clay weddington
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Registered: Feb 2011
Location: tennessee
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rabbits in tennessee
my dad has been raising run rabbits for several years around 15 or better. he started with what they call san juan rabbits they was rabbit. then he was looking to beef up the running rabbit he fount some what they call florida cotton tail. they would run for sure but across my hay feild like a deer if they didn't find cover they could be caught. then he got what they call knot head rabbits. in my oppinion they was the perfect pup starter stayed in fence rows and cover making a pup look for him. he started crossing all of them up and came up with agressive running rabbits. but he was looking for something else to beef his rabbits i don't no what he has came up with but for better than a year we have been watching these rabbits and running them with my beagles on the farm we turn them aloose on our farm to see how there going to run and hold up. these things are doing good there is one in the hollow he makes bigger circles than any turn aloose rabbit i have ever seen. me and my friend was back in the hollow doing some work turned my beagles aloose they where running a rabbit he came by us at first we thought it was a big house cat we noticed it was a rabbit he ran for better than a hour. then i caught my beagles i found it is best to turn small numbers aloose a lot of fellows buy like 10 rabbits that just makes a bigger target for other game to get them. i turn about three aloose at cover and let them widen out there selves they won't be as big a target that away. my dad still raises rabbit sometimes it is hard to catch him with rabbits he cut back on them feed got so high.
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