Had a really good day on jack rabbits yesterday. Actually, was supposed to be coyote hunting. But after a few stands we had not seen a single coyote track in the snow but were seeing lots of jack rabbits. Too many jack rabbits - when there are that many, it seems like there are hardly ever many coyotes around. If there were, there wouldn't be THAT many rabbits. Anyway, we quit calling and just started hunting jacks. Whopped the heck out of them with our calling rifles.
I also spotted a large badger and took him as well. One of the largest and definitely the best furred badger I've ever killed. Spent most of an hour getting him skinned and then right at the end I goofed up. The ears on a badger aren't placed on the skull anywhere close to how a coyotes ears are placed. I thought I was looking at ear butts and "made the slice". Crap... All I did was slice the hide so that most of the face isn't attached to it. Really ticked me off. I'd left the feet on and was planning to send the fur off to River Runner for proper tanning and everything. Just not the same without the face though... I'll still go ahead and tan it myself, but DANG I wish I hadn't goofed that up.
- DAA
I also spotted a large badger and took him as well. One of the largest and definitely the best furred badger I've ever killed. Spent most of an hour getting him skinned and then right at the end I goofed up. The ears on a badger aren't placed on the skull anywhere close to how a coyotes ears are placed. I thought I was looking at ear butts and "made the slice". Crap... All I did was slice the hide so that most of the face isn't attached to it. Really ticked me off. I'd left the feet on and was planning to send the fur off to River Runner for proper tanning and everything. Just not the same without the face though... I'll still go ahead and tan it myself, but DANG I wish I hadn't goofed that up.
- DAA