Where in Pam springs area can I Shoot me some jacks. I have seen some big ones here and there when I go shooting.
Thanks for your help
Dre
If you are seeing Jacks in legal shooting areas then you can hunt them there as long as it is not a formal range .
DFG has maps that show legal hunting areas . Blm land is good so is State Forest land (my choice) . The rabbits
have better forage in the forest as the desert has limited forage. The old adage you are what you eat applies
and bunnies from the forest taste better . Try up Hwy. 74 (Palms to Pines Hwy.)get up out of the salt pan/sage brush scrub into pines and grass meadows Just a few minutes above palm Springs .
Last edited by Stalker Of Fish; 03-11-2013 at 11:25 AM.
Read this post from another forum. Look at the last post.
http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/...on-Act-of-2013.
Yes that may be true as my family farms tomatoes,corn,sugar beets and alfalfa along the Sacramento river but you can not find Alfalfa year round and especial not on his side of the San Jaciento Mountains he is in the desert. Not to mention negotiating permission from the land owner is required to hunt an active farm crop.
He wants to hunt now as I hunt the mountains between us I think my suggestion is his best bet. As far as taste is concerned Spring rabbits in green grass meadows is easily comparable to alfalfa fed rabbits .
You have to remember the rabbits are lucky to have alfalfa 1/3 of the year the rest of the year it's some other forage . Mountain rabbits
generally have more fat on them because of better overall forage and the colder climate . Extra fat makes the meat better as rabbits are very lean . So lean in fact if you tried to exist only on rabbit you would get sick and die as you need more than just protein to stay healthy.
Wikipedia;
"Rabbit starvation, also referred to as protein poisoning or mal de caribou, is a form of acute malnutrition caused by excess consumption of any lean meat (e.g., rabbit) coupled with a lack of other sources of nutrients usually in combination with other stressors, such as severe cold or dry environment. Symptoms include diarrhea, headache, fatigue, low blood pressure and heart rate, and a vague discomfort and hunger that can only be satisfied by consumption of fat or carbohydrates."
Last edited by Stalker Of Fish; 03-11-2013 at 06:04 PM.