Edgar Allan Pooh . . . Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck wind up turning the tables on self-professed vegetarian Elmer "I only hunt for the sport of it" Fudd. After some early ambiguity over whether it's actually Duck Season or Rabbit Season, Bugs and Daffy discover that it's really "Elmer Season," and the pair are last seen blasting away at Mr. Fudd with hunting rifles. With RABBIT FIRE, Warner Bros. is drawing attention to the fact that an average of 718 hunters are gunned down in American forests each year (though less than 10% of these are field dressed). Since Elmer is a slob hunter, he shoots Daffy five times without inflicting a fatal wound. (When he runs out of ammo, he overlooks the one in the chamber; but since Daffy is holding Elmer's piece when blasted by THAT round, Daffy's sixth wounding here is technically self-inflicted.) In RABBIT FIRE, Warner's seems to be saying that only a slob hunter needs an extended magazine, whether he's hunting rabbits or first graders. At one point Daffy illustrates this concept by implying that if you cannot bring down your prey with a single shot, you ought to be playing tennis, a pastime in which extended volleys are NOT considered shameful.

TheComicsGuru For those that have ever wondered how the "Duck season! Rabbit season" argument became part of pop culture, it all began here.Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese decided to change Daffy Duck's personality a bit. In this cartoon Daffy became less goofy and more malicious. Especially when in came to his best "frenemy" Bugs Bunny. And history was made.While it was never clearly established why Daffy wishes bodily harm on Bugs, we can assume that jealousy played a part in this. Regardless of why, this change works. For some reason, you immediately accept Daffy's new role as an antagonist for Bugs.This makes it easier to laugh until you cry as Daffy is tricked time and time again into saying "duck season", taking a shotgun blast to the face, and waiting to see what new position his bill will be in when the smoke clears.The other two cartoons in this series use the blueprint established here for great effect. I have to give this the full 10 stars as it set the tone for the next two installments.

dolite91 Daffy Duck: Rabbit Season!Bugs Bunny: Duck Season.Daffy Duck: RABBIT season!!!Bugs Bunny: (reversing the flow) Rabbit Season.Daffy Duck: DUCK SEASON!! FIRE!!Elmer Fudd: (opened fire) Boom!!!The quotes above were from the classical shorts 'Rabbit Fire'(1951), which was directed by Chuck Jones (1912-2002).This short was the first installment for the ''Hunter Trilogy''. The other two being 'Rabbit Seasoning' and 'Duck! Rabbit! Duck!'.To me, this short was the best out of the two sequels of the ''Hunter Trilogy''. It was a funny short. Other than that, it pitted Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny against Elmer Fudd (most of the time, it pitted Daffy Duck against Bugs Bunny). An elephant even made a cameo in the short pushing Elmer under the ground.At the end of the short, the sign on the tree showed 'Elmer Season', which made Bugs and Daffy to hunt for Elmer.This short could be considered as one of the best cartoon short directed by Chuck Jones.What a great classics!!!

slymusic "Rabbit Fire" is a Warner Bros. cartoon classic, containing the most memorable Duck Season/Wabbit Season debate between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. As he does in several other cartoons such as "Haredevil Hare" (1948) and "Baseball Bugs" (1946), Bugs pulls a clever word switch in getting Daffy to insist that it is Duck Season instead of Wabbit Season. Of course, Daffy always loses in his confrontations with Bugs and repeatedly gets his bill knocked off by Elmer Fudd's shotgun. I suppose it is pleasing, however, to see Daffy finally get revenge on Elmer by biting his leg.Here are some other highlights from "Rabbit Fire" (but watch the cartoon first before you read on). At the closing of this short, Bugs and Daffy discover that it's actually Elmer Season, so they don hunting outfits and adopt Elmer's accent & laugh as they explain to the audience that they are on the lookout for him. When Daffy disguises as Bugs and vice versa, it becomes very clear why Mel Blanc is known as the "Man of a Thousand Voices"; it actually sounds like Daffy doing Bugs' voice and Bugs doing Daffy's voice! And there are some great musical references in this cartoon as well. When Bugs disguises himself as a female hunter, "Oh! You Beautiful Doll" can be heard, and it was also used in another Warner Bros. cartoon called "Feed the Kitty" (1952). As Bugs and Daffy walk away from Elmer and remove their respective duck and rabbit disguises, we hear the song "You're Just an Angel in Disguise," also heard in the Porky Pig cartoon "Kitty Kornered" (1946). And finally, as Bugs and Daffy are reading their respective duck and rabbit recipes, "Mommy's Little Baby Loves Shortening Bread" can be heard, and this catchy little tune can also be heard in the Porky Pig cartoon "Swooner Crooner" (1944).Overall, "Rabbit Fire" is a wonderful cartoon, and it pleases me to know that it has been released on DVD (Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1). Watch it for yourself and enjoy!