Rabbit season is always the last to end, going through the end of February here. I had the chance to walk a few ditch banks one day last week with the 20 ga. Kicked up quite a few and didn’t take long to get 4. Carried them home skinned them warm. They are absolutely the easiest hide to peel from the carcass-much different than cousin squirrel! Soaked the meats in salt water for few days. Quartered and fried, dang good table fare! Kids and wife really enjoyed them, we don’t eat rabbit often, it’s always a treat. Mild flavor, very tender.

Anyone rabbit hunt anymore? Used to be quite a few guys around here with beagles that ran rabbits. Not anymore. And rabbits seem to be plentiful than I can ever remember, even with the alarming amount of predators, mostly hawks/eagles. Rabbit meat is as good as any wild game, top of the list in my book.

Fried cottontail is chicken X10!

I like it on the BBQ pit too!

Rabbits scarce here. See twenty deer to one rabbit

Go out at night with a thermal…they’re everywhere it seems.

I have a pack of beagles.
Hunt quite a bit come winter time.
I’d rather skin squirrels, and would 10 to 1 rather eat squirrel.
But a meal of bunnies is purty dang good. Rabbit gravy ain’t bad either.
Our rabbit season closes February 15. I wish it ran later.

Not too many around here. I see one once in awhile. After having raised and eaten a lot of domestic rabbits I don't really care for wild rabbit as much anyway.

On a typical year we kill quite a few, well my boy does mainly. I like to remove the back straps and slice them the long way and deep fry them breaded. The legs get deboned and ground for rabbit sausage. Ever once in a while I fry a couple young ones too. Good stuff.

Squirrel aren't that hard to skin, I just do em like a mink. Of course I put up their fur too.

Love me some young fried rabbit. Also fry the old ones and simmer down in gravy made from the drippings. I used to catch quite a few in my sets. Saved them all.

rabbit hunting with dogs has taken a upswing around here the last few years more and more guys doing it a great way to get the kids outside

Great memories hunting rabbits as a kid. We had a small beagle that would fit in the pack basket, and we always got our limit. She ran them so slow that we used .22's.

Fried rabbit is one of my favorite meats. Squirrel isn't far behind.

We used to be able to fill a limit of four with ease while pheasant hunting 40 years ago. The loss of habitat and increase in predators, especially the avian variety, have made them scarce around here.

I flushed and killed one while grouse hunting two years ago and we flushed one ;last year while pheasant hunting. It's notable because it's so rare anymore.

I have 2 beagles and a bassett. Mainly listen to them. Very therapeutic. Seldom kill a rabbit anymore unless someone wants one to eat. Pretty scarce around here.

Jayme,
Is that breakfast seasoned or Italian style for pasta recipes?

Fried with shake n bake. Thats how we used to do it when we had rabbits around here.

I shake and Bake mine but Shake and fry instead. Love the gravy over the Taters with fresh Green Beans.

I've a pair and beagles and spend lots of time between Oct and Feb rabbit hunting. Our limit is 6 a day but a couple each time is plenty for me as dead rabbits don't run. That said I still took 84 this year and like ADC ,I make a lot of rabbit sausage both breakfast and Italian.

Rabbit habitat is easy to create. Build it and they will come. People are too obsessed with making everything look "clean". Excessive use of herbicide and winged predators are problems too.

I have a pack of 4 beagles. I let them chase rabbits year around, come November the 28ga comes out and we start shooting them.
I have GPS on my hounds, my 4 year old has 1147 miles chasing rabbits, my 2 year olds have 780 and 840 miles.
Nothing beats Beagle Mountain Music

57 rabbits on 6 hunts this year. I'm assuming that the trapping is helping. Fun hunting and great eating.