It was the last rabbit on the first day that beat us so bad. We had our excuses. By the time Sugar Ray jumped the bunny, we’d been chasing swamp rabbits through the Alabama wilds for eight long hours.

This story originally ran in the December 1963 issue of Outdoor Life under the title “Christmas Hasenpfeffer.” Some mornings are made for hound-dog music and this one in late December was as perfect ...