Rabbit get together...
Well I can add another rabbit to my list on bowkills now... Yesterday evening, i went out to the O'canal again after rabbits and squrriels. It was pretty dead out there for the most part but i managed to stumble across a few cottontails but since those are out of season I can't take those yet. Among the field i was talking about in a previous post, it got flooded out for some reason. I think its just a litte resvoir aftually because of the way the banks are built and the fact that there is a long pipe running into it from the canal itself. From the 'floodlands' (nickname i gave that field) runs little ditch on the way towards the highway. Away from that floodland field there is a large dike that seprates the ditch and another field that isn't used for crops yet but mainly is just high grass/weeds and few large brush here and there. Its kind hard to describe but i'm going to take some pictures so its easier for the reader to get an idea of what i'm talking about. Anyway. There is little footbridge that goes over the little ditch over to the large dike. Squirrels have made holes in it and the hill itself is about 15 feet high. I noticed some jackrabbits close to it on the other side yesterday but wasn't able to get close enough to take a shot. I decided to try this field again but coming from the East. I had a feeling there might be some rabbits within range just on the other side to I duckwalked after passing the footbridge...I just barely looked over the side and saw about 30 rabbits within 15-40 yards from me. Sad to say about 25 or so were cottontails but I noticed a few jackrabbits that was within about 30 yards. I knew once I drew my bow one or more would have spotted me, they would have ran all over the place and spooked the jacks'. Well i was definetly right about that but i stayed focused on that one jackrabbit. I was able to release my shot and hit it in the vital area. After I retrieved my arrow i tried my luck with the other jacks but i never found any. The cottontails were naturally teasing me with shots since I can't take any, yet.