I helped my neighbor tear down a small building and thought i would make a few (rabbit gums) from the scrap lumber,How many of you guys remember making these as a boy?
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I helped my neighbor tear down a small building and thought i would make a few (rabbit gums) from the scrap lumber,How many of you guys remember making these as a boy?
Those look great, hadn't thought about those for years!
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Wow. Has to have been since my Son and I built one I think. Use to run into them while out hunting all the time. I always caught more of the "other" critters than rabbits. Cool pics. Sure takes me back.
Very Nice Job Brother!!
They look good! I have built a lot of them
Those are nice. What great memories you have brought back to me , Thanks.
I can remember as a chap,when my grandfather would would catch a possum in his rabbit boxes,he would "burn it out".He allways said the rabbit wouldnt go in it if he smelled the possum.I made one out of a sawmill slab for the top and sides,,it looked just like a short piece of pine log.I gave it to a guy that owned the local hardware store,he had it in the display window for a long time..I told him if anyone asked,it was a rabbit box that you set on "posted land"! Thanks for sharing the pics..
Those are too purty to leave in the woods. Hey, my wife caught a baby possum with her hands last weekend around our deck. When I was a tyke, we had a good snow and my dad and his friend went rabbit hunting with sticks in our neighborhood. (he was an Alabama boy :))
What a coincidence. For the last couple weeks I have been thinking about making a couple to catch some possums that have taken up residence under one of my sheds.
great job....remember well.
Nice job. I remember making them as a kid. But the only thing I ever caught were possums and a snake.:dono
My problem is armadillos. What works on them?
yelp made a many of them. Kids now days couldnt even tell you what it is. Caught a few skunks in them to PU!!!!!
WOW! What an INSTANT "flash back "🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
How about going to check them and a squirrel had been caught and knawed the trigger hole out big enough to escape.
They look great! I sure do remember making those. Those were the good old days and like somebody said that the kids now wouldn't even know what it is. Thanks for the flash back.
Odd that this post came up after several years,Those were stolen from my barn last week.Someone knew what they were and thought they could trade them for drugs,Why would anyone steal three rabbit gums this time of year anyway?How would someone explain to the sheriff how they got a load of birdshot I their @ss..Not from stealing rabbit gums I bet!!!!!.
In the late 50's early 60's Dad and I would run down rabbits in the snow( he was from Alabama too). We lived in Tenn then, Some fun, we were all frozen by days endQuote:
Originally Posted by Crewmax42
Sometimes I think back to my younger days as a small boy growing up in the country,I am 72 years old and have never lived inside the city limits of any town,I would pickup my single shot Remington 22 rifle and with that and a handful of 22 shorts I would spend the day in the woods or along the creek walking up rabbits or stalking squirrels.Those were the good ole days when we never heard of a locked door.Setting rabbit gums has always been a pleasure for me.I have caught mice,cats,squirrels,a black snake,Hundreds of possum's.A possum hide would bring three dollars back then.And Mom could make the best squirrel gravy and hot biscuits in the world,I miss those wonderful days