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I trapped the first one today this year. What a nice fur but not worth 5 bucks. A little story here. I like rabbit hunt'n, and had problems keeping rabbits on a few acres in my back yard, full of brush, spruce and pine trees. So, in 2014 I started trapping those things in the spring. Season is closed but if I forget to lock the chicken coop , there will be a dead chicken or two come morning. I dont even bother planting my beloved sweet corn , strawberries or raspberries anymore . The coons even clean up on the cherries. So in 2004 I geave them the whole nine yards. I trapped 23 , the next yr 17 and in 2016 I got 23 , all in the spring. By fall of 2016 I had rabbits all over the place . I shot 7 rabbits in about 3 acres behind the house. I only trapped 3 coons in 2017 and last fall I barely saw a rabbit and didn't even shoot one last fall. Rabbit hunting was like the 1980's . They were all over. If we would trap them there would be rabbits and pheasants here and most likely why I have scouted a piece of public land about 5,000 acres for 51 miles this winter and never kicked up a single rabbit. I'm trapping the heck out of them this spring and Roundoak, if you dont have a coon cuff trap , for 20 bucks you might be surprised how well they work.