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Artemis


Artemis endeavors to get more women in the field and on the water, to support women as leaders in the conservation movement, to ensure the vitality of our lands, waters, and wildlife. Artemis endeavors to change the face of conservation.

Mar 17, 2022

This week we join Mary Lynn and five other women in the field on a rabbit hunt in east Tennessee. Follow along with us as we traverse quicksand, manage a hypoglycemic hound, and battle a bull for a downed rabbit. This episode is short and sweet and puts you right there in the middle of the action with us!

00:50 When your front-seat beagle leaves the truck before the rest of the pack

2:14 The dogs pickup rabbit scent

4:06 Wresting your rabbit from hounds

4:50 The challenge of dealing with game that’s not quite dead

5:51 Raising meat rabbits in the Peace Corps

7:12 Doc gets ‘sugar fits’ and needs treats to stay in fighting shape

9:00 A water retrieve by a dog that’s not meant to bring things back

10:30 Female rabbits move differently than males

11:30 Trying to find a rabbit in a haystack (and all the other things that get collected on a farm)

13:13 Robin’s rabbit – right into the bull pen

14:47 Mary’s favorite way to cook a rabbit – buffalo rabbit wings

15:34 When your hunting dog ends up on a boat in the middle of the lake

16:31 Canine first aid (bring Blu-Kote)

17:38 Hunting pants signal to the dogs that fun is about to happen

19:04 Back at the truck reflecting on the hunt

19:53 Getting started hunting with small game

20:36 Light ‘em up kennels

22:08 – STUCK in the mud