The American Beagler Forum

When hunting with dogs I prefer a side-by-side 20 Ga. made by Stoger. I use a 22 when still hunting at night with a spot light.

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Usually the one I carring works better than the one I left at home.

still hunting at night with a spotlight??? is that dry humor??? i mean, that's not legal anywhere, right:???
i've got an old winchester 20 gauge semi that i have used for the past thirty years or so. it was old when i got it, passed down from my dad, if i remember correctly. great on rabbits and squirrels. old enough that you don't have to worry about it. shoots where you point it. points real well.
was victimized by a burglary a few years ago and they got my duck gun, among other things, started bringing the 20 duck hunting a saw a considerable improvement to my hunting ability. i said my hunting ability for a reason,,,not only did my shooting improve, but my hunting improved as well. knowing that i didn't have "enough" gun, i tried to maximize all of my opportunities, payed attention to decoy placement, blind, wind and all other concerns. became a decent caller as well,,,, learned patience. hunted this way for a number of years. turned out to be a good thing as my skills improved considerably.
that little winchester 20 is a good, reliable and versatile little gun. throws 6's and 4's real well.

For rabbit hunting I'm partial to an old 20 ga Ithaca mod 37.Was my Dad's old gun.Light and points good.Did I mention light :)

As to the night hunting mentioned its probably jack rabbits in Texas.
Hunt6 (David)

Remington 870 or Ruger 10/22...

Emery

A savage 22/.410 over that's about 40 years old or a Ruger .22 target pistol when I am by myself.

20 ga beretta Tiknya.

Best Gun for Rabbit Hunting?

It all depends on where I am hunting!

In the Thick stuff I use a 20 ga Rem. Auto with a 21" barrel that was a 26" ImvCyl.

In the thinner Stuff I love to take one of my many .410 ga's - depends on my mood if I take one of the Pump's or Auto's.

So I guess I like the Rem 20 ga Auto and the .410 ga's

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Been using a High Standard Deluxe that I bought used since 1977 and it's dead game pattern. Best all around gun I ever came across.

model 50 remington is the best gun. I can take it and my set of hounds and kill every rabbit in the hills. They isn't anyone who can kill as many rabbits as me.

Doug, have you ever tried the swamps and valleys, harder shootin down there.

The best rabbit gun I ever owned was a Stevens model 58 bolt action. It was old as dirt and didn't have a choke. I was deadly with that gun and never bothered to put more than two shells in it.(mainly because the clip was broken and I couldn't find a replacement)(LOL) That gun was a pure rabbit slayer. The boys use to laugh when they saw it, but at the end of the day I had always killed the most bunnies, but I was considerate and let them tote the sack.(LOL)(LOL)

Big Dog

I should not answer this one!!! someone will rag me over my shooting, so I will say I like my rem. 1100 20 gauge altough it may have a crooked barrell, and it does get heavy so I may have to get a sling.

Guns? Yall cheat. I either just pick up a few round rocks or carry my sling shot with those round balls from wal-mart.

talk about cheating,,,, you BUY balls to put in your slingshot??? personally, i took one of those long reeds you get down by the river and made a blowgun, started out blowing chinaberries at them swampers,,, but that only seemed to stun some of them, you'd have to run up and knock 'em in the head with a stick and sometimes they'd get away. so i started making little darts out of those palm stickers they got out in the swamp,,,, i would soak the tips in some neurotoxins i got from milking rattlesnakes,,, sometimes that would be too strong so i would cut it with cottonmouth juice. it works good unless there is a heavy rain. in which case you sometimes have to use that stick after all.