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Post by TolusD on Dec 14, 2016 16:36:17 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I'm looking to find a place close to central Indiana where I can go after some rabbits. I love hunting them as much as I do eating them but I haven't been rabbit hunting forever and never in Indiana so I need some help.
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Post by Woody Williams on Dec 14, 2016 17:38:08 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I'm looking to find a place close to central Indiana where I can go after some rabbits. I love hunting them as much as I do eating them but I haven't been rabbit hunting forever and never in Indiana so I need some help. span870 your phone is ringing... Span870 is your man...
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Post by span870 on Dec 14, 2016 20:08:00 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I'm looking to find a place close to central Indiana where I can go after some rabbits. I love hunting them as much as I do eating them but I haven't been rabbit hunting forever and never in Indiana so I need some help. Dogs or not? Central Indiana your best bet is Wilbur WRIGHT F&W area in new castle. There's only certain parts that are worth your time. Atterbury is a complete waste of time imo. That or find some private but that's going to be a chore. That or come down south and I'll put you on some.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Dec 14, 2016 21:18:23 GMT -5
What's the matter with atterbury? LOL sorry I couldn't resist. I have saw a few dead ones on hospital road, but now that we've moved I don't drive through there near as much.
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Post by span870 on Dec 14, 2016 21:30:10 GMT -5
What's the matter with atterbury? LOL sorry I couldn't resist. I have saw a few dead ones on hospital road, but now that we've moved I don't drive through there near as much. There aren't any rabbits at atterbury. NONE!!!
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 15, 2016 0:24:52 GMT -5
I used run quite a few on the east end of Pisgah lake..... Thirty years ago. Lol never did have much luck in the middle of the property that looked like good bunny habitat. Too much pressure year round
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 15, 2016 0:27:46 GMT -5
Do most of my local hunting along the railroad tracks. Guy that farms my land also farms and owns fields against the tracks. Half mile of prime bunny filled briars on the ditch right off the back of my property
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Post by TolusD on Dec 15, 2016 10:56:31 GMT -5
Hello everyone, I'm looking to find a place close to central Indiana where I can go after some rabbits. I love hunting them as much as I do eating them but I haven't been rabbit hunting forever and never in Indiana so I need some help. Dogs or not? Central Indiana your best bet is Wilbur WRIGHT F&W area in new castle. There's only certain parts that are worth your time. Atterbury is a complete waste of time imo. That or find some private but that's going to be a chore. That or come down south and I'll put you on some. I don't have any dogs. I just like to stalk around with a .22 or stump shoot with a bow. I left my bow overseas though so I'm relegated to my rifle until I get it back or get a new one. For rabbits and squirrels I shoot a traditional horsebow with flu flus from 3 Rivers Archery up north. I have a modded 10/22 and an HK416d also but I honestly prefer the 10/22 in the field. I shoot rifles with a buddy of mine up in New Castle at Wilbur Wright so I'm familiar with the area. Where are you down south?
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Post by TolusD on Dec 15, 2016 11:13:53 GMT -5
Do most of my local hunting along the railroad tracks. Guy that farms my land also farms and owns fields against the tracks. Half mile of prime bunny filled briars on the ditch right off the back of my property That sounds exactly like the place in Tennessee where I went on my first bunny hunt over 30 years ago. Our neighbor along our east fence line had a cattle pasture and a hay barn on about 100 acres across the fence. Along that fence boundary was a stream that fed a pond in the middle of the pasture. In the winter the stream would all but dry up and the rabbits would use it as a highway under the dome of briars that arched across the stream banks. We would take sleds and lay them down at the breaks in the briar dome and just wait. When one of us would shoot, the rabbits would break and run along the highway right into another shooter. It was a nice arrangement and a lot of fun for me and my brother.
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Post by span870 on Dec 15, 2016 11:49:21 GMT -5
Dogs or not? Central Indiana your best bet is Wilbur WRIGHT F&W area in new castle. There's only certain parts that are worth your time. Atterbury is a complete waste of time imo. That or find some private but that's going to be a chore. That or come down south and I'll put you on some. I don't have any dogs. I just like to stalk around with a .22 or stump shoot with a bow. I left my bow overseas though so I'm relegated to my rifle until I get it back or get a new one. For rabbits and squirrels I shoot a traditional horsebow with flu flus from 3 Rivers Archery up north. I have a modded 10/22 and an HK416d also but I honestly prefer the 10/22 in the field. I shoot rifles with a buddy of mine up in New Castle at Wilbur Wright so I'm familiar with the area. Where are you down south? I live in Lawrence county. Hunt pretty much all over indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio but the majority of my running is in Lawrence and Washington counties. PM me and I'll give you some pointers for Wilbur Wright.
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Post by davers on Dec 15, 2016 13:47:31 GMT -5
I haven't hunted rabbits since the early 1990's. When I lived North of Washington Indiana on HWY 57 North back in the 1960's through 1970's; areas up around Plainville were great places to find Rabbits.
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Post by TolusD on Dec 21, 2016 23:13:41 GMT -5
Huge thanks to span870 for his help. I'm headed out in the morning to go after some wascally wabbits so wish me luck.
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Post by trapperdave on Dec 22, 2016 0:05:28 GMT -5
Good luck!
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Post by span870 on Dec 22, 2016 11:52:09 GMT -5
Good luck bud. Let me know how you do. Wish I didn't have plans, I'd of brought the dogs up for you.
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Post by firstwd on Dec 24, 2016 6:10:58 GMT -5
There are quite a few at Brookeville Reservoir. Now that deer hunting is down to late archery you shouldn't run into many other hunters.
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Post by TolusD on Dec 26, 2016 22:56:16 GMT -5
Well, I didn't get any rabbits but I did have a great day getting to know the terrain. I flushed a couple in the middle of thickets I was wading through but I only saw little blurs of fur. I'm too used to idiot urban rabbits that just freeze and stand up like meerkats when they spot you. These rabbits are like ninjas compared to those.
When I realized I was too loud and out of practice and unfamiliar with the area to realistically do any good, I decided to just walk the entire place, work on my stalking footwork and gear load out, and map out the place on my phone for later trips. I found a lot of tracks in the patches of snow that were left over and there were several distinct areas that were basically rabbit latrines that were full of piles of pellets. I marked the gps locations of all of those rabbit highways and latrines on my phone. I then scouted out places that I could hide in that overlook those areas and also offer an approach I could make through heavy cover so I could work my way up to the shooting positions with less chance of being seen or heard.
I'm hoping that next time I go out I'll be able to set up a shooting position that works out. Either way, I still had a great day out in the field. I flushed about a dozen sets of doves walking around the lake. I wished I had taken my shotgun and some bird shot but then I remembered how much I hate plucking doves.
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Post by TolusD on Dec 26, 2016 23:02:43 GMT -5
Good luck bud. Let me know how you do. Wish I didn't have plans, I'd of brought the dogs up for you. I appreciate that Span. Hopefully we'll be able to meet up there before the season ends. It'd be great to hunt that ground with a pro that knows what he's doing. I always learn better when there's a competent example for me to copy. : )
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Post by duff on Dec 27, 2016 8:18:25 GMT -5
don't pluck those doves. Just peel the breast bone right out and peel the skin off. Easy and fast.
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Post by span870 on Dec 27, 2016 8:53:55 GMT -5
Well, I didn't get any rabbits but I did have a great day getting to know the terrain. I flushed a couple in the middle of thickets I was wading through but I only saw little blurs of fur. I'm too used to idiot urban rabbits that just freeze and stand up like meerkats when they spot you. These rabbits are like ninjas compared to those. When I realized I was too loud and out of practice and unfamiliar with the area to realistically do any good, I decided to just walk the entire place, work on my stalking footwork and gear load out, and map out the place on my phone for later trips. I found a lot of tracks in the patches of snow that were left over and there were several distinct areas that were basically rabbit latrines that were full of piles of pellets. I marked the gps locations of all of those rabbit highways and latrines on my phone. I then scouted out places that I could hide in that overlook those areas and also offer an approach I could make through heavy cover so I could work my way up to the shooting positions with less chance of being seen or heard. I'm hoping that next time I go out I'll be able to set up a shooting position that works out. Either way, I still had a great day out in the field. I flushed about a dozen sets of doves walking around the lake. I wished I had taken my shotgun and some bird shot but then I remembered how much I hate plucking doves. Have to use steel shot out there for doves.
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Post by TolusD on Dec 29, 2016 17:31:25 GMT -5
don't pluck those doves. Just peel the breast bone right out and peel the skin off. Easy and fast. That does sound easy. My uncle taught me how to clean doves when I was about 12 years old and I never looked back but I'll definitely harvest a coupe next time out and try your method. I don't like plucking but I love eating doves so if I can just take off the skin and feathers like a wet sock that's the way to go.
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