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We eat cottontails. I use my grandfather's 22 Hornet. Mid-body or headshot. Don't like to use a shotgun because of pellets but my grandfather preferred his 20. No dogs. Make sure to cook all game meat thoroughly and you won't have to worry about consumption. 9.9 times out of 10.
Been hunting for years in the East. Killed a fairly large amount of deer. Hunt 90% of the time on public land. I hunt solo on foot, camp, stalk, avoid crowds, leave no trace. Compared to the west the data shows I hunt smaller tracts of land with significantly higher hunting pressure. Dealing...