
The stretch of spring weather we had last week melted all our snow and probably made the hares a little nervous (or it should have). So, Saturday we took Nolan out hunting for real for snowshoe hares. He can't quite shoulder a long gun, and I find it annoying to be tweaked in the ear with spent shells from the .22 pistol (or the .22 bullets themselves), so he just came along as the conscientious observer. I toted the tot and a .22 rifle (Ruger 77/22), and Angela was armed with the 20 ga SKB (high brass 6s), camera, sippy cup, and snacks.
Mostly cloudy, calm, upper 40's, snowless. Backpack: cheapo model, freebie, needs improvment.
We walked an old tote road for probably 1.5 hours, including a stop for snacks, before Angela had to get back to work. Got a bunny right off the bat. I spotted him sitting @25 yards, took 1 shot with the .22. The field mice will breath a little easier, at least for a while. Had we been beating the brush instead of path walking I think we would've seen more bunnies (but Nolan would have been slapped silly by branches).


Needless to say, "baby's first skull" is that of a snowshoe hare -- in the bin it went.
I'm excited about this baby backpack hunting -- for bunnies and squirrels. The .22 is easy on the ears. Now that we have snow again it'll be tough finding hares, but it makes going for a walk more of an adventure. We're looking into getting a better backpack carrier -- thinking Kelty or Deuter, and I'll be scouting squirrels for next season.
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