‘Ricochet Rabbit?’ Illinois cottontails may be making comeback
Something interesting happened along the way to rabbit hunting’s dreaded yet expected demise. The numbers reversed. After five straight years of declines in hunter participation and harvests, the 2009-10 rabbit season produced rises in both categories. According to a report by Mike Wefer, recently named DNR’s new grasslands program manager, 44,312 hunters chased rabbits last […]
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