Newsletters
Rabbit hunting in the Carolinas
Rabbit hunting is a great way to spend a winter day afield. Adding dogs to the mix makes it much more effective. […]
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Hunting Reports
Tanner Foushee’s white rabbit
My 12-year-old grandson, Tanner Foushee, was rabbit hunting with his dad, and others, on Saturday, 1/23. He was very fortunate to harvest an albino white rabbit. The rabbit had been seen several times during deer […]
Hunting Reports
Reed Dawson’s first rabbit
Reed Dawson of Zebulon, NC killed his first ever rabbit on Jan. 23, 2021 with a .410 shotgun.
Hunting Reports
Rabbit hunting requires well-trained dogs
With deer season behind us, it’s time to focus on small game hunting. Rabbit hunting is a long-held tradition in the Carolinas. Here’s how to do it. […]
Events & Announcements
NCWRC asks public’s help in identifying diseased rabbits
The NCWRC is asking for the public’s help in monitoring wild and domestic rabbits for a potentially deadly disease that is impacting rabbits in some U.S. states. […]
Newsletters
Small game seasons end this weekend
In the Carolinas, the seasons for most popular small game end this weekend, but South Carolina’s youth hunters get one more day of rabbit hunting on March 7. […]
Featured Story
Rabbit hunters love the sound of beagles
Rabbit hunters love the sound of beagles Serious rabbit hunters are passionate about their sport, even more than deer or turkey hunters. […]
Columns
It’s time for Carolina rabbit hunting
It’s time for some good old-fashioned rabbit hunting in the Carolinas. […]
Hunting
The top spots for rabbits
Three subspecies of rabbits — cottontail, marsh and Appalachian — inhabit North Carolina. Cottonails thrive in early-successional habitat (cutovers) that afford cover and safety from avian and ground predators. […]
Sidebars
Rabbits by the numbers
The most-recent small-game survey conducted by the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (2015-16) revealed that the best rabbit hunting occurs in the Midlands (2.19 rabbits jumped per hour), followed by the Lowcountry Country’s (1.22), the Piedmont (0.77) and the Northern Coastal Plain (0.56). Cottontails make up the bulk of kills at 68.6 percent, while marsh rabbits total 27.4 percent and swamp rabbits 4 percent. […]