The American Beagler Forum

ATTENTION RABBIT HUNTERS!!!!
Cottontail Rabbit Hunting Tournament

$150.00 GIFT CERT. @ GUN BARN, OTISVILLE, MI
$50.00 GIFT CERT. @ BRYAN’S MARKET,NORTH BRANCH, MI
MANY OTHER GREAT DOOR PRIZES

DO NOT FIELD DRESS THE RABBITS UNTIL AFTER WEIGH IN
GREAT LAKES BEAGLE CLUB- 10211 E. Wilson Road, Otisville, MI M-15 North of Davison, MI
SUNDAY JUNUARY 15TH, 2012
$40.00 PER TEAM – 2 TO 6 MEMBER TEAMS

TROPHY & 50lbs of PRIDE DOG FOOD FOR HEAVYEST 4 RABBIT SACK!
TROPHY & 50lbs of PRIDE DOG FOOD FOR HEAVEST SINGLE RABBIT!
TROPHY FOR YOUNGEST SUCCESSFUL RABBIT HUNTER!
TROPHY FOR OLDEST SUCCESSFUL RABBIT HUNTER!

PRE-ENTRY taken by phone or mail or enter on morning of hunt at Great Lakes Beagle Club at - 7:00am –8:00am – entry fee to be paid prior to bringing in rabbits for weight in.
Enjoy a day of hunting with dogs or without, (no hunting on Great Lakes Beagle Club).

WEIGH-IN AT THE CLUBHOUSE 4pm-5pm
Deadline for weigh-in 5:00pm sharp (be in parking lot)
Each team will be allowed to weigh 6 rabbits; the best 4 will be entered.

All game must have been killed that day. DO NOT FIELD DRESS THE RABBITS! The club will reserve the right to disqualify any game and disqualify any team if necessary. All game must go with you after weigh in. Teams must follow Michigan State Game Laws.

Mail entry fee check payable to Great Lakes Beagle Club, send list of team Members and your team’s captain name, address, phone number to:
Mark Goodfellow, 8614 Willits, Mayville, MI 48744 ph 810 834-7936 cell 810 441-9879
George Pirman, 3588 Kinneville Rd, Leslie, MI 49251 ph 810 691-7502
FREE DINNER FOR ALL HUNTERS at the club house after your hunt, $5.00 for non-hunters. Dinner will be served starting at 4:00 there will also be a 50/50 raffle.

DOG VACCINATION CLINIC @ CLUBHOUSE
BY VET. 11am to 2pm – SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH

I'm glad this is being done in your state! Sounds like a lot of fun, but sounds like a good way to wipe out the game population! Jmo

What's the difference? These same people would probably be out hunting in their own anyways. This just gives them a chance to end the day in comradre with fellow hunters, tell some stories while eating some good vittles, and maybe win a bag of dog food. I think its a great idea George. Good luck with it! If I knew of some places to hunt up there I might have been able to bring a couple of us from Grand Lake BC to support you good folks!

these type of tournaments,if they get to big are hardon rabbit population these were big in central southern wi. 80'2 through the 90's and did some damage

We went last year and it was a good time. As far as rabbit populatins being wiped out thats a joke.

We do not promote the killing of lots of rabbits. We do not give an award to the team that brings in the most rabbits. We do not want a team to show up with a truck load of rabbits and if they do they do not get any awards or money. There are many other tournaments that do - we do not. I know of one in the MI U.P. where you win by bringing in the most snowshoe hare - we do not.

You receive 3 door prize tickets for each rabbit your team brings in - a MAX OF 6 RABBITS! If your team has 4, 5, or 6 members and you bring in the max of 6 rabbits I hope this will not put the cottontail rabbit on the endanger list. If you are 12 years of age or under you will also receive bonus door prize tickets. The youngest suscessful hunter gets a real large trophy by taking one rabbit. The oldest suscessful hunter will also take home a nice trophy. All hunters get a free dinner! The club can pay their $4400.00 yearly property tax to the township to run and train their Beagles on 80 acres. YES $4400.00 EACH YEAR! George

Doesnt your state have a timber reserve program or something that you could put your land into to not have to pay taxes? In Iowa any timber that you are not pasturing livestock on or planting crops on is eligible for tax exemption. $0.00 per year.