A day behind a beagle hunting bunnies is hard to beat

“This is kind of a gentleman’s hunt,” said houndsman Mark Beres, a grin spanning ear-to-ear. “Though no one ever accused me of being a gentleman.”
It’s a crisp February day at Walking Iron County Park in Mazomanie, Wis. Weightless “sugar snow” scattered at the slightest hint of a breeze, so tracking conditions were difficult and most of the rabbits hunkered down under heavy cover. But Ditto, Margo, and Happy, a stout trio of beagles owned by Beres, were thoroughly undaunted. Hour-after-hour, they worked the brush.

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