The American Beagler Forum

went hunting today and seen blood spots on snow , where i jumped a few rabbits, the dogs had trouble running these rabbits, anyone seen these spots of blood? I figured it was does in heat....the dogs ran the heck out of 3 rabbits , one big buck and 1 doe and dont know the gender of the other one, he was the lucky one...(bad shot)....scent condition seemed to be the best i have seen it in weeks, bad weather is about to hit again , there goes the good running for a couple more days...SCOTT

Are you sure it was blood? I have seen pretty dern red to pinkish urine in the snow from rabbits while hunting them. A little fleck of blood here and there, maybe... but if it was something the size of a dime, then I would think it to be urine.

Emery

Maybe. Could it have been blood from one of the dogs - tail cut w/ briars or something?

got to checking my male and he had a pretty good cut on his foot.....go figure....scott

beaglecrazy-scott wrote:got to checking my male and he had a pretty good cut on his foot.....go figure....scott

LOL, all good. That's what this board is for, right?

I SEEN THE SAME THING THE OTHER DAY,MAYBE THE BLOOD WAS FROM A DOG TOO,HERE I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE HAD GOTTEN A PEICE OF THE RABBIT AND IT WAS BLEEDING,

THANKS FOR BURSTING MY BUBBLE GUYS LOL

danny vansickle wrote:I SEEN THE SAME THING THE OTHER DAY,MAYBE THE BLOOD WAS FROM A DOG TOO,HERE I THOUGHT MAYBE ONE HAD GOTTEN A PEICE OF THE RABBIT AND IT WAS BLEEDING,

THANKS FOR BURSTING MY BUBBLE GUYS LOL

I am sure in your case, one of your dogs did get a hold of it. ...Feel better???

MUCH BETTER,THANK YOU

The little red and dark colored urine spots on the snow are colored like that because of what the rabbits are eating this time of year, bark and such. I don't think rabbits come into heat and bleed like a dog, most rabbits can breed anytime all year . The wild ones probably have something mother nature does to stop them for a couple months when it is to cold, but not to cold, I have seen little rabbits here in PA out of the nest as early as mid march with snow on the ground.

I looked up biology of a rabbit on the net. Said rabbits are "induced ovulators" and that mating triggers ovulation. Also said that rabbit have brown to orange urine depending on their diet.

Same with hare up here in the North East. They eat bark this time of year.