LONG ISLAND Rabbit Hunters?

[bellmorekennels]

Hey guys, just wanted to see how many of us are left that actually rabbit hunt on Long Island, and how many guys going out On Nov 1?

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[finfeathr]

I grew up running beagles with my family..it was pretty much all I did until I discovered waterfowl....no place to really go anymore....Rich

[bellmorekennels]

Rich, it is hard, but there are spots, I just had this conversation with a friend and fellow hunter that just met last year. I have about 6 to 8 decent spots on LI, between private,gun club, and state properties, I also go up to orange county were have another 4 to 6 spots, . I used to have double that on long island alone, and there used to be alot of rabbits, and NO tree huggers!!

[pistolp71]

I still do it, just not as much as I used to. I don't go until bowhunting and waterfowl season are over though. Probably just a couple of times a year. A lot of my old spots are now either shopping centers or condos. Sad.

[Dave]

Heading east to Mattituck from Bellmore this morning, hope to put a few rabbits in the pot. Only have permission for one day a year Nov 1st. I will let you know how we did tonite. Good luck to everyone

[Dave]

  On 11/1/2011 at 7:57 AM, Dave said:

Heading east to Mattituck from Bellmore this morning, hope to put a few rabbits in the pot. Only have permission for one day a year Nov 1st. I will let you know how we did tonite. Good luck to everyone

Well the exact location is in Cutchogue there were 7 of us from 81 yrs old to 12 yrs old and with a few youngsters thrown in. one 71, 62 , 57, 54,47 , and that is the ages of the rabbit hunting gang. We don't use dogs we beat the bushes. Final count 11 rabbits.

[pistolp71]

Good job, that's enough for a big pot!

[damore81]

I rabbit hunt my friends property in 4A but not in Long Island. Unfortunately none of my friends rabbit hunt so I usually hunt solo and without dogs so not very easy to do but I still try and get out there a few times a year. I personally love it and would like to rabbit hunt more often.

[Coachmook]

Can you hunt rabbit in nassau? The dec map says yes. Does anyone know what you can use? Airgun?