Primitive Archer

Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: Marc St Louis on May 23, 2016, 07:52:43 pm

Title: Camo
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 23, 2016, 07:52:43 pm

The young ones are always well camouflaged

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: Tower on May 23, 2016, 09:14:07 pm

Cottontails??

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: jeffp51 on May 24, 2016, 01:10:23 am

isn't there an arrow buried in the grass under them too?

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: Marc St Louis on May 24, 2016, 06:26:51 am

No Cottontails up here, that is a young Snowshoe not much more than 4" long right now.  I scared him and his 2 siblings a few days ago next to the lawn and they were tripping over dead leaves trying to get away, I hope he's not the only one left.  Makes walking around a bit harder for fear of stepping on one

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 24, 2016, 08:28:20 am

Hasenpfeffer! Mmmmm!

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: PaulN/KS on May 24, 2016, 09:16:05 am

We're getting a population boom of cottontails this year in NE Kansas. Giving me fits with my garden this Spring... >:(
No hasspfeffer though. There's no closed season on rabbits here but I won't eat a warm weather rabbit .

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: Knoll on May 24, 2016, 09:22:47 am

Took good eyes to find that lil sucka!

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: PEARL DRUMS on May 24, 2016, 09:45:47 am

Paul our bunny population is down around my place. Some years they literally destroy our many flower beds, the last two years I've seen zero in the yard. Could have something to do with my pooch eating the babies :)

 

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: JoJoDapyro on May 24, 2016, 09:59:19 am

Quote from: PaulN/KS on May 24, 2016, 09:16:05 am

We're getting a population boom of cottontails this year in NE Kansas. Giving me fits with my garden this Spring... >:(
No hasspfeffer though. There's no closed season on rabbits here but I won't eat a warm weather rabbit .

the ebb and flow of predator and prey. I laugh at the areas that the hunters kill all the coyotes. That's the return you get.

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: PaulN/KS on May 24, 2016, 10:57:03 am

^^^
No reason to laugh here then, we still got plenty of coyotes too.

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: Zuma on May 24, 2016, 12:07:09 pm

This guys camo didn't help him >:D
I hope your's gets this big Ed.
Zuma

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: BowEd on May 24, 2016, 06:48:23 pm

You know I tried to raise cottontails and even jack rabbits that age in NW Iowa.They won't eat.Very very nervous things.Just stand there and shake.Eventually they died.
Now around here in southern Iowa if you got a lot of rabbits you'll have bobcats around.We have lots of coyotes yet too.Year round season on them.
But now what kills the most rabbits around me here is owls.Barred and Horned alike.

Title: Re: Camo
Post by: mullet on May 24, 2016, 08:13:31 pm

Paul, if all you ate were cold weather rabbits down here you would be hungry. We have big Swamp rabbits and cottontails and they taste the same all year.