Rabbit, squirrel hunting seasons open Aug. 30

[Ptarmigan]

Rabbit, squirrel hunting seasons open Aug. 30
The Oskaloosa Herald
Published August 22, 2008 11:31 am
DES MOINES —

The 2008-09 hunting seasons for cottontail rabbits and fox and gray squirrels will open on August 30. Cottontail rabbit numbers are up about 50 percent from last year, and roadside surveys found the population generally increased across the western two-thirds of Iowa, while it declined in the eastern third.

Todd Bogenschutz, upland wildlife research biologist for the DNR, said heavy snowfall this past winter likely reduced the number of does for breeding in eastern Iowa. Research has shown female reproduction improves with wet summer conditions that improve the quality of green vegetation for food and cover.

The DNR’s roadside survey indicates the southern and western portions of Iowa will offer the best rabbit numbers this fall. According to Bogenschutz, there are several effective techniques that may be employed to hunt rabbits including stomping brush piles, walking slowly through abandoned farmsteads or along brushy fencerows, or wooded draws.

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God sent the hunters. God laughs when bunnies die. 

[JohnnyReb]

Rabbit, squirrel hunting seasons open Aug. 30
The Oskaloosa Herald
Published August 22, 2008 11:31 am
DES MOINES —

According to Bogenschutz, there are several effective techniques that may be employed to hunt rabbits including stomping brush piles, walking slowly through abandoned farmsteads or along brushy fencerows, or wooded draws.

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God sent the hunters. God laughs when bunnies die. 

Mr. Bogenschutz must have gone to a liberal college. The best way to hunt rabbits is with a shotgun.

[LC EFA]

Rabbit, squirrel hunting seasons open Aug. 30
The Oskaloosa Herald
Published August 22, 2008 11:31 am
DES MOINES —

According to Bogenschutz, there are several effective techniques that may be employed to hunt rabbits including stomping brush piles, walking slowly through abandoned farmsteads or along brushy fencerows, or wooded draws.

Full Article

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God sent the hunters. God laughs when bunnies die. 

Mr. Bogenschutz must have gone to a liberal college. The best way to hunt rabbits is with a shotgun.

Of course you may need a few smoke flares, a roll of primacord, and a few crimp ons to flush em out first.

.....or so I am told....... 

[JohnnyReb]

Rabbit, squirrel hunting seasons open Aug. 30
The Oskaloosa Herald
Published August 22, 2008 11:31 am
DES MOINES —

According to Bogenschutz, there are several effective techniques that may be employed to hunt rabbits including stomping brush piles, walking slowly through abandoned farmsteads or along brushy fencerows, or wooded draws.

Full Article

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God sent the hunters. God laughs when bunnies die. 

Mr. Bogenschutz must have gone to a liberal college. The best way to hunt rabbits is with a shotgun.

Of course you may need a few smoke flares, a roll of primacord, and a few crimp ons to flush em out first.

.....or so I am told....... 

I like to give them a sporting chance.........hehehehe

[Chris_]

That's one of the things I liked so much about Arizona:  Wabbit season (and coyote season for that matter) was 24/7/365.  Any weapon and no limit.  When I lived in Williams (west of Flagstaff) I could roll out of bed at around 06:00 on a weekend, walk under the I-40 overpass and be in Kaibab National Forest.  I'd be walking in the other direction about 3-4 hours later with a clutch of cottontails in one hand, my weapon in the other, and by 18:00 that evening, I'd have 'em all skinned, cleaned, cut up and in the stew pot with the skins salted and set aside for tanning later.

Here in Colorado, they're a bit more particular about when and how you hunt wabbits (though my neighbor has promised he'd look the other way if I wanted to take the ones that are chewing the hell out of his strawberry patch with my bow).