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