colin lad Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 have many of you chaps noticed a increased number in rabbits this year, the last dozen or so outings have all fetched double figured numbers of rabbits, last sunday out with mungolee we had 30+ with more than a dozen of them either pregnant or milky, have any of you guys noticed this colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbox Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 All I know is if I'm out with the .270 for deer all I see is rabbits but if I head out with the .22 they're nowhere to be seen! Clever little beg gers I reckon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistolgrip Posted September 13, 2014 Report Share Posted September 13, 2014 Yes, one farmer called last friday "Steve get down here and sort some of these bl***y rabbits out" long time since I've had a call like, that I'll be doing a lot more ferreting this winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon1979 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Yeah thinks it's been a good summer for the bunnies, on the plus will keep us busy for a while aspecily now the nights are drawing in Atb simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malantone Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 have many of you chaps noticed a increased number in rabbits this year, the last dozen or so outings have all fetched double figured numbers of rabbits, last sunday out with mungolee we had 30+ with more than a dozen of them either pregnant or milky, have any of you guys noticed this colin well that will be about 70 that won`t make it onto the table, Personally I hate shooting pregnant/ milky does, but if it is pest control then it has to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1985 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Got hardly a rabbit on the farm, I'm well down on numbers, hares and rats I'm well up on though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin lad Posted September 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Got hardly a rabbit on the farm, I'm well down on numbers, hares and rats I'm well up on though! one of my farms is riddled with hare me and mungolee see over 20 on one field of about 60 acre farmer said not to touch them during summer but to thin them out in winter we also see about a dozen cwd too and said ok to take a few so long as i butcher one for him so roll on November colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 On one permission between the middle of June and Middle of August i cleared over 300 rabbits, there were more to shoot but alas mixy has taken over. I went for a look a couple of days ago, the place looked deserted, i shot 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich1985 Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 one of my farms is riddled with hare me and mungolee see over 20 on one field of about 60 acre farmer said not to touch them during summer but to thin them out in winter we also see about a dozen cwd too and said ok to take a few so long as i butcher one for him so roll on November colin I got several CWD as well, lovely tasting meat can't wait! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm not sure I've ever been out after rabbits an shot as few as 2. One Fri/Sat/Sunday I got through 600 odd rounds and didn't miss many. Shot 250 in a single night with NV with a local farmer. I've used ~3000 .22 and .17HMR rounds so far this year. There is no zeroing in those ammo figures. It seems odd that I may have shot as many rabbits as the entire rest of the forum claims to. I can never quite believe the 'how many rabbits shot' thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm not sure I've ever been out after rabbits an shot as few as 2. One Fri/Sat/Sunday I got through 600 odd rounds and didn't miss many. Shot 250 in a single night with NV with a local farmer. I've used ~3000 .22 and .17HMR rounds so far this year. There is no zeroing in those ammo figures. It seems odd that I may have shot as many rabbits as the entire rest of the forum claims to. I can never quite believe the 'how many rabbits shot' thread. You certainly have some good rabbit shooting in your neck of the wood apache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam1e Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 I'm not sure I've ever been out after rabbits an shot as few as 2. One Fri/Sat/Sunday I got through 600 odd rounds and didn't miss many. Shot 250 in a single night with NV with a local farmer. I've used ~3000 .22 and .17HMR rounds so far this year. There is no zeroing in those ammo figures. It seems odd that I may have shot as many rabbits as the entire rest of the forum claims to. I can never quite believe the 'how many rabbits shot' thread. Crikey, that's a big number!! I've a couple of small perms, and 2 decent 300-500 acre perms. I have to say I've not seen a big rise in rabbits, on any of them! In fact, i've not seen many at all. And no sign of desease?? I'm puzzled?? I'm open to advice, (Bar from Kent and Fist) Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistolgrip Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Got two farms either side of a not to high hill can work both in one night with the quad ,last outing four seen on the one and on the other, more ears sticking up in the fields than nettles, don't make sense to me no obvious reason why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Certainly more rabbits about on my farms than I have seen before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 one of my farms is riddled with hare me and mungolee see over 20 on one field of about 60 acre farmer said not to touch them during summer but to thin them out in winter we also see about a dozen cwd too and said ok to take a few so long as i butcher one for him so roll on November colin Blimey, a nice jugged hare on the cards for you then Colin, and then hopefully a CWD or two too! Nice one :-). I've seen a few more rabbits this year, but unfortunately the other side of the river not where I can shoot, it's like they know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdsallpl Posted September 14, 2014 Report Share Posted September 14, 2014 Rabbits in almost plague proportions on some of our farms. Never seen so many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Very very quiet near us, seen 2 all summer, however the cats have caught 3 small young uns, so they are breeding somewhere nearby. Sadly have seen very few rabbits in the last 8 years in my part of Carmarthenshire. Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malkiserow Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 Good numbers around here now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 one farm i shoot on has loads,cant wait till winter to shoot over ferrets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 On one permission between the middle of June and Middle of August i cleared over 300 rabbits, there were more to shoot but alas mixy has taken over. I went for a look a couple of days ago, the place looked deserted, i shot 2. What do you expect, you shoot them all in the summer, peak breeding time and now they are gone. Thats irradication, farmer must be happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted September 15, 2014 Report Share Posted September 15, 2014 RVHD is a disease that is killing off the rabbit population. Don't see many this way not like years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogcal Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 RVHD is a disease that is killing off the rabbit population. Don't see many this way not like years ago. Same around here, hardly seen any rabbits since late spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tollerman Posted September 16, 2014 Report Share Posted September 16, 2014 Agree with Richie 10 on this one .The numbers on the Essex sites I shoot are well down on what they were two or three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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