THREE RIVERS AREA — Standing ankle deep in the blackwater bayou, I watch the swamp rabbit. I can hear, in the distance, two beagles hot on its track, but this bottomland creature seems unconcerned.

Rabbit hunting dates back for centuries I suppose, but it is still fun to many East Texas hunters. We have two different types of rabbits in East Texas, the Cottontail and the Swamp Rabbit.

This story, “Snowshoe Runaround,” appeared in the December 1962 issue of Outdoor Life. I stood at the edge of a snow-choked evergreen swamp, slowly congealing and thinking moodily how much ...