It was him or me!!!

[2 dogs]

Anybody from S. Texas can tell you the Texas Cottontail is far more fierce than any ole overweight potato eatin' Idaho Badger. The Texas Cottontail has fangs that a Great White would envy and moves with the speed of the African Cheetah. They outclass the ponderous and sluggish Idaho Badger in the danger department any day.....

Now, far be it for me to roll my hunting partner in a fresh steamy pile of cow poop and use his resulting foul odor for bait like some unscrupulous types around here do. I prefer to chase in the good old fashioned Big Game Hunter style.

And so I found myself face to face with death itself. I could see bloody intentions in his eyes as he rolled back his ears in preparation to charge like an African Elephant. His haunches tensed with incredible musculature in preparation for the death strike.

Fortunately for me, I had my trusty Scadium Smith and Wesson 317 my good friend Alan Harton had converted from 22 LR to 44 magnum loaded with special prototype Crunch Bullets manufactured by Kelye at Belt Mountain especially for dangerous critter.

Then he came for me crashing thru the brush like a rocket powered freight train. His fangs flashed in the sunlight temporarily blinding me and I was forced to let him come much closer than my comfort level could stand. At last the trigger broke and the Crunch bullet did its job flipping the carnivorous cottontail head over heels with its powerful blow. Sixshot aint got nuthin on me!

 

[JWhitmore44]

Those rabbits are killers


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxKIJTb3Hg

 

[COR]

Thank God you were armed...that one looks rough, probably had nothing to lose. Lucky you got out of that one alive...That bullet is a STOPPER.

 

[2 dogs]

Yeah. You can see how pale the experience left me.....

 

[Hugh]

Mebbe Jimmy Carter shoulda had that cannon when he met the "killer rabbit" while fishing.

http://peromyscus.blogspot.com/2009/01/jimmy-carter-and-killer-rabbit.html

 

[callshot]

Good job Fermin. That looks like what we use around here for bait to catch a badger. If that charged Tank there would be a little fur along side of the pile of bloody blubber spread over half of South Texas. What kind of barbaque sauce did you use :?: Steve

 

[Jeff Hoover]

Steve, the last rabbit I saw that size was wrapped in shiney foil and stuffed with marshmellow on Easter. Needless to say, I ate it !

Fermin, I like the proper ettiquette used holding your prized trophy, with pinkie extended. :lol:

Fermin, you could shoot 100 cottontails, and not have results like that. Only 10 men in the world could make a shot like that ! Congratulations on a job well done !

 

[sixshot]

Fermin, I'm guessing that Henry was there to save little brother at the last moment, you probably dropped your pistola & climbed a prickly pear while Henry duked it out with that bad boy!
You gotta use more gun, where's the trusty 44 Ferminator bullets when you need them, you could have been injured.

Dick

 

[btrumanj]

You were lucky he was a young one. If he'd been an old one you might have been in real trouble. :lol:

 

[americal]

You were lucky he was a young one. If he'd been an old one you might have been in real trouble. :lol:

Saw one of those mounted on a wall in a cafe in Texas,on my way home from tour in Vietnam--I stared at it till I was convinced it was real :lol: I was a nervous wreak anyway :!:

 

[2 dogs]

Dick, I was using 183 grains of H110, which is why I got the stopping power and performance that saved my bacon! Me run? I got about as much chance as a snow cone in hell.....

Americal, thank you for your brave service. Were all glad youre here with us!

Tank, you dont need a blood trail when youre critter is DRT!!!

Steve, a piece of advice.... Dont come to Texas with Sixshot! We got some HUGE piles of cow poo!!! Im afraid Dick wouldnt be able to resist the urge to push you into one!!

 

[toolman]

can,t wait till peta gets hold of that photo

 

[The Wall]

I live in Texas, and that's a baby!

 

[don44]

Looks plenty tough to me! :wink:

 

[Ruger Packer]

I live in Texas, and that's a baby!

The REALLY big ones can be found in Wyoming and Montana.

 

[Chief 101]

Yea, when I want to go on a trophy rabbit hunt I usually go to Wyoming...I take my Serpa's with me for protection tho...Chief aka Maxx Load

 

[contender]

While the photo is missing, all I can do is smile. A killer rabbit story!

 

[2 dogs]

I fixed it.

 

[callshot]

Fermin, how is the recoil with 183 gr. Of H110? I know you like to push your lead, but isn't that just a wee bit much? With that much it would be a flame thrower and singe the fur off your bunny! Must have forgot the decimal point an you were shooting 1.83 gr. :wink: A Wrabbit is one thing that I haven't gotten with my hand shooters yet. Don't worry about me coming to Texas for a while. I ain't worried about them cow pies either. Real men use them for frisbies. They aren't bad for skeet targets either! I do have some trouble getting Dick to throw them straight enough to shoot them of late. :roll: He seems to want to roll them down a hill and shoot them when they hit a rock and bounce up. They are good fire starter when dried up like is happening in your drought now. Is it true that you use them for bolo tie slides down there? Pictures would be nice! Tank might want one for a belt buckle. I did see one used as a spare tire cover just last week in Utah. Keep smiling and shooting straight. Steve

 

[contender]

Ok, I see the pic now!
Callshot, dontcha know those texans like to barbque their killer rabbits at the same time they shoot them? Texans do enjoy good barbque!

 

[moisha]

Don"t listen to Steve. :shock: :shock:

 

[skip]

My God man...!!!!! Will you ever be the same after an experience like that....???

 

[wildcatter]

Thanks for the heads up and reminder Fermin, Hell I forgot about the dangers here in Ohio gettin to my tree stand in the pre dawn hours as Deer season is gettin close. I think after that close encounter with death you gave me a REAL eye opener!!! I'm gonna get the 400 grainers out for the Linebaugh and start loading a few on the hot'r side just so I know I can safely get in and out of the stand next month, You know these Buckeye Bunnies are a little more vicious than than them Texas tender tails :lol: :lol: :lol:

Again thanks for the heads up and glad you made it safely back home! if somethin woulda went wrong weeda missed ya :wink:

Speakin a tender tails, I think Jeannines callin, and even a 475 Linebaugh wont be enough to help me if I don't go answer her!! see Ya! :shock: