Hunting Jack Rabbits in Hungary

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In Hungary the jack rabbits are so numerous that their presence reaches the proportion of a common pest in the rural districts, where they destroy agricultural products in such large quantities that the losses sustained by their ravishment is greatly felt by the farmers. For this reason, the latter form a crusade against the destructive creatures during the winter months, and in this interesting picture we are shown how the farmers turn sportsmen in their efforts to rid the country of the rodents. The men travel in large groups, going through the underbrush, where they drive the rabbits out into the open, and as the animals take flight, leaping and bounding across the snow covered farms, the sharpshooters fire upon them. It is all done in a sportsmanlike manner, for in no way is the game trapped their destruction depending wholly upon the sure fire of the hunters. After the hunt some wonderful specimens are shown in large quantities.