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i went hunting pheasant and rabbit this weekend for opening week in Illinois! i didnt see any rabbits, or pheasantsbut did see4 coyotes! they are currently hanging in a tanner! kind of a bummer, but we saw coyote trails that looked like deer trails, and coyote dens everywhere! anyone else have this problem around them? i really think the coyotes just ate all the rabbits and pheasants in are area!

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i am sorry

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We have rabbits and we don't see all that much sign of coyotes. I think the lack of pheasants is due more to loss of habitat than predation by coyotes.

Pheasants are an introduced species, but rabbits and coyotes have been around together for a long time.

Look around you at all the land that used to be farms and fields that are now shopping malls and subdivisions.

There are some rabbits living in the shrubs around our house and we live in the city. But we don't keep a carefully manicured yard like some people do.

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ya but im hunting in an all farm area! nearest town is 28 miles away! next closest is 36! the rest is farm land, and animal pastures!

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I love rabbit hunting, but I have to be my own beagle. Otherwise they just lay low. My husband won't scare them out for me.

I guess hunting is off until next year though, for both of us. He won't go out without me.

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i am so sorry udidnt get anything

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Keep trying. So many rabbits are eating our plants, and running around my yard, but I cant get one in the woods [:@]
Im gonna try and snare them in the winter.

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YA GET EM GET EM

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Ive tried it during the summer, but didnt get any. At least in winter it should be easy.

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ya maybe lol