Survival Trick: How to Call Rabbits Out of Their Holes

Calling rabbits. This may not be something you’ve ever tried — or even considered — but it can come in right handy if you have the need to call a bunny out of its hole to get yourself some protein in a survival situation or just to call predators while hunting for coyotes, bobcats, and the like.

This fellow begins the calling with a really simple method of just dragging a hunk of styrofoam (polystyrene) across some wet glass. Afterward, he shows how you can make an even more-effective call by sucking on your finger.

Yeah, that’s right.

He advises on how to hunt an area using this call to pull even frightened rabbits out of their holes.

The video winds up with some bloopers. Check it out:

Russ Chastain

Editor & Contributing Writer Russ Chastain is a lifelong hunter and shooter who has spent his life learning about hunting, shooting, guns, ammunition, gunsmithing, reloading, and bullet casting. He started toting his own gun in the woods at age nine and he's pursued deer with rifles since 1982, so his hunting knowledge has been growing for more than three and a half decades. His desire and ability to share this knowledge with others has also grown, and Russ has been professionally writing and editing original hunting & shooting content since 1998. Russ Chastain has a passion for sharing accurate, honest, interesting hunting & shooting knowledge and stories with people of all skill levels.