The rabbits were up against me, my old friend Johnny, Rusty and his friend Bobby.Bobby grew up just down the road, a couple miles away. It had been years since I had seen him. Of course Dakota and Janey weren't going let those beagles have all the fun. I went over the rules of engagement with the the hunters. Rabbits had to be running when fired upon and not till they made a circle. When you hunt with beagles, hearing the dogs running the rabbit is the best part. Beagles trail the rabbit by the scent it leaves behind and bark. They call it tonguing when the dog picks up the scent. The rabbit always runs back to where the dogs or hunter first jumped them making a big circle.I told Janey and Dakota they could hunt for the rabbits but had let the the beagles do the running. We jumped the first rabbit in the field behind the house.It went in the woods before circling back. Janey jumped up a rabbit that ran between johnny's legs. I had to call her back and remind her about chasing. Then some quail got up and we saw a cooper hawk swoop after one of them but the quail got away.The dogs brought the rabbit back around and johnny got the shot and the first rabbit of the day.
I got the next one and Dakota made the retrieve.
Rusty got the next one. 
Johnny seemed to be in the right place - the next couple rabbits came by him. 
Bobby got the following one.
Rusty got another. 
Johnny got #4 and that made the limit for him.
It was about 12:30 and the dogs were getting tired so we called it a day.We got 8 rabbits out of maybe 10 that we jumped.
There's going to be fried rabbit on the menu at Bobworld. 
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