Mud-Bogging & Bull-Dogging with Rabbit Hounds

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices