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billy:


  I was sneaking along the edge of a a brushy hedgerow when I saw a cottontail run off.  I kept sneaking  and saw the rabbit underneath some brush.  I shot once with an obsidian-tipped cane arrow, but the arrow flew really high and I missed by at least a foot.  Not really sure what the deal is with that arrow, I'll have to see why it flies squirrely.  Anyway, the rabbit ran off just a ways and stopped again.  I shot a Port Orford cedar arrow at him the 2nd time and hit him in the back left leg.  I saw him kick his back legs up, and then he limped forward a few feet.  It was then saw his leg was totally broken and it was just dangling.  oh man, I felt SO bad cause I couldn't let him run around like that...he woulda suffered a lingering death for sure.  I had one more arrow left, and it had a rubber blunt on the tip.  I really don't like those rubber blunts because I've shot several squirrels with them and had them run off,  but I had no choice.  He was about 18 yards away, so I drew back, let it fly, and slammed that blunt right into the rabbit's left shoulder.  It knocked him over instantly. I ran over to him afraid he was gonna wake up and run away, but I couldn't reach him cause he was in the thick briars.  I then tried to pull him out with my bow, and it was then he started kicking.  He kicked free of my bow and started flopping farther into the pricker bushes.  I was afraid he was gonna run off, but when I looked at my bow, there was blood all over the limb.  There was also a alot of blood on the ground where he'd been laying and I knew he couldn't go far bleeding like that.  It just turned out to be his nerves going off, and after flopping for 15 or 20 seconds he finally lay still.  I was finally able to get into the bushes and get my rabbit.  Attached to this e-mail is a pic of me with the rabbit.  IT's not a turkey, but at least it's something!

The weather has been really dreary and cloudy the last 3 days, but I'm hoping for sun tomorrow.  Gonna go out if it's nice and try for a squirrel or, if I'm really lucky, a turkey.  I'll keep ya posted.

Billy

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david w.:
Nice!

can you hunt rabbits now? just wondering

hawkbow:
Great shot brother, good eatin too.. Hawk a/ho

sailordad:
nice rabbit due.

dont let the rain ruin  turkey hunt. the secret to hunting buzzards in the rain or high wind is to move to the edge of fields,usualy to the leward side of the woods where there is liitle wind. when its rainy or windy the birds cant hear as well in the woods due the extra noise created from the leaves and everything rustling and the rain falling so they move out to fields so that they can atleast use their great eyes to feel safe.
many fiar weather hunters leave when the weather turns,but that usually means that you can have the woods to yourself,which in turn means you can hunt the birds with less intrusion from other hunters calling.

so dont let the weather deter your turkey hunt.

good luck dude.

                                                                                              tim

sailordad:
oh yeah, iforgot to mention ifn you get another bunny you could use the tails for string silencers,that would look cool 8) >:D

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