SWAMP RABBITS

[BEAGLEBLUES]

DOES ANYONE RUN SWAMPERS IN KY. REMEMBER DAD AND GRANDPA TALKING ABOUT THEM, BUT DON'T KNOW ANYONE ANY MORE THAT HUNTS THEM.

[Ky. Hunter]

I go to Mississippi each hunting season for a week to hunt them and usually have a blast. It usually takes our dogs a day to get used to running in the water and then they pound good for rest of the week.

[mike west]

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Swamp rabbits ............... that is all I hunt here in west KY. lucky to have a few honey holes. 07-08 we bagged over 300.

[BEAGLEBLUES]

that is an awsome picture. i would almost hate to show that one off. (looks ALMOST illegal)

[mike west]

No nothing illeagal. When you have hunting this good , you have alot of people wanting to go. One person who goes with us 90% of the time is the local game warden........................................... But yea it does look like alot of rabitts. Your not that far away. You should try and go with us one weekend.

[BEAGLEBLUES]

DOES IT TAKE SOME REALLY FAST DOGS FOR THEM SWAMPERS?

[mike west]

Me and my hunting partner run fast dogs. But I meet hunters with all speeds.

[BEAGLEBLUES]

I THINK THAT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD GREATLY ENJOY. DO YOU HUNT A LARGE PACK? IS A SWAMPER SOMETHING THAT I COULD RUN WITH A PAIR WITH ANY SUCCESS. ALSO HAVE YOU EVER HUNTED IN THE CLARKS RIVER NWR? I HEAR THAT THE BENTON BOTTOMS PART HAVE THOSE SWIMMING BUNNIES.

[mike west]

We carry 6-8 dogs. But I know some guys from Missouri that hunt swampers with 3, and they kill alot of rabbits. I have hunted up around Benton but not sure if it was NWR.

[fulcount]

what do you do with that many rabbits??

[mike west]

None of them go to waste. There are several of us that hunt together and we all like to eat them. What we dont eat ourselves we give away.