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Also, it still is easier to hit with a shotgun. Nobody hunts rabbit with a .223 (except for the anecdote that WILL arrive pretty quick). A running rabbit is a tough hit with a rifle (I tried once with a .22lr) but not hard with a shotgun.
Really??? I see rifles used more than anything else for shooting jackrabbits out west.
Trust me, the Jack (actually a hare, not a rabbit) is a lot easier to spot and shoot with a rifle. Now, I've shot cotton tails on the run with a .22 rifle, but the post is correct, it's a LOT harder. If I get enough time to get one him, I can hit him SOME of the time.
The rifle must be aimed with sights. If one knows how to use a shotgun and it properly fits, it comes to the shoulder without going to it. One's eye will be looking at the target over the rib, no sights involved, much quicker. This is what makes shotguns better for bird hunting. It's not just a safety issue.
I've taken jacks with a pistol. They just sit there and say "shoot me"
Too, their habitat is usually less brushy, more open. I've taken cottontail by pistol, too, but it was usually at night over the hood of my truck in the headlights. I did take one from my box blind this year, a swamp rabbit, with an NAA mini revolver. But, if I'm actually rabbit hunting, I take a quick pointing shotgun.