Rabbit hunting

[WapitiDave]

Took my nephew out yesterday around the Socorro area but didn't have much luck. He's in town for a few more days and was wondering if anyone had any suggestions where we might find a few bunnies. Thank you for any help.

WD

 

[257nut]

try hunting the brushy washes. the more brush the more rabbits. post someone in the wash they have a tendancy to cross the wash. i found a few west of bernado. take that road past the rv park. i was hunting quail there.

 

[elkmuzzleloader]

haven't been out in the area in a long while but use to shoot a lot of rabbits on the east side of the range following the fence. good luck

 

[joefowl]

check at cattleguards on dirt roads

 

[mozey]

Are cottontails safe to eat here in NM? I know up north we use to hunt them but unless we killed them in winter we did not consider them safe to eat, and it does not seem to get cold enough here to me...

 

[NMPaul]

We eat them all the time. I think people are concerned about a worm they may have in them.
If you cook them all the way through (which I am sure everyone does) I doubt there would be a problem.

 

[elkmuzzleloader]

Sorry was typing faster then I was thinking. Meant the west side of the range

 

[NMHUNTER]

we eat rabbits all the time but ususally wait til we get a good freeze