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Rabbit Hunting: Secrets of a Master Cottontail Hunter (Outdoorsman's Edge)

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This book covers the basics of hunting cottontail, including some very useful information that I found nowhere else about field dressing the rabbit. It describes rabbit habits and habitats, and is full of entertaining hunt stories. My main complaint about the book is the amount of space it gives to discussing hunting with beagles. 6 of the 22 chapters are exclusively about beagles: selecting, training, breeding and caring for beagles. Those who do not hunt with dogs will not find much use for all this information. Also, it would have been very helpful if the author had included in the book a listing of cottontail hunting availability state-by-state [...] But in general, this is a great book and I recommend it.

The title is very misleading. The author doe en excellent job of illustrating cottontail hunting with Dogs (beagles). I was looking for a rabbit hunting guide sans all the Beagle talk or at least a minimum of it.

If you have dogs accompanying you hunting, get this otherwise it has probably 10 pages of material on hunting solo without dogs.

Not what I was looking for. Title should be 'Rabbit Hunting with Beagles...'

As an avid rabbit hunter for my whole life, I was excited to get this book. It disappointed me in almost every way. First, the book is ONLY about hunting rabbits with dogs. In fact, it's mostly just about the dogs-less than half the book even covers rabbit hunting. I haven't hunted with dogs since high school and suspect that the majority of rabbit hunters do not hunt with dogs. The book has almost nothing for us, other than some amusing stories. I was amused by, and did enjoy, the book's stories, but there was nothing else I got from it.

The only chapter that I found of any practical or informative value was "Why they circle and why they hole up" which was only a few pages. If the book contained anything remotely resembling a "secret" it was in this chapter. There was almost no information about rabbit natural history, behavior, food preferences, habitat, hunting tactics--in short, none of the stuff that I thought might qualify as a "secret."

Rather than buy the book, I'll just sum it up here for you: "I shot a ton of rabbits. It was fun. Man, I love them dogs."

I really enjoyed this book. I recommend it for anyone interested in rabbit hunting. Has a lot of useful information.

I bought this book based upon the reviews, which are accurate. I got exactly what I wanted--an authoritative text on rabbit hunting and beagling. One additional benefit was common sense discussion of dog ownership in general. I now feel confident to buy my first beagle.

I had a few questions this book did not answer, such as: Does choice of shotgun or load matter? Does the role of family pet interfere with hunting performance--why do all the author's dogs sleep in pens? What is the value of technology available to beaglers today (GPS on dogs, etc.)? Other than that, pretty comprehensive and an excellent resource.

I plan to purchase Dave Fisher's other books on hunting rabbit and hare. I am glad I bought the hard-cover version--it is worth the money.

Creative Outdoors is the Creative Homeowner imprint dedicated to the outdoor sports of hunting and fishing. One of their newest titles is Rabbit Hunting by Master Cottontail Hunter Dave Fisher. Everything the novice rabbit hunter needs to know and master about the sport of hunting cottontails (including the training of and caring for the beagles who hunt them) is provided within the pages of this superbly organized and presented instruction manual and reference. Enhanced with the inclusion of 80 black/white photographs and 6 illustrations, Rabbit Hunting provides all of the strategies that Dave Fisher has developed for getting in a successful shot with a small animal that is know for its elusive speed. The author of more than 500 national published articles primarily focused on the sport of hunting rabbits and the sport of "beagling", Dave Fisher's Rabbit Hunting is a perfect and very strongly recommended distillation of both his experience and his expertise in the field.

Good book ...good condition.
I would buy from this organization again. The book itself I have just started but it is very interesting with stories and knowledge from years of experience as opposed to"How to",and to me that is more interesting to read. I didn't realize that thought until I started really reading it.
This is a good book.
I recommend it.