Where are all the jack rabbit hunters this year anybody have any luck so far this year
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Where are all the jack rabbit hunters this year anybody have any luck so far this year
I think they are all waiting for some snow. That’s my guess ?
We've been out , but lack of snow has limited our ability to see any at all !! Hope for snow and see some tracks and Jacks !
I’m willing to join a group if someone needs another guy to push with them. Just putting it out there? Send me a pm
i snuck out for an hour in the backwoods. a few tracks here and there but more partridge busting making a scene than anything.
I have not seen even tracks over the last couple of years.
It appears there aren't so many Jacks left around, and only few old timers still hunt them specifically.
I have been doing quite a bit of driving around Southern Ontario recently for work. MtForest, Harriston, Dundalk , Shelburne, Stayner, Tweed, Lyndsay, Campbellford and haven’t seen a single Jack track. We used to hunt them every weekend. Haven’t been out in 2 years.
My guess is they are all out looking for 'em.Quote:
Originally Posted by toby
Sure the Woodbridge guys will check in soon.
Us Vaughan guys have been out. Haven’t seen one yet but there are some tracks out there. We drove around last weekend and 4 seperate tracks running one of my permissions. Went yesterday and not a track to be found.... go figure! Good old days are definately gone! Coyotes doing good job of pushing jacks out of the area!
Haven't seen a jack track this year. Several cottontails around our buildings. A few swamp rabbit tracks in the bush. Several coyotes are regulars as well as a fox or two. Our area used to be great jack country. Before the cash croppers arrived , and took out all the cross fences. No brushy fence rows mean no cover , to raise young. Coyotes have trimmed out a lot of game. Used to be lots of ground hogs here as well , they are missing as well. old243
I hope this is not the end of Jack Rabbit Hunting !!! From what i am hearing , all around the province very little sign of tracks !
I have been Hunting them since i was 15yrs old and will be out in February with my Guys !
Too many coyotes and the lack of cover have spelled there demise here in Ontario. We still go out, but we are chasing ghosts! I find that any good signs are around people’s houses and good luck getting permission. Very frustrating!
Been a while since I've targeted Jacks and although occasionally get the urge to get after them really don't know if the legs could handle it. If I were to go out the biggest challenge would be stringing enough property together. These days of subdivided farms getting permission on one property is hard enough trying to access a whole valley almost impossible.
You local Jack guys if you're so inclined twist my arm if you got space..... doctors says I could use the cardio.
Coyotes, hawks, farm pesticides, agricultural fields being plowed right to the end of cover, loss of fence hedgerows. I could go on. I see the odd track while crossing fields to get to my cottontail spots but not many. They have all but disappeared from the places I use to find them. Very sad.