Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Small Game Last rabbits of the year.

I have so few rabbits the last 5 yrs. that I dont shoot them anymore. .. I started making brush piles to no avail.. Then I read here that you need to have more salt in many places. That made sense . I used to have a salt block for the deer and there was always a rabbit there . Not realizing they were licking it. When the salt block melted over the years, the rabbits dissapeared. I decided to put a salt block down last April and sure enough, a rabbit was there on the cam.. Now there are at least 2 rabbits on my 2 ac. of brush in the back.. I see one once in a while in the brush pile but wont shoot it. This spring I am going to stack pallets and put brush over them and more salt. Salt helps them reproduce. Makes sense,, however, that does not explain why there were so many 40 yrs. ago.. Now I see them along the roads and around houses and they may be licking salt that melts the snow...

Thanks Penn. I've never owned a 28 but would like to try one some day. Should be ideal for bunnys.


I just got back in town last night after a quick 2 day trip to the mountains. Took 9 month old Sasha. I think she's gonna be a bird dog.

Great pics!

Thanks pointer!

Ky221,

That’s the ONLY way to make a grouse dog! Had an experienced grouse dog trainer once tell me it takes 500 (give or take 😄) to make a real grouse dog. Then after thirty years or so of having bird dogs he was spot on - I’d usually have a pretty decent dog after a good full season of hunting (that was back when we’d get 30-50 flushes a day).

Let me know when you want to try a 28 I have a few that I won’t be needing and would like them to go somewhere where they’ll get used - and yes they do also make a fine bunny gun!

PennDog

Nice Doggy

Rabbit season?