Bipolar Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hi all After being absent for some months due to work commitments and moving home (yes it was stressfull!) I can finally start to contribute to this excellent forum once again. I have finally added to my collection with a purchase of the excellent HW 100T and a further 20+ acres of prime rabbiting, untouched since foot and mouth, so you can imagine what the situation is! rabbits everywhere! you cant help trip over the *******! and best of all its all in my backyard. So to my main point I have been steadily thininng out the ones with Mixe. (poor *******, its bloody awful disease) and leaving the majority alone, has anyone some top tips for "managing" rabbits on your shoots. Ade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 welcome back ade rabbits on one of my shoots are plentyful shoot it once a week . shoot as many as i can and the numbers dont seem to go up or down . suits me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bipolar Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Yeh I agree My other shoot is a bit hammered now and this new shoot is spoiling me! I`ve took 15 or so in the last week and about half were mixi. but looking out just now there seems to be about three litter sizes small, bit bigger and a bit bigger still Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 **** Law really. You leave them to breed, and then along comes mixxy! I have often asked for the breeding does to wear pink ribbons, but they don't. Probably best to shoot the three-quarter grown ones as they are the best eating, and leave the others to breed. Unless the numbers get too high of course. Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30-6 Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 As has been said 3/4 grown are best eaters. A full grown will either be a doe full of young or a buck as tough as hell. You can eat both but not the best if you can pick your shots. With the mixy, I think I can remember someone suggesting that if they are left alone they sort of immunise themselves to it, and the ones that survive pass this onto their young, but if you see one infected it,s hard to walk and leave it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bipolar Posted June 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 I know the poor ******* do look so ill, its only humane really, if anyone lives near Brough East Yorkshire and want an evenings shoot in exchange for same, PM me and I will see what I can do, please only expirenced field crafters, no pop shooters or back yard plinkers, no offence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Nice to see you back. I could never let a Rabbit alone if it appears to have Mixy. Like yourself, I feel it is only humane to put it out of its misery. I've heard all sorts about rabbits becoming immune but that doesnt explain why Mixy keeps coming back time and time again. If Mixy is about on your shoot, its due to over population of the burrows. The only real way to control it is to start thinning them out. And thats not just the ones with Mixy. Have a look and about to see if you canbn determine which areas are infected or infected the most and have a purge. It may reduce the amount of sporting you get, but its the most humane for the rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Hi, Welcome back. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bipolar Posted June 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Cheers guys, Done some reading up and the immunity thing does not really stand up as like flu the genetics mutate on an annual basis, see this link Mixy essay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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