dazzyboi Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 Have any of you ever come across these/shot these? Iv never seen black ones until recently but i dont take shots at them. Just wondering if anyone else has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 yes.. I have seen a very dark patchy brown and white rabbit.. some all white rabbits.... and a few black ones... but i am not rabbit ist... I shoot them all. really.... I think there was something about rabbits being let loose a while ago because of medical experiments... dont know how true it is... maby just a myth.. but there are alot of multi coloured rabbits around. not often you see them though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzyboi Posted November 11, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 yes.. I have seen a very dark patchy brown and white rabbit.. some all white rabbits.... and a few black ones... but i am not rabbit ist... I shoot them all. really.... I think there was something about rabbits being let loose a while ago because of medical experiments... dont know how true it is... maby just a myth.. but there are alot of multi coloured rabbits around. not often you see them though.. Iv never seen black wild ones before, but this shoot is full of blackies..ill have to get one next time i think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted November 11, 2006 Report Share Posted November 11, 2006 I nearly got shot myself first time out months ago with StealthStalker. First time meeting him, had a blackie in the sights, was just about to pull the trigger @:*&%"!&% I won't say what he said Soft ****** had grown attached to him (rich coming from me given threads today about rabbits). You don't see many, but you do get escaped domestics breeding with wild so that probably explains it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ahhhhh poor Blackie, I have'nt seen him for a while now, either mixy or foxy might have got him The reason I left Blackie alone was he always seemed to be the first out the burrow, was easily visible, gave the others confidence to enter the field of play, acting like a live decoy Whenever I drove home from work I would see him out there happily munching away, knowing that when Blackie was out so would his not so easy to spot friends be out. It got to a point where after shooting a few of his mates, all the others would bolt for the holes, but Blackie would sit out in the middle of the field bold as brass. Its bringing a tear to the eye thinking about him RIP Blackie All that said I've seen & shot loads off wild black rabbits round these parts SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 He was nails as well, blackie. You could drive through the field in the landy and he'd still be sat there. Wasn't mixy either, he did bolt once in a while. Wonder what happened to him.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Apparently Back rabbits were introduced into the wild population years ago by Gamekeepers on estates etc in an attempt to monitor poaching activity. If black ones started to disapear it was a good sign that poachers were about. I'll get me coat cheers Sutty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 I've never managed to shoot one but have caught many while out with the ferrets They never seem to be as bulky and thick set as the grey wild ones Skinned out they look the same though and the dogs or ferrets never complain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead-Eyed Duck Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Apparently Back rabbits were introduced into the wild population years ago by Gamekeepers on estates etc in an attempt to monitor poaching activity.If black ones started to disapear it was a good sign that poachers were about. I'll get me coat cheers Sutty That's what I was always told. If you ever shoot one of these the coat is very soft, just like a domesticated pet wabbit. They are also usually smaller than a normal wild wabbit. I like to see them about myself, but my two shooting buddies take great glee in nobbling them as they knows that Oi likes them about Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcha Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Where I shoot, there is one black one. Just as my mate told me about him I caught him in my light, but didn't bother shooting him. He belonged to my mates mum and escaped, and has been living out with the others for about three years apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 I don`t subscribe to the "domestic" throwback as I`ve shot blacks,fawns,white patched and albino`s. All of which showed no similarities to domestic stock in the slightest. Only wish I had a digi cam back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il cacciatore Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 My mate says described it as recessive genes or something. Same sort of thing that makes sheep black. I had one on one of my permissions, had it in the sight and it was a sure thing but couldn't shoot it, got attached to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutty Posted November 14, 2006 Report Share Posted November 14, 2006 Pity the arn't the same size as sheep though?? Jonrms might hit one , one day (i owe you that one bud ha) cheersSutty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcha Posted November 15, 2006 Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 I don`t subscribe to the "domestic" throwback as I`ve shot blacks,fawns,white patched and albino`s.All of which showed no similarities to domestic stock in the slightest. Only wish I had a digi cam back then Na, the one in question at my place is a domestic one. He's affectionately become known as Tyrone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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