Back in the day...I was flying cancelled checks out of JFK at night in a Turbo Commander 690. As we are loading up the plane, we hear what sounds like gunshots out in the runway area, towards the ocean, not the city, where you might Expect to hear gunshots at 10pm!

As we taxid out, ground tells us to give way to the Port Authority car coming off the runway. As he drives by, I see a guy hanging out the passenger side window with a shotgun in his hand, waving at us! I asked ground if there was an escaped convict on the loose or something, and he said, "No, they are shooting the jackrabbits that are out there."

Sure enough, a few nights later, we are in the flare and a huge jackrabbit runs across the runway, right in front of our touchdown point, being chased by a much bigger dog! Luckily we had enough speed to balloon up and over them before touching down!

I called tower and said, "Send out that guy with the shotgun!"