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| Nona's brother Bill with his jackrabbits at the ranch in 1932. |
From her book Westside Pioneer Farmers, p. 25, Mary Alice writes:
"I have seen the damage jackrabbits can do to a crop. On 160 acres of cotton on section 1, they chewed off the plants near the ground, sucked the moisture from them, and left the plants on the ground to die. It was fair and fun that we had revenge shooting them. After a hard day's work, the men liked to rabbit hunt. They would sit on the fenders with their legs straddling a headlight while the car zigzagged through the fields as they chased and shot jackrabbit. This continued to be a favorite sport on the ranch for years."
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