How to Track Eastern Cottontail Rabbits

Viewing videos requires the latest version of Adobe's Flash Player.
Get the latest Flash player.

Showing 1-5

Part of the video series: How to Track Mammals

How to Track Red Foxes

Summary: Learn how to track a rabbit in the wild, and learn tips to identifying rabbit tracks and signs in this free hunting video.

Views: 1,644 | Tags: field, hunting, tracking, animals, guide, outdoors, mammals, wild, forest, animal tracking

Get the latest Flash player.

Email Video Add to Favorites

About the Expert
Contact: walnuthilltracking.com

Valerie and Nick Wisniewski Valerie Wisniewski began her life-long study of nature accompanying her father in the forests of Arkansas. She continued her training as a fifteen-year studen... read more

Hide Comments

Conversations About This Video

Comments
(0 comments)
Questions & Answers
(0 questions) (0 answers)

Be the first to comment on this video.

Have a question about this video topic? Ask our community members and let them share their knowledge with you!

Ask A Question

You must sign in to perform that task.

Log In Now!
Don't have an account? Click here to sign up for FREE!

Sign Up Now!
Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Email Address:

Password:

Confirm Password:

Screen Name:

I would like to receive the Expert Village Video of the Day

Date of Birth:

Gender: Male Female

Country:

Zip/Postal Code:

Enter the letters you see below

What's This?

I agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.

Video Transcript

How to Track Eastern Cottontail Rabbits

Hi we’re Nick and Valerie Wisniewski on behalf of Expert Village.com. We would like to talk a little bit about eastern cottontail tracks and if you would like more information, you can visit our website www.walnuthilltracking.com. The eastern cottontail is in the lagamorpha order and it is a prey animal that is very important in the environment around here and its feet are very furry so you don’t get a lot of detail on the tracks. The front feet tend to be very pointy which differentiates from the snow shoe hare and the hind feet if they register sometimes in certain substraights the tracks can be confused for small carnivore tracks believe it or not. But that is rare. If you look at the pattern they make on the ground though. It is something that everybody is probably familiar with. It’s what is called a bound and when the rabbit lagamorpha moves, it is bounding through the air. So what happens is the front feet will actually make contact with the ground and the hind feet will come around to the outside and make contact with the ground and the hind feet will thrust off and the animal will be airborne and it will land on the ground again at the next bound. This pattern is very diagnostic for rabbits whether it is snow shoe hare or cottontail. The only other animal you could conceivably mistake it for would be a grey squirrel in a bound as well but those tracks are usually much smaller.