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Prarie Bowyer:
Man this place I have been hunting has got several nice ones. 

Unfortunately I can never seem to get a shot.  They stay DEEP in the thick cover that I can't really get into or in the high grass and I don't know they are there till I practically step on them and they bolt. 

I've seen something like 12 rabbits.. non presented me with a shot. 

I think all those youtube videos of buys shooting a frozen rabbit at the edge of a field are staged.  Somebody's pet rabbit taken to graze. 

With light snow on the ground now I can see where they tend to be in any real numbers or where they are highly active. Guess I could Hide and wait in that area but for all that effort I'd just assume take a deer.

adb:
Rabbits tend to hide in thick cover and then bust out at the last moment. When they do, they usually run in a big circle and return to where they started. It's their home spot, so to speak. If you bump one, just stop and wait a bit... you  might see it again in a few minutes.

crooketarrow:
   Hey PRARIE we stalk ribbits everyyear in JAN.FEB.
  Do this start on the down wind side of where your going to hunt. Before you start use a hawk call, I 've used a yote call where you sound like a pup. But the hawk works alot better. I blow them as I start stalking (looking)from the down wind side.
 I blow my call every 5 to 10 min's. The rabbits will hold tight and not jump out of their pots. It's up to you to see them and get a shot. They even see you at a few yards and still hold tight. You have to actuly kick them out of their pots.

lostarrow:
If they are running , you aren't spotting them soon enough. ( obvious, eh?) If there is a high population of predators in the area ,  they tend to be way more skittish. If you see a lot of wolf/coyote/bobcat scat with rabbit  fur in it You might have a more difficult time.

Prarie Bowyer:
Is there a such thing as a rabbit call?

It needs to say "Oh my god this YUMMY!.. and completely safe to just sit and graze on".

Like I said they tend ot be in knee deep or deepr grass.  In some cases the grass is folded over and they are under that.

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