The variety of cottontails we have here are so small they aren't worth hunting. The numbers aren't good, either. We used to have lots of them, and jacks, but back in the '70's, the feds did a lot of work to increase the numbers of raptors. We have plenty of hawks and eagles but not that many rabbits.

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
― George Orwell

It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.