Saturday morning was the scheduled Thanksgiving Rabbit Hunt. This annual tradition is fun because my boys and I get to enjoy the outdoors and share thoughts and plans of the upcoming year. This year we didn't have anyone else join us, due to other plans, so it was just us. My oldest son was in Idaho with his in-laws so Rogan, Parker and myself partook in the activity. We left home about 8 am and made our way into the West Desert of Tooele County, 50 miles later and getting supplies for the day we were at our destination by 9:30 am. With only three of us working the fields we worried that we may not scare anything up. The wind was howling from the start and we knew that would hold the rabbits up tightly in their hiding spots. The area we hunt is an abandoned pheasant farm, we first started hunting this area 12 years ago and it was fast and furious because no one had been using it for a couple years and the rabbits had full access to the old pheasant pens and left over feed. Today wasn't quite as productive due to the fact that sheep herders now use the area for their grazing grounds and keep the numbers down, plus only three of us working the area.
We walked a total of about 3 miles through the sagebrush and rabbit brush. We got shots off at over a dozen rabbits, most of which we had to almost step on the get them running. Not getting out as often as we would like too, our shooting was very bad! No Rabbits were harmed in this outing...LOL. We had a blast trying to get our sights locked in and hitting those quick bunnies. Mostly black tipped Jack rabbits and a couple cottontails were the targets of the day. We finished the day off with lunch at our favorite local cafe, Chubby's Café, and shared laughs about our outing and missed opportunities of bagging a rabbit. Good times indeed outdoors with my sons, hope you have had a great Thanksgiving break with your family and get out more often this coming year with your loved ones.
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