Rabbit hunting the Camillus way

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not enough levity in this forum.

As a dedicated firearm owner, it occured to me just recently that with the sunset of the last big gun law package, it is now perfectly legal for me to install a bayonet onto one of my firearms. So why not? As the NRA will assure us, Rights not exercised, just like muscles, will soon atrophy. None of that for me.

And the rabbits do get kinda mean here in Michigan. Now my regular rabbit hunting package does include a big and bad old BK9.. serious, when I bag a bunny deep into the thickets, I frequently have to hack my way in to get it. And, as I say, the rabbits around here get ornery. That's only a five round clip on that gun.

First stop was my basement where I keep valuable collectibles like the bayonet mount for an M1 carbine. I don't know where you guys keep your bayo mounts, but in the 'toothpk's home, that is where they all are. After cutting off the sling mount section with a hack saw, it slipped pretty easily onto the barrel of my favorite .410, a Saiga semi-auto loader straight from Russia. (If that Kalashnikov design was good enough for 3 generations of third world guerrillas, it's acceptable for rabbit hunting). Once the choke thread protector was screwed back in, a rehandled Camillus bayonet snapped perfectly into place.

As Jack Kennedy said: "Some men say why, I say why not".

Camillus, I await your call. With my inventiveness and your manufacturing ability, I sense a great financial future for us. 'Scuse me, now, I have to go rest...

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I think you'll be ok with that setup if you stick to regular "field" bunnies, but if you go in after some of those bigger, meaner "swamp" rabbits you may have to upgrade to a 10 ga., and you'll also need to move up to a BK patrol machete. Hand to paw with a enraged boar swamp bunnie is no place for a little knife like yours.
 
Clever and just for fun. Everything taken apart and I am now bayonet-less in the woods.
Phil
 
All in fun, Neosporin.

By the way, I witnessed a couple of unusual rabbit hunts down in your area, when I lived in Florida. The cane fields, how they have to burn them down? Well, as they do, there are lots and lots of people with clubs and tote sacks at the end of the field. They have a great time with the cottontails and swamp bunnies. Often sold in the streets of Homestead to Miami, if you're lucky enough to be in the right part of town. The sellers skin and gut the bunnies, but leave one foot on the carcass to prove it is not a cat.

Phil
 
i've seen rabbits in homestead, my uncle lives in the redlands. lots of wild animals there. as far as hunting with a sack and a club, i've heard about that but i don't think its that common. my neighbor of many years used to tell me on scout camps they would do the same for raccoons etc. blunt force trauma isn't really the way i would want to kill something though, but as long as you can kill it quickly i'm okay with it. now as far as seeing one on on the street or in a store... never :eek:
 
neosporin said:
i've seen rabbits in homestead, my uncle lives in the redlands. lots of wild animals there. as far as hunting with a sack and a club, i've heard about that but i don't think its that common. my neighbor of many years used to tell me on scout camps they would do the same for raccoons etc. blunt force trauma isn't really the way i would want to kill something though, but as long as you can kill it quickly i'm okay with it. now as far as seeing one on on the street or in a store... never :eek:
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Contrary to PETA, HSUS, Animal Planet, and Disney ( :barf: ) logic (actually absolute lack of logic), blunt force trauma is an efficient and quick way to 'ethically' kill rabbits.
 
Phil,
Using your setup looks like you have very little work after the hunt to prepare the bunny for the stew pot specially after using the entire clip. The Bayo idea would also be good for picking up scattered pieces, saving the strain on the lower back so you wont have to go rest quite so often. :)
I could go on but thats for the hunting thread. :D
TTYL
Larry
P.S. I am not going to tell you where the rabbit is in my back yard, Im saving him for myself.
 
I´ve heard that today mounted bayonets are mostly for looks, and this setup sure looks fine, in a pinch if you run out of .410 shells you can still hunt spear style.

I remember the burning of cane fields from my childhood days in Veracruz though I never got too close, and I remember all kind of critters.

Luis
 
The Jackalope! Hah! I knew it existed and now here is a web site that proves it beyond all shadow of a doubt! Thank, Vince! I will for sure take your advice as per the ordnance required for those bloodthirsty beasties!
Phil
 
this is the first forum i noticed the rep points, and i just started reading the comments. wtf is this -

"Hey Ren. First time to ding your rep points. Bunnyhugging idiot."
i dont know who ren is nor am i a bunny hugger... i simply asked if it was humane :rolleyes: oh well i guess this is common around here....
 
neosporin, I just gave you a 'good' rep point to make up for the jerk who dinged you. I feel somewhat responsible, and I am sorry my post inadvertantly made you a target. Not being a hunter, you asked a revelent question that deserved better than a nasty, anonymous insult. Please pay it no mind.

There is an inner clique of long time members here who delight in this sorta thing. It's one reason I try and stay out of the community areas. If you cross them, or present a viewpoint that differs from their very narrow ones, you get 'dinged'. Remember the high school bully? He was pretty tough in front of his crew, but get him alone, and he would usually fold.

Again, I do apologize you were subjected to insult because of my 'for fun' thread. You other guys reading this... how about giving our neosporin a good rep point, to show him we're not all put off by his question.

Any jerk want to ding me? Fine, I can deal with it. Maybe we can meet out behind the school house while you're on recess.

Phil

ps. Neo.. what is that photo of in your sig?
 
no i'm not tattling or anything i'm just confused as hell. i guess you cleared it up for me though, thanks.
 
When I read the title of this thread I thought, "I don't remember Camillus making throwing knives." After all that's how you hunt rabbits with knives. If you want to see some incensed bunny huggers, try walking along bridle trails by the edge of a golf course hunting the semi-tame bunnies with throwing knives. You'd think those rabbits were personal pets!
 
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