Jackalope Hunting

Wasn't sure if this belongs in the deer forum or the varmints & small game forum. What gear do y'all use for your jackalope hunting?

I've hunted them for years with great success. Here's a photo of my trophy room. But I'm not giving out any secretes of my success.

I use to use a 22 WM but it was to destructive on fur so I switched to 6.5 CM. I have to track more but seldom exists and nor tears up fur.

More love for the 6.5cm. Could be ideal for this prey.

Jackalope harvesting is fine but it’s now illegal to sell mounts due to the high density of parasites in the antlers.

Well dangit ! I have one in the freezer waiting to take in to the taxidermist.

I've found the opposite to be true. Jackalopes are tough to kill...along th lines of Nilgai. 30-06 is marginal. Magnum cartridges are preferred. If you can get within bow range, a 45/70 loaded to modern velocities is good medicine.

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I heard they are going to go to ARs next year.

Those are hybrid jackalopes.
Pure bred look like this and are easily distinguishable from the crosses by the true horns and no antlers.
They are such unique animals we do not hunt them, they are actually very rare these days.

I have been interested in starting up some sort of Re-Stocking Program.

Does anyone know of any restrictions?

Where can I get fertilized eggs?
I'm pretty sure a regular chicken or quail incubator will work.

Lastly (for now), is it really true that they only hatch during a full moon?
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That's an old wives tale. They hatch during the 1st quarter.

Wyoming may step up and help with your restocking efforts, they have done some interesting programs in the recent past:
https://buckrail.com/first-90-kangaroos-released-in-wyoming/

Ya'll still using that Indian Corn to bring them in?

Kevin, local regs vary but I’m pretty sure you’ll be OK since it’s for your personal use.

Dream Catcher nets work really well.

Sure am glad to see some are still around. In my part of East Texas (where if it's brown its down) we have completely exterminated them.
Mr. T. I think they are what killed off the turkeys on the lease I was on in Cass County. We had lots of turkeys and then had a few sighting of Jackalopes and then WHAM, no more turkeys.

One of my favorite threads. No one spoil it by telling the Emperor he has no clothes.
And who said the THF was dead.

Them are some mean bastages
Had a friend that was attacked on the way to his blind one morning: He took an antler to the groin. Almost bled out by the time he got back to camp.
I never was much on carrying a sidearm. I am now.
Y’all be careful out there.

I was just thinking how I wished they were still around east Texas. They were the only thing that kept the fire ants under control. I haven't seen a quail since yall killed all of the jackalopes. It's a chain reaction

Dang sure tough to rope. They keep cutting back and going between my horses legs.

I hate to ask a dumb question, but do the females have horns too? If they don’t, it seems they would be hard to distinguish from a jackrabbit.

Free, do you have any dissertations on how to score a Jackalope in the field?

Dang, we may have been hunting females for years.

Were those on the wall high fence, low fence or free range?

I’m cheap so what is the procedure for euro mount?

I've never seen freerange Jackalopes that big they have to be high fence.

I assume dissertations are not “brief”.
I would do a field scoring video on Jackalopes if I thought anyone would watch it(all of it.)