This Oct. 1, 2014, file photo shows a black-footed ferret peeking out of a tube after being brought to a ranch near Williams, Ariz. This species is endangered in New Hampshire and cannot be owned here ...

Steven McGonigal crosses a pockmarked field in the north of Ireland with a box of unruly ferrets while his dog, Fudge, sniffs out rabbit warrens. As the lurcher does his work, McGonigal covers the ...

For a lot of hunters, they cut their teeth hunting rabbits. With a long season and a liberal daily limit, an easy go-to species for much of the fall. Like most huntable creatures, rabbits like edges, ...