It tough without snow on the ground, but we have snow coming Monday.
I really don't like picking shot and fur from my food so years ago I started hurting them with the 22
It's a challenge but I love watching them do a backflip when I squeeze the trigger
Anyone else hunt them this way

It's a fun way to spot and stalk with some snow on the ground! We got fresh snow yesterday so this evening I'm thinking of doing just that!
Sometimes a light shotgun is a better choice, but when you can spot rabbits sitting tight the .22 is perfect,

That's how I hunt them , just walk windrows with my 1022 ss Laminated

love hunting them with a .22

Its fun.Done it as a kid before we got our beagles.

I love still hunting rabbits. A sunny afternoon after a fresh snowfall. I have traded the 22 for a 36 caliber flintlock though. Regardless of the gun used, it is a fun time. Sharpens your eyes for sure.

Nice picture

Shot a lot of them with and without dogs back in the day with a ruger 10/22 I purchased in the late sixties and still have and use .

Great picture Danny

Great sporting way to get dinner.
I have walked a few snowshoe rabbits down , after a fresh snow

Perfect winter morning fun. Cold air, fresh snow, my .22 Marlin bolt action and rabbits and squirrels. Good idea.

I have but typically pack a shotgun inless there is snow on the ground . When I catch them sitting when shotgun hunting a handgun eliminates any shot in the meat. If I'm planning on hunting that's typically a rugar mark 2. But often opportunities present themselves and my glock 23 takes care of them Mice to horses have been killed with that gun.

I love tracking them in a fresh snow with a .22... Although I think most of the rabbits I've got I shot with a pellet gun.

Our family has a cottontail hunt every January. Tiebreaker for ties is who has the most eyeball shots, we typically have around a dozen or so two man teams. Lots of fun!! 22 is the only way to rabbits if you want in our group…

most of my rabbits/hare come as targets of opportunity while chasing birds so they get the same #4 shot as the birds.

when we do go for them it is at the farm and lots of equipment and buildings near by as well as a fair number of runners kicking brush piles

most of my 22 rabbits were garden rabbits

I would never want to use a 22 around beagles but is fine and alot of fun for stalking rabbits.

I really enjoy the challenge of spot and stalk. I use a Marlin 925 with a Lyman 4X all American scope on top.
It's the best shooting 22 I've ever owned, and I've had and still have quite a few different ones.
Hosinfeffer is great on a cold winters day

My boy has killed a lot of rabbits with a .22 over the years....







However, if you don't like picking shot out of your rabbits and want to hunt with a shotgun, use some #4 shot in a .410. The heavier weight pellets usually pass through the rabbit instead of hanging up in there and they take that little wad of fur out the back side of the rabbits with them.

Nice pictures