Have not done it in some time, at least since moving to California 14 years ago, but I absolutely loved rabbit hunting.  Both with dogs or without, those little guys are a blast, and they are great eating too.

I prefer rabbits myself. The reason is it's to far to go for squirrel or pheasant, I don't know what a chuckar or grouse looks like. I do plan on learning and going after them and also want to go rattlesnake hunting. I took my daughters and one of their friends rabbit hunting this weekend, saw eight bunnies in a few hours, brought 3 home.

I look at upland birds as a different category so when I think small game hunting I immediately think of rabbits.  Specifically still hunting them with a .22.  The best times hunting can be a day or two after the storm front has passed, leaving a good amount of snow & a cold, still morning.  The bunnies will be sitting out in the sun and sneaking through the brush along a creek looking for that shiny black eye to aim at - It feels about the same as still hunting elk or mule deer in the timber.  Tastes great too!

I love hunting bunnies !

My favorite is definitly blue grouse. And they taste wonderful as well

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I don't hunt small game, but as boy I did shoot a rabbit one time.  I brough it home and my mom cooked it up for me.  That rabbit was one of the best meals I ever had.  My mom is an excellent cook and I don't know how she cooked it exactly, but it was delicious.

You can't beat a nice cottontail rabbit covered in flower and slow cooked in the frying pan and gravy made out of the drippings.  But then again a blue grouse, pheasant, sage hen, chuckar or any other of the birds are tasty too.