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My buddy from Vermont
#8315692
01/18/25 03:50 PM
01/18/25 03:50 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Northern Maine
Bruce T
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Northern Maine
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Last edited by Bruce T; 01/18/25 08:31 PM.
NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA
#1 goal=Trap a wolverine
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Bruce T]
#8315707
01/18/25 04:10 PM
01/18/25 04:10 PM
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Joined: Dec 2011
MT
snowy
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MT
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That is pretty good. I remember as a young guy hunt snow hare and they were so plentiful. Now don't see to many but have cottontails and a lot of them.
Give me a fish, I will eat for a day. Teach me to fish, I will eat for a lifetime
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Bruce T]
#8315745
01/18/25 05:00 PM
01/18/25 05:00 PM
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MO
Crappiekiller
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MO
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I bet it stood out like a turd in the punch bowl in that snow.
CK
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Bruce T]
#8315748
01/18/25 05:06 PM
01/18/25 05:06 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Northern Maine
Bruce T
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Northern Maine
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Only ever seen of two shot here in Maine in my lifetime.
NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA
#1 goal=Trap a wolverine
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Bruce T]
#8315764
01/18/25 05:31 PM
01/18/25 05:31 PM
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Joined: Dec 2015
se South Dakota
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We used to have (white-tailed) jackrabbits around here but few and seldom nowadays. Our land grant university's teams are called the "Jackrabbits."
It is a hare, with dark, strong (I think) meat compared to a cottontail rabbit with "white meat." We used to shoot the jacks in various ways, including center-fire rifles. I ate a few of them but it was a struggle compared to say pheasant or cottontail. I guess I wasn't hungry enough at that point to really enjoy those prairie hares.
They cycled down after about 1983 around here and have never made a comeback. I think I've seen maybe less than 5 in my county in the last 20 years.
"And God said, Let us make man in our image �and let them have dominion �and all the creatures that move along the ground". Genesis 1:26
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Bruce T]
#8315805
01/18/25 06:22 PM
01/18/25 06:22 PM
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ohio
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ohio
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^^^^^ Never heard of them either! Nice post!
We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Crappiekiller]
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01/18/25 09:04 PM
01/18/25 09:04 PM
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MN
thgreenwing
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I bet it stood out like a turd in the punch bowl in that snow. Exactly what I was thinking! Crazy Wabbit!
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: Boco]
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01/18/25 09:36 PM
01/18/25 09:36 PM
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Joined: Dec 2006
Northern Maine
Bruce T
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Northern Maine
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meat rabbits come in all colours maybe it was a feral meat rabbit. nope.A rare color variation of a snowshoe rare.Very rare.
NRA,NTA,MTA,FTA
#1 goal=Trap a wolverine
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: NonPCfed]
#8316200
01/18/25 10:34 PM
01/18/25 10:34 PM
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Joined: Oct 2015
wisconsin
Muskratwalt
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wisconsin
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We used to have (white-tailed) jackrabbits around here but few and seldom nowadays. Our land grant university's teams are called the "Jackrabbits."
It is a hare, with dark, strong (I think) meat compared to a cottontail rabbit with "white meat." We used to shoot the jacks in various ways, including center-fire rifles. I ate a few of them but it was a struggle compared to say pheasant or cottontail. I guess I wasn't hungry enough at that point to really enjoy those prairie hares.
They cycled down after about 1983 around here and have never made a comeback. I think I've seen maybe less than 5 in my county in the last 20 years. Back in the late sixties there were a few "jacks" around this part of Wis. I shot a couple and you are correct, they are not good table fare compared to cottontail. Nowadays it's only cottontails except some of the big forested areas have snowshoes.
Walt legge
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Re: My buddy from Vermont
[Re: KeithC]
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01/19/25 03:47 PM
01/19/25 03:47 PM
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up state ny
7887mm08
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up state ny
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In the book "Watership Down" that could be The Black Rabbit of Inlé, also known as Inlé-rah ("Prince/Chief of the Moon" or "Prince/Chief of the Dead).
Keith Wow, i read that when i was in the navy underway to somewhere in the early 1980's
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