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Rabbit Hunting

Rabbit hunting tips, tactics, guns, and history from the experts at Outdoor Life.

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Kansanans culling jackrabbits during a Dust Bowl rabbit drive.

The Dust Bowl Jackrabbit Drives Were the Darkest Days of Small-Game Hunting in America

By Natalie Krebs

southern rabbit hunting

The Vanishing Legacy of Southern Rabbit Hunters

By Robert DeWitt

A snowshoe rabbit looking at a tent copyrighted

I Agreed to Hunt Snowshoe Hares — and Regretted It Almost Instantly

I Promised to Take My Boys Rabbit Hunting Every Day of Christmas Break

By Erwin A. Bauer

Three police cars by a white pickup in Antelope Valley.

I Found a Human Skull While Rabbit Hunting Near Los Angeles

By Chris Grillot

Rabbit hunters and a beagle watch a guy try to recover a wounded rabbit.

Hunting Rabbits with My Bad-Tempered Uncle and His Beagle Is Pure Misery. It’s Also Completely Worth It

By Steven Englund

A pencil drawing of a timber wolf pinning down a hunter who is scrabbling for his rifle.

I Was Attacked by a Timber Wolf

Two hunters stand in a snowy road with a beagle.

The Year My Family Skipped Traditional Christmas to Hunt and Fish Was Our Best Yet

By Erwin A. Bauer

Two pieces of golden fried rabbit sit on a white dinner plate next to a pile of mashed potatoes.

The Best Wild Rabbit Recipes

By Alice Jones Webb

Illustration of two rabbit hunters

How Not to Hunt Rabbits After Dark

By Wilson H. Stover

A dead rabbit lays in the snow next to a shotgun.

How to Skin a Rabbit

By Alice Jones Webb

My Daughter Shot Her First Rabbit at 5 Years Old — With a Bow

Rabbit hunting is the perfect way to switch from trad shooting to bowhunting rabbits.

Rabbit Season Is the Perfect Opportunity to Break into Traditional Bowhunting

illustration of beagles chasing hare, hunter falling

A Christmas Hunt for the Black Hare of Halcott Mountain

By Art Flick Jr.

One of the best guns for rabbit hunting laying on a vest with shells and harvested rabbits.

Best Guns for Rabbit Hunting

By Tyler Freel, Alex Robinson

A group of rabbit hunters.

Where to Hunt Rabbits: 3 Overlooked Hot Spots

By Alex Gyllstrom

Rabbit hunting crew

How to Hunt Rabbits

By Brodie Swisher

Laika's lock onto their quarry.

The Most Underrated Hunting Dog Breeds

By Jennifer Wapenski, Joe Genzel

A bundle of rabbits next to arrows.

How to Soap-Tan a Rabbit Hide

pastor robert ford rabbit hunting

Beagles, Religion, and Rabbit Hunting in the Pennsylvania Hills