Rabbit with a bow?

[TeeBugg]

Anybody ever done it? Had a real big one tonite at about 12 yards for a good half hour. Wanted to shoot but wasnt sure the season was open. Now that i know....

[shawnhu]

Almost hit a squirrel at 30, so I don't see why not.

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[noahmstone]

When I took my bow course the instructors talked about rabbit and squirrel hunting with their bows. The two things they emphasized for small game hunting were you have to be very accurate and use a broad head designed for small game hunting.

[irish_redneck]

Have taken rabbit and grouse whilst deer hunting.

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[TeeBugg]

Where do you aim on a rabbit? Head shot like a 22?

[irish_redneck]

I aim for head/neck.. decapitated a few grouse that way. At least if you miss you miss clean.

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[DTG3k]

Have taken rabbit and grouse whilst deer hunting.

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I had a grouse in the brush under my stand. Really wanted to take it, but it flew off before it cleared the brush.

[shawnhu]

Where do you aim on a rabbit? Head shot like a 22?

I use field tips, and only shoot if the squirrel is on the lower 7' of a tree with the tree as a backstop.

With bunnies, I'd go with a small game head, as they usually won't dig into the dirt like the field points. G5 has a nice small game head.

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[TeeBugg]

Ill have to load up a field point in my quiver. Then again last night i was on the ground and there was no chance of grabbing another arrow. I didnt shoot because i wasnt sure if the season was open. After the bunny hopped into some thick stuff i checked on my phone...oct 1 dang

[bowslinger]

rabbit and squirrel i hunt them both i use judo points i even use my bow on coons for them i use broadheads

[Renegade Hunter]

I shot a rabbit with my bow once. Sqeeled like crazy.

[HectorBuckBuster]

A few years back a local bar used to have a bow hunting rabbit contest. I think is was done in Feb as I remember there was snow, and no leaves. It was fun hunt. We did take like a few rabbits. Back then we used aluminum arrows and not carbon.It was a 2 hunter team. What we did was a group of use basically did a rabbit drive to some watches, and just kicked and stomped on the brush to move the rabbits.

[WNYBuckHunter]

I thought it was illegal to have any arrows tipped with field points while deer hunting.

[Two Track]

A guy I went to high school with shot one that was in his garden. Bad shot placement, the rabbit went with the arrow under the wooden fence.  He never found either one.

 

I don't have and can't get any of the details other than he used a compound bow - he developed one of those degenerative muscular diseases and had a stroke.  He passed away a few years ago.   He was only in his mid/late 30's.

 

He was a good guy to have along camping and backpacking - we did 60 mile backpack trip in New Mexico.  He was great at cooking (camp stove or in the campfire) and first aid (patched me up until reached a hospital for stitches in my knee).

[5.9cummins]

Ive taken rabbit, grouse, and squirrl while deer hunting. I keep a arrow tipped with a G5 small game head in my quiver.

Edited October 16, 2013 by 5.9cummins