The American Beagler Forum

I was wondering who actualy hunts and who just runs for the fun of it. If you hunt how many rabbits do you harvest a year and do you do it in your state or do you travel? If you run for the fun of it do you travel or just run at home?

I don't eat that many rabbits so most of my running is conditioning for field trials. I do shoot some rabbits over the hounds as I think this is important for the hounds, but my joy is trialing. I will be traveling almost every weekend this fall doing so.
I must admit though, there is nothing like a few buddies getting together for a good rabbit hunt.

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Jim Umbarger

I run 4 times a week..more around bigger hunts. Last year all together I killed my limit. I let the kids shoot and bang at them..I just handle the dogs.

Brad

I mostly run but do occasionally drop the hammer. We may do a little more shooting this year since my boys will be with me after they complete hunters safety. Can't wait.

Do a great deal of just runnin,but man do i love gunnin,so i guess both.Run'em when season is out and gun'em when season is in!

I love hunting. Run the year round to get them ready for Mid November. We hunt mostly in North Carolina on Saturdays. We killed about 80 rabbits last year hunting mostly with 3 gunners and 8 dogs. We only shoot after a loop. The killing is not the most important thing. I go home smiling if we just have some good long runs and only kill 1 or 2.
Anthony

I run year round and hunt during the season. I don't have anything against trialing, it's just not my thing. I only kill as many rabbits as I want to eat plus some for the landowners who let me hunt and some oldtimers that can't get out there and hunt anymore. Just like A Kerr said "killing isn't the most important part". I agree. A good run is a natural high for me!

Here we run and hunt hard, we harvest usually 80-90 a year, last year we killed 100, hunting here in Indiana.

Run year round for pleasure. Kill what I want to eat and give a few away to some old timers who still love the taste of wild rabbits.

99 percent of the time spent just working hounds,dont eat them little rats but I will shoot one to a young hound.

Rabbit hunter.......run them hard during off season and have a mean pack of dogs come rabbit season........Average 100 rabbits per season. We eat alot of them and give away alot. I've had them fried BBQ'ed baked you name it.......It's all good

I like to do both. I don't really like to eat a lot of rabbits, but I will fill someone's freezer if they want them. I mostly run dogs for conditioning and training purposes. I don't trial, however this year I may start that again. I will be hunting in MO this year (I am moving in a week) and will make at least one trip to Wis for hare.

Emery

Plenty rabbits in MO.......

Basically just like Anthony, run year around, hunt by myself in November and December and usually about 3 of us for the rest of the season. I didn't kill but maybe 15 last year but there were 87 killed for the dogs. I just love to run and watch my dogs.