on hunting rabbits all you need is your small game license, season is usually from third sat in oct, to sometime in mid jan. squirrel goes to last day in feb. ya need atleast 500feet from an occupied building that is not your own to shoot, if ya don;t well check out bows, or good pellet rifle(althouhgh this is under the same area as rifles but are silent)

the t/c encore is made by thompson center, it;s a really good gun. it;s a single shot but everyone i know that owns one loves it. their around the same price as a good hunting rifle

i think the area your gonna be in has few good state forests around,

email me if ya got any more questions, i got IM too if ya catch me online