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 West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 03:04 AM
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hetman
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Saturday we were out checking out a new deer lease in Eastland County and got down into some mesquite flats with gas pipeline right away going thru the area, and saw something moving in one of the clearings 75-100 yd away looked to be approx. 3ft tall or better. Looked again and it was the biggest jack rabbit I have ever seen 20-25lb. I see jack rabbits almost every day on the airport I work at and they are cotton tail size compared to this one I saw. Just how big can jack rabbits get ? went searching on the internet and found this clipping out of a Odessa newspaper from back in the 50's .  the one I saw was not as big as the Odessa picture but maybe along the lines of what this guy has 
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 Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
[Re: hetman]
#5685909
04/06/15 03:13 AM
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stxranchman
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Was alcohol involved prior to this sighting?  
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5685915
04/06/15 03:18 AM
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I'm still trying to figure out how to get our jackalopes to grow more than 4 points
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
[Re: stxranchman]
#5685920
04/06/15 03:23 AM
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hetman
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Was alcohol involved prior to this sighting? I am not kidding I was on my best behavior as I was getting ready to spend over 4K on 2 hunting spots on this lease. There were 4 or 5 other people with us at the time. I have see & hunted some big swamp rabbits and have lived & hunted in Texas for most of my life & this is by far the biggest Jack ever. Looked like a small Kangaroo, hell it may have been one as there is a high fence exotic ranch on one of the lease boundaries.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
[Re: hetman]
#5685933
04/06/15 03:30 AM
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stxranchman
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I would think a huge Texas Jackrabbit would be 5-6 lbs or so at best.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5685937
04/06/15 03:34 AM
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I would think a huge Texas Jackrabbit would be 5-6 lbs or so at best. that's being generous. I've seen thousands as I'm sure you have and have never seen one that I would have guessed went 5-6 lbs. they are all about the same size more or less from what I've seen height wise. I'm sure if you could find an overweight one he might push the envelope
For it is not the quarry that we truly seek, but the adventure.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5685952
04/06/15 03:51 AM
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5685954
04/06/15 03:53 AM
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5685971
04/06/15 04:13 AM
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I willing to bet that a picture of a European hare. European hares can hit 16 lbs and their first cousin the white tailed jackrabbit can hit 20. The black tailed jack rabbit tops out a 6 lbs, another difference, both the white tailed jack rabbit and European hare are edible. I don't ever want to be hungry enough to be looking at a black tailed jack as food.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 05:40 AM
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With the rain that we have had up on the rolling plains the jacks are larger tan average this year. We have seen any records, but still pretty good sized ones.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 06:41 AM
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You didn't happen to be looking at property of highway 571 were you? I was on a lease there a few years ago and we had a kangaroo on the property. It escaped a high fenced ranch after it burned.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 11:47 AM
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 11:58 AM
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Saturday we were out checking out a new deer lease in Eastland County and got down into some mesquite flats with gas pipeline right away going thru the area, and saw something moving in one of the clearings 75-100 yd away looked to be approx. 3ft tall or better. Looked again and it was the biggest jack rabbit I have ever seen 20-25lb. I see jack rabbits almost every day on the airport I work at and they are cotton tail size compared to this one I saw. Just how big can jack rabbits get ? went searching on the internet and found this clipping out of a Odessa newspaper from back in the 50's . the one I saw was not as big as the Odessa picture but maybe along the lines of what this guy has Somebody was licking Horny Toads again! I'll see fifty to 60 Jackrabbits today just like I do everyday and you ain't going to see 20 to 30 pound Jack's. I've never seen one that will get close to 10lb. The one in the pic is just an average size 5 to 7 lb Jack, he's just posing TFF style.
Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
[Re: hetman]
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04/06/15 12:06 PM
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Yes! A Weatherby does kill them deader.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5686234
04/06/15 01:43 PM
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Jackzilla.... heard about that bad boy! 
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5686702
04/06/15 06:20 PM
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This story reminds me of the old western cartoon about a dude ranch. A group of city boys were gathered around a fireplace in the main house , one of them gesturing with his arms outstretched and telling the rest a story with much excitement on his face. Two cowhands that worked on the ranch were off on the side and one of them tells the other cowhand this.." Jes, you better go and check on the mules....that city fellar just claims he shot the biggest jack rabbit he EVER saw..."....
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5686748
04/06/15 06:54 PM
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 I saw this in my driveway last week.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5686756
04/06/15 06:57 PM
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are you sure you didnt see the Easter bunny
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5686915
04/06/15 08:08 PM
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hetman
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are you sure you didnt see the Easter bunny you know I think you hit the nail on the head , it probably was the Easter Bunny just getting a last snack before having to deliver all the eggs on Sunday. All I can say there were 4 other peeps there and all agreed it was a big [censored] rabbit. I see jack rabbits on the airport I work at on a daily basis and agree they are in the 5-6 lb range. this rabbit was easy twice the size of those so at the very least we are talking 10-12lb. That's my story and I am sticking too it. I joined that lease and will be looking for that rabbit just so I can truly see how big that critter is. hetman
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 08:30 PM
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To those that see black panthers, 200" deer everywhere, and 500 lb. hogs running around.....add 20-25 lb. rabbits to your list!
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 08:42 PM
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Back when I was a kid......
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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#5687019
04/06/15 09:09 PM
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nsmike
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There are 15 to 20 lb jackrabbits just not in Texas there are some in Colorado ranging as far east as MN.
for every stereotype there's a prototype don't be the prototype
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 09:18 PM
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Back when I was a kid...... I remember that, we chased him both ways up hill through the snow. 
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/06/15 09:26 PM
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Back before the big drought of the 1920's the West Texas jackrabbits were a lot bigger. They had to be to survive, but now they are almost extinct. When the deer population dropped and the Depression hit the big jacks were shot for food purposes. It was so bad that even the Pecos Rodeo used the big jacks for bucking animals. These jacks could survive while horses and bulls couldn't live off of the little grass that as left. 
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
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Re: West Texas Jack Rabbits
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04/07/15 12:24 AM
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Shot one 6 years ago that weighed 187 lbs. It was chewing on a pit bull dogs torso when I snuck up on him
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