The American Beagler Forum

I know we have this thread every year and some of you are sick of hearing it. I know I am sick of worrying about having enough rabbits to train my dogs on.
KDFW sure aint helping raise rabbit #s either! I am a wheel that is starting to squeak

We need rabitat

Hatfiel not many of our states do much for small game other than pheasant, but some states are alot better than others. Here in Michigan our state does nothing for the smal game hunters we do not have set aside areas for small game it is all focused towards deer hunting, and our charter boat captains because these are the ones that generate the $$$ as they see it. We have public access areas but they do not try to improve the small game habitat in fact our state has turned coyotes loose in areas that they say have toom many deer, this area is also farm country where alot of rabbit and pheasant hunting is done and the pheasants are low enough that seeing one along the road is like seeing a big buck. But i guess if the wheels don't squeak they will never get greased. So lets all squeak away!

HATFIELD
---SQUEAK--SQUEAK---RABBITS WAY DOWN WE CALL THEM TOURIST HERE..
PINE MT BEAGLES

I had a good crop this summer in my running pen.Everytime i go out now to run i see where the hawks and owls are hurting my rabbit population.

numbers seem to be up here in southern indiana. at least in the spots i hunt at. had no problem finding rabbits on private or public land and ive shot more rabbits this year than i have in the last couple....keith

After hunting Iowa for a few years I have been impressed with their public land for rabbits. Met a biologist and he said they have one biologist for every county. They cut sapplings and make brush piles just for rabbits and birds. I have found they have lots of rabbits.

rufus where you been hunting my uncle has been killing alot near mtn drive and weve been jumping alot in knox co but been some thick spots hard to get a shot on them. lol rabbits want have to worry about me much this year im way out of practice ive missed quite a few.

Rabbit numbers seem to be up here in WV. We had a drier spring than we did the past couple years which I think helps cut down on the mortality rate of babies.