting rabbits. What bullet in the 17 HMR?
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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Hornady .17gr V-Max - really thumps them. Only issue I have is that you can't shoot through brush like you can with a .22, but the .17 more than makes up for that with nearly zero wounded ones getting away.
A true sportsman counts his achievements in proportion to the effort involved and fairness of the sport. - S. Pope
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Looks like a mighty good time
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Centershot: WOW... what a days Hunting! Lots of rabbits up here in SW Montana this year as well. Great picture by the way. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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Centershot,
What do you do with them after the shot? Do you eat them or leave em for the 'yotes?
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...I tried to process a Jack one time...couldn't even get the skin off... Been told it's like chewing rubber...
Bob
If you can not deal with reality, reality will deal with you....
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Best way I know of to process a jack...
Don't be the darkness.
America will perish while those who should be standing guard are satisfying their lusts.
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Centershot,
What do you do with them after the shot? Do you eat them or leave em for the 'yotes? Feed the coyotes - plenty of ravens and hawks around also. Jack rabbits are vermin around here. They do thousands of dollars worth of crop damage in years when their numbers are high. Weather is breaking, may have to hit them again this weekend.
Last edited by centershot; 01/09/17.
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