chefy Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 when do you stop lamping rabbits or do you shoot them all year was thinking about their young really . whats your thoughts thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 How weird Just having a conversation with a shooting buddy and he brought the same question up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew f Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 all year round Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belly47 Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 young rabbits turn into big rabbits..... if your permission is about pest control then continue year round, if its more about shooting for the pot then you can be more selective. these are my views anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampire Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 All year round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefy Posted March 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I don't mind shooting them all year round its just not the best when gutting them and their full of young. not that im a pussy you understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mochastorm Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 It's about pest control, so all year round. But, if I'm completely honest I never like to wipe everything out. When some of my places have had myxomatosis and I've hit them hard at the same time it usually takes six to twelve months before they start to recover. The landowner/farmers livelihood, but my sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbower Posted March 15, 2015 Report Share Posted March 15, 2015 I have bagged half a dozen 'milky doe's ' this week. But its at an equestrian centre , where they endanger the lives of very high value animals, so there is no question about time of year, they have to be kept to a minimum. Other perms, I may back off for a few weeks, in spring, just to keep the momentum of sport going. Flaming squirrel population has exploded this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 I never back off at any time of the year,,if they are out and about they get nailed and eaten, mind you, it is pest control and if I didn't keep the numbers down then I,m sure someone else would get asked to do it in my place, I,m out every night this week on the little critters big or small atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secretagentmole Posted March 16, 2015 Report Share Posted March 16, 2015 All year round, I am allowed as pest control so if I did not get the young the permission holders would be very annoyed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 if you shoot one doe with 5 young then it's 6 for one shot that's got to be good ? well for the farmer colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenj Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 I shoot them all year round, the butchers prefer rabbits in autumn round here, but still take a few. I've shot quite a few doe, that were just about to drop already this year. As colin lad says, it's about pest control and keeps the farmers happy. One of my best bits has had breeding horses on it since last spring and the owner didn't want them disturbed by the HMR. He rang yesterday to say the rabbits were back in force and will be moving the horses at the end of the month. I will be shooting everything, kits and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenj Posted March 24, 2015 Report Share Posted March 24, 2015 A follow up on my last post. I know it is in the air rifle section and I am referring to the HMR, but the subject was shooting milky does and pest control. I also shoot with air rifles, when needed. On Friday I arrived at a farm, that I've not shot over for 9 months, due to it being a 50 mile round trip and having plenty of other nearer permissions. I usually shoot 6 to 8 rabbits a visit, once a month, until it goes down to 2, or 3, then leave it for a while. This takes care of plenty of unborn young. The grazing land borders an arable farm. By the end of last summer, the arable was being over run with rabbits from the my farmer's land, due to me not doing my bit and my farmer gave permission to gas them, as I'd not been around. (he'd lost my number) My loss. Also on the farm is another warren backing onto a rubbish tip, that on the previous two visits, I hadn't seen a sign of a rabbit. I went up there and shot four in half an hour. Three were does, all pregnant, one ready to drop four kits. Those four bullets accounted for at least 16 rabbits. These were afternoon, daylight kills. To not shoot at this time of year, to avoid killing young rabbits is not pest control. I shoot for meat, not payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 shot this one last week , was the smallest rabbit I have ever shot,, just goes to show , I don't care how big or small they are, its pest control that needs to be done atb Evo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobba Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 My permission is exclusively arable. The view is that little rabbits become big rabbits by eating crops. They are shot irrespective of size or time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 shot this one last week , was the smallest rabbit I have ever shot,, <script pagespeed_no_defer="" type="text/javascript">//=d.offsetWidth&&0>=d.offsetHeight)a=!1;else{c=d.getBoundingClientRect();var f=document.body;a=c.top+("pageYOffset"in window?window.pageYOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollTop);c=c.left+("pageXOffset"in window?window.pageXOffset:(document.documentElement||f.parentNode||f).scrollLeft);f=a.toString()+","+c;b.b.hasOwnProperty(f)?a=!1:(b.b[f]=!0,a=a<=b.e.height&&c<=b.e.width)}a&&(b.a.push(e),b.d[e]=!0)};p.prototype.checkImageForCriticality=function(b){b.getBoundingClientRect&&q(this,b)};h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality",function(b){n.checkImageForCriticality(b)});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkCriticalImages",function(){r(n)});var r=function(b){b.b={};for(var d=["IMG","INPUT"],a=[],c=0;c=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e)}b.g&&(e="&rd="+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(s())),131072>=a.length+e.length&&(a+=e),d=!0);t=a;if(d){c=b.f;b=b.h;var f;if(window.XMLHttpRequest)f=new XMLHttpRequest;else if(window.ActiveXObject)try{f=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")}catch(k){try{f=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")}catch(u){}}f&&(f.open("POST",c+(-1==c.indexOf("?")?"?":"&")+"url="+encodeURIComponent(b)),f.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded"),f.send(a))}}},s=function(){var b={},d=document.getElementsByTagName("IMG");if(0==d.length)return{};var a=d[0];if(!("naturalWidth"in a&&"naturalHeight"in a))return{};for(var c=0;a=d[c];++c){var e=a.getAttribute("pagespeed_url_hash");e&&(!(e in b)&&0=b[e].k&&a.height>=b[e].j)&&(b[e]={rw:a.width,rh:a.height,ow:a.naturalWidth,oh:a.naturalHeight})}return b},t="";h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.getBeaconData",function(){return t});h("pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run",function(b,d,a,c,e,f){var k=new p(b,d,a,e,f);n=k;c&&m(function(){window.setTimeout(function(){r(k)},0)})});})();pagespeed.CriticalImages.Run('/mod_pagespeed_beacon','http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/index.php?s=1dadc67dd887bccc9ee87dccc67c7f85&app=forums&module=ajax§ion=topics&do=quote&t=307942&p=2787453&md5check=b1302ce4ff955d0248d9abdf54e105c0&isRte=1,l8PuqRhht8,true,false,iUHlLm-uuOc'); //]]></script>&&0 just goes to show , I don't care how big or small they are, its pest control that needs to be done atb Evo LOL what did it taste like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evo Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 it didn,t even touch the sides,,had to eat daddy aswell :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Did you have that one on toast as starters Bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 it didn,t even touch the sides,,had to eat daddy aswell :lol: haha :-) - apparently Colin Lad likes them 'field fresh'. I once ate a youngish one, I did debate wether to bother or not but thought I may as well, not much meat but tender and tasty. Did you have that one on toast as starters Bob. Sounds like a typical French dish to me lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 haha :-) - apparently Colin Lad likes them 'field fresh'. I once ate a youngish one, I did debate wether to bother or not but thought I may as well, not much meat but tender and tasty. Sounds like a typical French dish to me lol lol who you been talking to? did he show you the video colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 lol who you been talking to? did he show you the video colin haha I remember it off a thread on here - and still laugh about it when I think about it haha "earthy" was your comment on flavour. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 rabbit caviare colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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