Recent content by HankBuck

@Est.1970 - while I’ve used a 12ga it is certainly not needed and I prefer 20ga or 16 ga. Regarding choke - NONE, for every rabbit I’ve shot over 20 yards I’ve killed 10 under 15 yrds. A cylinder or skeet choke w/7 1/2 shot kills cottontails out to 25-30 yrds, I used the same chokes for...

@dgr416 - Snowshoe Hares Never get to 10lb - ——.4lbs would be a big one and 5 lbs would be a “trophy”. I would think the Hares you saw in Alaska are Arctic Hares (larger than snowshoes). When I hunted Spring griz in Alaska (200 miles WNW of Anchorage) I saw hare tracks many times but never saw...

@Tubby, that’s a very generous offer and although most members are likely only “traveling” for Big Game hunts —- good rabbit or Hare hunting is worth-a-trip and especially if you’re a rabbit hunter. I moved 7 years ago and looked for a home on property that contained a good rabbit populations...

@dgr416 - that is some extraordinary shooting: running 100 straight at skeet w/a SxS and then “kids” that “never shot skeet” break 95/100….that is a Magic shotgun ——unless those clay targets are being shot on-the-ground? Never sell that gun - for less then a $$Million

@rookhawk - I fully agree with you that a qualified GS is needed to perform any work on a SxS and especially older models. I have found that getting a GS well versed in vintage SxS shotguns is “difficult”. I recently sent out two SxS (AH Fox & LC Smith - both 100+ years old) to Vintage...

@steve white - I’ve never hunted Beagles in an area where Wolves reside but have read several accounts of Beagles being killed by Wolves while running hares in the upper P in Michigan and also I think Minnesota. I also know the breeder of my Beagles in Northern Maine lost one of his beagles to...

@Wyfox - Great photos and those will mean more to you as every year goes by…

@steve white - rarely do they return to “exactly” the same place they started - but I’ve only hunted snowshoes with Beagles 15-20 times and not the expert others might be that live with & hunt snowshoes much more often. I’ve used my beagles and often with a Guides Beagles and they run “big”...

@Tubby’s Canteen - you’re lucky to get to hunt snowshoe hares on a regular basis — I had to drive to NY Adirondacks or Maine, Vermont, & New Hampshire to hunt them with a Guide —-but loved it. I like the cold and those hares ran some very long chases—-much longer then cottontails. I’ve never...

@steve white - when we hunt rabbits, mostly without beagles now, anyone that’s NOT bleeding isn’t really trying to Bust Cover…and we get on that guy fast ! My Son use to always walk the outside edge of thick cover and I would be “in the briars” — he got the easy shots and I got “bloody”….now...

@Keelebilly - I agree with you that loss of Habitat is the main reason, predators have always been around and although Coyotes & hawks have increased in the East & Northeast the Gray Fox is greatly reduced and the hawks don’t kill anywhere near the rabbits that fox and other ground predators do...

@Keelebilly - that’s GREAT, I love rabbit hunting with or w/out Beagles. One of your Beagles pictured (white gray face) looks like it has a few years on it. Do you run all 4 dogs as a pack or drop down 2 at a time and rotate them? Also, are you in an area of Tennessee that has Swamp rabbits...

@dgr416 - if you own a shotgun that you “Never” missed a Grouse with —- You don’t do much Grouse hunting…. Some Grouse Hunters might pay $1million for that “magic” gun !!

@Vinootz — thanks for “clarifying” that — I was a bit confused

@skydiver386 - I also find skeet shooting, trap, & Sporting Clays very Boring to Watch - but I enjoy shooting All of those disciplines. I would love to try participating in a Biathlon ——just Not watching one.