hi Im new to hunting brush, cottontail, and jackrabbit. I will be hunting with a 20 gauge shotgun. Are there any good hunting tactics? Do I need much camo? Where and when should I hunt? Thank You for all the help.
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hi Im new to hunting brush, cottontail, and jackrabbit. I will be hunting with a 20 gauge shotgun. Are there any good hunting ta
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Camo is not needed, more important is a good pair of brush pants and a pack of short-legged beagles. Step on brush piles and briar thickets and be ready to shoot quickly. When hunting with dogs, the rabbit will almost always run a circle back to where you jumped him, stay near where he jumped! If you don't have any dogs, step on or kick any available cover or if it's so thick you can't do either, throw some rocks in there. They will let you walk right by them and stay put unless they sense real danger. 20 gauge is a good choice since they are smaller and easier to carry all day than a 12 and is more than enough to kill a rabbit, I like shot size #6, high and low brass both work.
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Not much needed to hunt rabbits. I use to just grab the single shot and start stomping around. If state requires, wear hunter orange or whatever is required. 20ga is fine, just wait for them to get out there a little so you don't blow the heck out of them.
Don't think you need a dog, although they are handy, but if your young...just get out there and work the fence rows and brush piles. Especially around crop fields.
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You don't need any camo. A good beagle is probably best but all you really need to do is go wading into a fencerow or a brushpile. If you kick one up or just miss remember in a while that rabbit will circle around and come back to that same spot. Also if you don't get all tore up by thorns you aint rabbit hunting.
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