The Lost Art of Rabbit Hunting | Winchester Ammunition Short Film
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- Charles Rodney’s relationship with his hunting dogs, passion for field-to-table living and connection to the land make his love for chasing rabbits contagious while the heritage of Winchester’s small game ammunition makes this beloved pastime accessible for generations to come.
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This man is what hunting is all about, friends, dogs and the love of the outdoors. If you looked up "true hunter" in the dictionary there should be a picture of this guy. Great video!
This man is a true gentleman. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to him speak.
Love the sound of the beagles out for an adventure , obviously having the time of their lives .
The thing I noticed besides Charles love for rabbit hunting is how young he looks for his age. I think his passion for hunting keeps him youthful. Happy hunting Charles !
When he said it’s my passion and my joy I felt that in my heart
Love this story! Reminds me of my Dad teaching my brother and I the love of rabbit hunting with beagles in Virginia. After 20+ years he is still teaching us! A family that hunts together stays together.
Last part is you wrote is 100% true dude... it was in my mind but never read or shared it elswhere. I see I'm not the only one thinking that. In our case, our family sadly started splitting since we almost stopped going hunting/fishing together...
Amen, from across the crick down in ole Carolina.
This guy should have a show. Thanks for sharing your story
I am a water fowler to the core.... However, I came across this video and I am glad I did!! What a gentleman this man is.... He and his wife are just adorable.
Just great people....
Thank you!
It would make my day just watching the dogs work
Made my heart feel good. I grew up running dogs for coons and rabbits. The sound of hunting hounds is a beautiful experience.
Great job Winchester! I really enjoyed this short film about "The Rabbit Hunter"! I hope to meet Mr. Charles Rodney one day!
I too would sure like to meet Mr. Charles Rodney! I would like to rabbit hunt with him! I started going with my Dad when I was real little. We had a beagle named Buzzy. He was one heck of a rabbit dog. He died when he was 16. It was a few years before Dad bought another beagle. I was 18 then. Him and I went to this guy that was advertising beagle pups for sale. This one make pup came right up to us and started playing. That was the one we bought. We named him Manatee Buzz. He was even better than the first Buzz! He ran grays and jacks all day long if we let him. He never tired. Mr. Rodney, thank you for sharing your hunting experience - you are quite the guy! You would be a GREAT friend to have!
Nothin like hearin a pack down in a holler hot on a trail, that echo through the trees on a cold mornin. Ain't nothin like it. I miss it alot.
This guy is a genuine hunter, down to earth human being.
Dang! His passion for hunting keeps him young. I share the same birthday.
What an awesome picture of him standing on that hill with his dogs.
Starting in the early 70’s, My cousin Roy, that’s 11 years my senior took me rabbit hunting from the time I was 12 to 20.
He had a dog named Timmy…best dog in the world.
Life long memories made!
I’m crying thinking of the memories of rabbit hunting with my dad and his beagles.
I absolutely love beagling and rabbit hunting. Made some really good friends that share the same passion.
Great story about a great human being, God bless him.
Boy I love seeing dogs work asa team, and this gentleman is a true hunter and steward of the land
Love this type of person in anything they do we need more of him lol
I remember rabbit hunting with my Uncle, Melvin Stewart. Some great memories.
Thank you so much for this video it brought a tear to my eyes. I hunted with my dad and brother and had such great memories of rabit hunting with the dogs and this video brought back those memories. Im handicapped and cant hunt anymore but still have my guns. Thank you so very much and God bless...
Sorry to hear that, I never take anything for granted! It could be me tomorrow.
Me my da and brother used to hunt the rabbits too my bro has since passed 😪
Best memory's I have of growing up in ireland 🙏
Jkssr hope your keeping well my freind God bless
"Till I can't do it no more." Amen brother, Amen.
Just breathtaking. I hope you hunt forever. Love your passion. God bless you and your wife.
My dad and him have the same heart....loves to hear those dogs
Good for you Sir, I am 43 and still trying to find my compassion in Life. I do know I love me the outdoors!God Bless! Great video
Love it! Brings back fond memories of my younger days. There is nothing more fun for me than watching and listening to the beagles work the rabbits to within my gun range.
Mr. Charles, you are my hero. I love rabbit ,dove and quail hunting since I was a young boy growing up in south Ga. Your story brings back so many fond memories of those days past. Enjoy yourself and keep on hunting .
Guns dogs friends fields just priceless 🐕🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
Just came across this video. What a great guy.
You're a good man Mr. Rodney. Can't believe there's over 196K views with no comments. Keep doing what you love.
What an inspiration, im 56 and when I grow up, i want to be just like this man, been hunting hare in Canada for ever, great vid
Thank you for sharing this fantastic story about a very special hunter.
What a great story. I hunted rabbits during my youth and loved it, but I never had the privilege to hunt with dogs.
Good beagles is the best part hearing them light up
I love rabbit hunting. My Dad and I went every Thanksgiving morning. I've not done it in several years and miss it dearly.
Awesome! Love rabbit hunting with beagles and I also love squirrel hunting with feist! Making me home sick Brother! Raised in the Swamps in South Mississippi and ready to get back home. Stay Safe Brother and GOD Bless 🙏🇺🇸
Wonderful story. A rabbit hunt was my first hunt in the late 70's when I was about 5. I never hunted with dogs but I have always loved beagles. The thrill of running up to get the rabbit that my dad took with his old 12ga single H&R retreiving it to put in his vest awakened a joy for hunting that lasts to this day. I hate it that the brushy scrub in Baltimore County, where we hunted that day now has a Home Depot, Costco, and strip mall on it. Thanks to that day, I would later go on to hunt over much of MD and Alaska and Idaho, as well.
Dear Sir, that was lovely to watch. as a young boy I hunted rabbits in the summer England, early morning with a 410. Never with dogs but with friends around farming hedge rows and then skinning and trying to cook our kills. Takes me back, makes me smile
I would love to go hunting with Charles! He seems like a great guy
"Man, How long are you gonna keep doing that 'stuff'?" "Til' I can't do it no more!" And that my friends sums up a true Hunters Heart!
Great pleasure to meet this man on video.He tells it like it is and i feel the same as him in every aspect of this sport. 54 yrs of this sport and my enthusiasm is the same as when i started. I wish someday to meet this man and the passion he has for this sport and it would be surely appreciated. Mr Rodney great video.
I love this video , got me in to squirrel hunting and this video just pops in to my head once in a wile and every time I watch it it gives me shivers , love this story
Live long brother I really love it from Winchester
I love rabbit hunting with beagles. My two friends, Bill and Earnest, had the best beagles and it was joy to hunt over their dogs. My friends have passed away, but I have great memories. These days I take my GSP out to rabbit hunt, but there's nothing like the sound of beagles on the chase.
Very cool guy. Lovely that his wife supports him. God bless you sir.
Man you just took me back 50 plus years . My family well male members all hunted and rabbits with dogs yelping an howling is music to my ears . We treated our dogs the same yelling here he is - yuo yuo yuo yup yup
Encourage them into the hunt. The rabbit hunter is a love of life .Dogs woods n fields the fun of laughing at a miss ridin theater one for awhile. I hunted as long as my body left me. I wore out prematurely from being disabled. But the years still are in my mind . Love so missed at times i cry.
Look how good he looks. He has a happy heart and it shows on his face. That is what living large does.
Thank you for this awesome show. You have represented all of us rabbit Hunters well. Live Action from the Tri-City Beagle Boyz family..
You can't have better company or beagles when rabbit hunting with Charles! It was a honor to hunt with that man and hopefully it may happen again.
Such a great hunting story. I’d love to go out hunting with him
Excellent video.... this gentleman’s passion for what he loves to do ,has not gone unnoticed by his “ wife , friends and myself “ well done Sir , you are an inspiration to many 👍
A genuine legend. Amazing. May you have many more years in the field.
Ya got my blood boiling remembering the good ol'days of brush bustin. Had beagles all my younger days. Hunt em up was my favorite saying. Got a mixed labrador & rhodesia ridge back by the name of buck. He sure do loved to tree a squirrel. Enjoyed hearing your hounds, bring back the good ol'days. Thanks CHARLES.
Love that story I grew up hunting with an old single barrel to
My kind of man. I love nearly anything that involves working with dogs.
my grandfather use to hunt rabbits and raise dogs my favorite memories are one of a dog name Joey that he loved to take hunting!! great story love to see people doing what they love !!
This story takes me back, way back to my roots in central Pennsylvania to the small town of Osceola Mills, where my parents were born and raised. My parents had set up their lives in Chicago, but most of my earliest memories revolved around visits to my Grandparents in Osceola Mills. My grandfather was a barber in town, before that he worked the many small coal mines surrounding the town. Now in retrospect that explains why my grandmother always had canaries. I still remember the excitement I felt the first time my grandfather took me out to the dog training area. I was probably 4 or 5 years old, and was under the impression that the dog, Tina, would be catching the rabbit. Right now as I sit here, I remember the sights, sounds, and smells of that magical evening over 50 years ago. I can still see my grandfather pointing to the spot, yelling " here it is, hunt em out"! Tina obeyed the commands, and the hunt was on. Circumstances brought my family from Chicago, back to Osceola Mills in 1972. My grandfather bought me my first shotgun, a Ithica single shot, he taught me how to shoot straight as he called it, how to position myself to get a shot, and so much about life. Even now when people and circumstances start to try my patience, I go back to when my grandfather tried to console me when things went south with the first so called serious girlfriend. In my mind and heart, I can still see him standing there in his brush pants and hunting coat, Tina was hot on the scent baying away in the distance. Boy remember this, " You can take your bitch to the woods but you can't make her hunt". I didn't know it then but that was the last hunt we shared together. September of 1981 I left Osceola Mills to start my life, and though I wanted to go back and hunt all those thick briar patches that grew on the edges of the old stripping cuts, I never could get around to making that happen. But hey, in a instant I can go back there anytime in my mind. It's Tuesday evening in late October, my brush pants, coat, gun and ammo are stashed outside in the designated spot. My grandfather just so happens to stop by for some chit chat, on the way home he grabs my hunting things stashes them in the trunk of his car. Since a barber's best day for business was Saturday, grandad's day off was Wednesday. Every Wednesday from the middle of October thru the end of January, music to my ears was this......".Douglas Hicks, please report to the Principals office". I was signed out of school for a dentist appointment, or some other made up excuse and with in minutes we were hunting! The woods were quiet, everyone else was working or in school, and we would hunt all day. Thanks for the trip down memory lane, your story got mine.
This guy is amazing. Not only is he a great hunter and dog owner, but he's also paying it forward every opportunity he gets.
I love the picture of him holding the dogs and they all are staring at the camera.....magnificent!
Amen brother there is no more beautiful music on cold snowy day, than a pack of beagles hot on the trail of the gray blur . Now that I just turned 60 last mouth and retired . I have been thinking of what I can do for exercise . A bunch of us guys from work would hunt rabbits in the winter some had only one beagle , but most of us had two or three. It's clear to see by the smile on your face that you love the sport, hope you can hunt another 10 or 20 years.Your blue tic is a beautiful hound. I think I'll get me another blue tic pup my Hank was a blue tic everyone has a Hank or Jake right. Great video God Bless and Merry Christmas.
Far too rare these days to find other people who are this dedicated to rabbits. Running the dogs, hearing their sweet music, watching for that little patch of brown to come whizzing past... nothing like it in the world. From one die-hard rabbit guy to another, this was a fantastic video!
I loved this ,I was raised a rabbit hunter with dogs . My grandfather was my teacher ,and watching this made me cry I'm not physically able to do this right now.
Great video and great story. I love to Rabbitt hunt and still do. I would love to meet Mr. Charles and hunt with him one day I feel like him I love to hunt.
Man, that’s so cool to see beagles doing what they were bred for! Also, great to see this good man doing something he loves and how much his wife appreciates his passion.
Great video! I’ve been raising dogs with my pops and paran since before I could remember I’m 22 now ..Currently running 10 strong and they are pressure ! Louisiana 🐊
I have some fond memories of me and a few friends rabbit hunting in our teens. This gentleman and his dogs are as professional as they come.
I love this film.
What a great couple, great values and life.
This is the sort of thing our nation is missing and could use more of.
Great video. I grew up with my Dad taking me out with our beagles rabbit hunting. This film brought back fond memories. I would love going on a rabbit hunt with this man.
I have heard a couple of interviews with Mr. Rodney and with every interview I get a new piece of knowledge. I have never rabbit hunted but I would love to learn. This man is a treasure to our community. I am so glad Winchester made this short film so that more people can see how great he is.
What a wonderful story! Great man with a passion and beautiful dogs. I would love to hunt or just hang out with Charles.
Nice film,lovely guy .Keep on doing what you do Charles.
Wow, does that bring back memories. When I was young, it was a common thing to hear people running their Beagles. Loved that sound. We willingly gave permission to our land to rabbit, and coon hunters, just to hear the dogs run. Had two uncles that ran them, and I sure do miss them, and the dogs. Thanks for taking me back!
I love rabbit hunting I love working my dogs and was fortunate enough to learn at an early age from the ole timers
Had two Beagles , Ringo & Star, back in the late 60's. Loved to hunt rabbits. Always loved the way they sounded when they Jumped !
Wonderful film. Charles Rodney sounds like an amazing person.
Nice Charles...I'm am almost envious of those hunting conditions...I hunt in lower Alabama..and of course I love to hunt with dogs ..I'm 51 years old and when the dogs are doing there thing...I still get goosebumps..good to see you still enjoy the dogs
I loved hearing that you treat your beagles so well and that you don't give them away when they won't hunt. I am the owner of a Reddick Beagle and I donate to triangle beagle rescue in North Carolina bc they foster and adopt beagles who have been sent to shelters due to this and old age.
Since the mid 1950's the love of the dogs and the time spent afield hunting rabbits shaped who I am. Really enjoyed this video Charles. The tradition/popularity is not what it use to be in the past....what a crying shame!
What a cool guy. The bond between hunter and the dogs is what really makes it though. And it seems like he really cares about his dogs.
Awesome... Charles you are the reason why I like being a member of the hunting community... the stories that I hear when I talk to other hunters and the stories that myself and my hunting friends share with others whether over a beer or a cup of tea or a coffee .. good on you I think your great may your passion last for ever
Love this video, some of my most fond memories are hunting over beagles with my dad. When I was a kid we would go 2 or 3 times a week. Those were the happiest days of my life. Such pure true American fun. They put a lot of food on a poor families table. It was a time and a way of life that made families closer. Thank you for this, it made me misty and reminiscent of a better time.
Great video. Great memories. Growing up I had a Beagle named Penny. She loved to rabbit hunt.
What a great story thank you sir. Beautiful dogs a real testament to your passion particularly loved what you said about keeping them even when their hunting days are behind them
Great story! Outstanding Man Charles is as well. The sound of the beagles on a rabbit is a pure rush. This type of hunting needs a come back
What a great video. Brings back memories of rabbit hunting with my twin brother and a couple of buddys in the 70's and early 80's. Back then deer hunting wasn't that big of a deal in central Okla so it was easy to find places to hunt. We didn't have dogs so we would just spread out and walk the fields, shelter breaks, and fence lines. We'd stomp on every brush pile and flush them out of there too.
This running rabbits with a brace of beagles takes it to a much higher level. I can tell the passion and love you have for your dogs and the sport in general. It was a pleasure to watch such an ethical group of hunters.
Best wishes from Okla.
I got my first shotgun at the age of 8. New England firearms. Single shot 20 gauge. My uncle who passed away this October of 2021 was an inspiration to myself and my dad pushing us to go often and especially on Christmas day and Thanksgiving day. Back when it was popular. Bt now. Here in the little state of Arkansas. So much land is posted and all the little spots are cleared out and made into duck fields. So whom ever has the opportunity to enjoy this sport and has places to go. Please don't take it for granted. Enjoy it and pass this passion along to the younger gen. I enjoyed this video. To the creator and to the star of this short film/doc,. Thank you.
Love it. Love the way he calls at his hounds I mve done it bout the same way for years. Love it. God bless you sir.
I've had rabbit beagles for 20 yrs and I'll have them until my death. The sound of a jump with a good group of dogs is the best.
that picture of you on the hill with all the hounds is priceless, we still hound hunt here too, not many of us left.
my favorite hunting by far, you are an inspiration my friend
I loved you’re video.
I too enjoy hunting with my beagle!
Great video! Love the passion!
I miss rabbit hunting. When the farmers cleaned about their fence rows in the late 70s we lost the majority of the habitat. Never been the same.
My favorite sport as a boy, hooking up with my friends on a chilly day shotgun in hand. The dogs running the rabbits and us shooting. We didn't care if we got the rabbit the fun was the shooting and laughing at each other. Great times that will never be relived.
This is one of the best stories I've heard. There is nothing better than hearing a beagle sounding off on a crisp morning.
Man this is a great video. I grew up around crowley ,Louisiana . I had beagles and would love those rabbit hunts. I do remember how they would always make a circle, and comeback to where the dogs first picked up their trail. Man thank you for bringing back some great memories.
I love the passion!
Absolutely love the passion this man has for his dogs! Folks it ain't about the killin of the rabbits it's about the love of his hounds that keeps this man goin!
Well done Mr. Charles..... Well Done I say!
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Awesome video! Inspiring to see the passion Charles has for hunting with his dogs.