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TOM VENESKY

Rabbit hunting a bull’s-eye of an idea for kids TOM VENESKY OUTDOORS

Forget the baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolets.

Not that I have anything against them, but my vote for the prime example of Americana goes to rabbit hunting and beagles.

Anyone who has ever worn brush pants and a game coat – the one with the pouch in the back – and hunted rabbits with a beagle knows what I mean.

I grew up listening to the stories of my late grandfather’s beagles and his weekend rabbit hunts decades ago.

Beagle pens were commonplace in backyards