Today was one of thee best days I’ve had in quite awhile.  I wrote my previous post about being all couped up and how I was getting pretty sick of it and today officially made it all better.

Lately we have had some bitterly cold weather and last week it was the main reason why our planned rabbit hunt got cancelled.  Finally though, it warmed up this weekend and we took advantage of it.  It was kind of a last minute deal, and I had to buy my license last minute, but we did get out and get some rabbit hunting in today.  I am here to tell you that the snow made it a little difficult, and we got quite a workout, but it was so worth it just to be outside.

Jeff, Ron (my cousin), Tyler (my nephew), and myself all went out and hunted for a couple of hours and had our best day rabbit hunting in quite some time despite the less than perfect conditions.  Our first stop, which is the main place we deer hunt, didn’t produce many rabbits, but the one it did I made sure didn’t get away with my second shot.  Okay so I missed on the first one, but he didn’t evade me on the second.

We then headed back to our other little sweet spot, the one where Jeff shot the deer following the cat, and apparently every rabbit in the county was using it as its hideout today.  We weren’t there 20 minutes and Ron put two rabbits down and then a few minutes later dispatched another one as it had already evaded Jeff and I.  We didn’t get any shots at him, but watched him run out clear ahead of us and then right straight to Ron.  His last mistake:)

So for those of you keeping score:

Ron                          3

Arthur                     1

Jeff                          0

Tyler and Jeff were excellent beagles and flushed all the rabbits we seen and Ron and I took care of the rest.  I’m not trying to rub it in or anything, but I did shoot more rabbits then Jeff.  I’m glad Ron shot all of his and it’s not a competition thing between us.  The important thing is I beat Jeff.  A little brotherly competition that I won.  Jeff, did I mention you lost?  Okay I’m done now.

So all in all an excellent day out.  It felt awesome to be outside and hang out with the family for awhile.  Also was cool that Tyler got to tag along and be our official bunny carrier for the day.  We ended shooting a few more than he could handle though which was not a bad thing.  Also felt very good to shoot the gun, hit my target, and supply some good food fotter for the table once Jeff fixes it and invites us over.

I think my cabin fever is officially coming to an end:)

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