rabbit Archives - Carolina Sportsman

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. […]

NCWRC asks public’s help in identifying diseased rabbits

NCWRC Release

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. […]

Small game seasons end this weekend

Brian Cope

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. […]

Rabbit hunters love the sound of beagles

Pat Robertson

Serious rabbit hunters are passionate about their sport, even more than deer or turkey hunters. […]

It’s time for Carolina rabbit hunting

Jeff Burleson

It’s time for some good old-fashioned rabbit hunting in the Carolinas. […]

The top spots for rabbits

Craig Holt

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. […]

As cutovers grow, slow packs fade

Craig Holt

Hunting with slow packs of beagles used to be the way to go for rabbit hunters, but thanks to changes in habitat, quicker packs of dogs are now preferred for chasing bunnies. […]

Rabbits by the numbers

Craig Holt

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. […]