SnowShoe hare hunt with Board member Rabbit Fever

[Joeyman]

Its been a couple of years now that rabbit fever has invited me up for a hare hunt. This has always been something that I wanted to try. I wanted the full experience and I sure got it. Things just worked out for me this season and I was able to go. We made the plans and set the date, it all went pretty smooth. To share the whole experience with me was board member jumpNrun (derek). I set out about 7am picked up derek and we rolled out for the long drive way up north. We arrived about 8:30pm that same day. Now thats a drive....lol

If you are wondering what I thought about the entire experiece I'd have to say it was way more different than I had ever expected it to be. I have alot of respect for what the Northern Beaglers go through when they go hare hunting. All I can say is You have NO idea untill you try it. Sure you can go when there isn't any snow in late september and I'm sure it would be an awesome time. Nope I wanted the full experience. We were trudging though 2ft of snow the entire time. Driving down snow covered roads where a 4WD truck is a must. They put us in some thick pines and popple when wearing snowshoes and walking through that made it very tough. This was also the first time I had ever wore a pair of snowshoes. I didn't do to bad with them but I did fall a few times, I almost started to hate them there towards the end..lol

I thank you Tom (rabbit fever) for giving me the opportunity to try SnowShoe hare Hunting. It was also nice meeting your buddy Clint. I even got to meet Harehound (marty) and chad. You guys were great, wish we could of spent a little more time together.

I was able to get lots of great pictures and also some amazing video footage that I hope you all enjoy. I spent some time on my video of the hare hunt. Hope you watch it.

Video Part One - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JluUL1CG_NQ

Video Part Two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-SWiGVNp3k



Headed to the hunting grounds







Here is Tom aka rabbit fever



this is Clint



Clints two hounds Floyed and Sherman



yeah that was with snowshoes on





Here are my two pups. Suzy and Duke running a hare by themselves



Here I am with my First ever SnowShoe Hare



he was a very nice colored hare





Derek and Chad - derek's first hare









My second hare for the trip





My third hare for the trip


































I got my cheese too. Wisconsin Cheese Curds yummy! mullins cheese factory

[WillyC]

Great Post Joeyman.......I feek as though I'm the exact opposite as you cuz my two houndley yodelers have never run (nor I've never shot) a cottontail.......

Nice to see the deep white stuff, we've been cheated this year with hardly any......

~WillyC~

[48180 Hunter]

Nice pics joey, glad too see you posting alot of pictures again.

[Rabbit Fever]

No problem Joey, glad you and Derrek had a good time and got to experence the true northwoods in the winter. Maybe some day you will try it again? Give us a call.

[Tundra Beagle]

Very cool Joey, It is definatley a different type of hunting. I remember my first cottontail hunt, whole diferent venue. The best thing is that you get to hear hounds in both types. How did your dogs do in the deep snow? Did you take any of it back to Missouri, LOL!!!

[Spruce Ridge Beagler]

Nice!
I see you boys have good taste when it comes to the barely pop as well!

[Keyview Beagles]

I just hope that I am invited for a hunt after you land your show with the Outdoor Channel.

[il_beagle_boy]

Joey great post you always do a great job great videos and really awsome photos I hope to do the same one day

[Swamper AR]

That makes me want to go hare hunting. Anybody up for a trade: swamper hunt for hare hunt?

[deerhost]

Great stuff Joey, Thanks for sharing>>>>Deerhost

[Budd]

Great job Joey, glad ya got to run some of these "STINKY" hare.....LOL

[Joeyman]

can anyone see my pictures?

[Joeyman]

guess i finally exceeded the limit on photobucket...........lmao

[Joeyman]

this is what happened




Bandwidth Exceeded (Look Who's Popular)

Published 09/12/2011 03:40 PM | Updated 02/02/2012 09:51 AM

All of my linked Photobucket photos and videos have been replaced with this thing:



What does it mean, and how do I get my photos back?



Don't panic, and don't delete anything! Please, let us explain.

Bandwidth is the total amount of data transferred from your Photobucket account to the sites you post photos and videos on. It's kind of like the data plan on your phone. If you have a free account, you can use up to 10GB of bandwidth per month.

Imagine you have a photo that is 1MB in size, and you post it on your blog. Whenever a friend sees your blog, 1MB of data is transferred from your Photobucket account. That counts toward your 10GB per month limit (10GB = 10,000MB, and most photos are much smaller than 1MB).

Now, imagine your blog has a lot of photos on it, and their total size is 5MB. That would mean that 2,000 blog views would max out the bandwidth on your free Photobucket account. If you're linking multiple photos in multiple places, or you post photos on a popular site, your bandwidth can add up pretty fast!

If you're not sure which of your files is using up your bandwidth, take a look at your Account Stats.

There are two ways to get your linked photos and videos to show up again:
1.Wait until your cycle date. Your bandwidth limit resets every month on the date you created your account. Check your Account Status page to find out when your cycle date is and how much bandwidth you've used since your last cycle date.
2.Go Pro. Pro accounts have no bandwidth limit, no ads, and full-size photo storage. You'll love it!

[deadeyebeagle]

how much does it cost to upgrade???