Out this afternoon and the 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 and I came home with a pair of rabbits.

Good to see you're back in action brother...!!

Thanks ,S13.

Out today,but no luck.Quite cold, so I just checked out a few spots for rabbits and those not too hard. Did scare a partridge.Nice to see although the season is now closed.Always next fall for them.

Well the 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 was in fine form today.She came home with three rabbits.

Good shootin' brother...!!

Thanks SHOOTER13.

The 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 and I came home with another rabbit today.

How do you prepare the rabbit for cooking...and what recipes can you share with the membership 28 Gauge !?

So far the rabbits I have bagged have been given to people who I promised rabbits to.These people are older and enjoy rabbits ,but are no longer able to hunt themselves.

The 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 picked up another rabbit today.

Nice job; I haven't had a chance to get out and do some rabbit hunting this season.

Hope you get time to get out for a hunt,DHonovich.Snowstorm here yesterday.Will try to get out for a hunt later,but not sure how much snow there will be in the woods.

What Ithaca do you use as a rabbit gun?

28 gauge wrote:So far the rabbits I have bagged have been given to people who I promised rabbits to.These people are older and enjoy rabbits ,but are no longer able to hunt themselves.

Good for you and them...!!

Do you keep the pelts...?!

Myself and the 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 arrived home with another rabbit this evening.

No I do not keep the pelts.Cannot say that I know any one who does.

Had the 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 out this afternoon for a hunt and was able to bag another rabbit.

With all those rabbit pelts...you could have made a jacket by now !!

Yes I believe you are right,S13.

Bad weather here since Feb. 2ND.Another 10 to 15 CM of snow due tonight.This has pretty much put an end to my rabbit hunting.At least for awhile.

my season had its ups and downs.
it started out looking real rosy .
I was working in upstate pa and found a great location to hunt out of.the job was ending and I had almost a whole month to just hunt
I had 2 gamelands with pheasants within 20 min and a state forest 5 min away for grouse.
all I needed was for Lilith to be healed from a soft tissue injury she suffered during the summer.
but it wasn't to be.
if I let her run more then 2 hours she would end up limping the rest of the day.
so I moved back home and basically shut her down for most of the season, only doing short hunts at a nearby gamelands till about thanksgiving.then she went into heat.
we did find a few birds on the short hunts but she just wasn't acting herself or handling birds very well at all.the feral gamelands birds were literally running circles around her as i watched.
I only shot one rooster she pointed.

after the new year i noticed she was getting around better and not limping after a few hours running.
so we did some live bird training runs with no ill effects and all was well and i decided to do some light hunting with her
since then I've gotten her some good exposure to farm pheasants before everything froze over.
i wish i had more time ,she came a long way in the last month.
i have about 10 birds in the freezer but honestly i'd have about 6 more but for shooter error.
my season ended up only being 1/3 of what it should have been
while the season wasn't what i envisioned i have come away with some positives
Lilith understands the ground rules ..
she is steady to point a holding bird
she is steady on the flush of the bird up until the shot
she also has learned shes allowed to break point relocate on a moving bird something she never had done in training.

she still needs to learn how to work them moving birds and how much pressure she can apply and when.
but shes on to their tricks now

Good story and great lookin' dog !!

Thanks for sharing...

Sadly, I didn't do any hunting this year. I lost my dad on 18 november and I didn't have it in me to go out.
Now we have had 72" of snow in 18 days and too dang cold to hunt.

ravengunsmith wrote:Sadly, I didn't do any hunting this year. I lost my dad on 18 november and I didn't have it in me to go out.
Now we have had 72" of snow in 18 days and too dang cold to hunt.

Don't think we have as much snow as you raven,but we have had a lot.Also like you, the temperature has been very cold.

The poor 28 gauge Ithaca Model 37 is just sitting by the door looking sad, as she cannot get out for a hunt.