Flagstaff and Keith, you have brought back some memories when talking about the Snake River Canyon. When my parents lived in Filer, I went to visit them numerous times. That is some of the most beautiful country on earth.
Keith, about 10 years ago, we got permission to hunt sage rats on a ranch S. of Burns. Come to find out, they had a terrible jack rabbit problem. They had eaten in to the outside wheel on circle irrigation. One time we happened to hit it just right at the dark of the moon in June. We had our 4 wheelers and drove slowly around those circles in the early evening and early morning. We took most shots at 200 yards and ended up killing 250 jacks in one weekend. Since it was the dark of the moon, they came out early and stayed out late in the mornings.
There were so many jacks, the owner told us of some guys that came in and shot at night. He said they literally filled the back of the pickup with dead rabbits and hauled them to a mink farm. Next came a hard winter and they died off. Hasn't been worth a darn since.
