wymberley Posted October 13, 2017 Report Share Posted October 13, 2017 Just been chatting to a mate who had been chatting to another who in turn had been talking to a farmer on the other side of the River Exe. The consensus is that there's a serious decline in rabbit numbers - certainly in this area of Devon. Is anyone else around here noticing it? VHD possibly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Rabbit numbers all over the uk go up and down just the way of the countryside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 That's good news. Having seen just two in 4 hours over 600 acres and which are now both dead, I can give it a rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fruity Posted October 14, 2017 Report Share Posted October 14, 2017 Plenty this way , doing a large freezer full a month , but always need more lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 I've shot only 2 this year . Where as It would normally be 100 + on my perms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessyb Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 non existent in derbys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 hello, i heard there is a new virus other than mixy that is reducing large numbers in the rabbit population in some parts of UK, yet i have not seen any dead rabbits about like you get with mixy, anyone know if correct ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Numbers are well down in my area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 hello, i heard there is a new virus other than mixy that is reducing large numbers in the rabbit population in some parts of UK, yet i have not seen any dead rabbits about like you get with mixy, anyone know if correct ?? See post #1. Seems it's quick and they die underground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultrastu Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 And vhd2 a mutated version thats 100 % fatal to all rabbits it infects and can exist in the ground for months waiting for a host . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Hi No shortage around here - another 83 early hours this morning. North of the County seems very lean if not non-existant. L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie-fox Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 None in Lancashire at all.. Saddleworth moor is empty as well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted October 17, 2017 Report Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Out the other night with me mates new thermal to give it a test, very thin on the ground around here but that can be the case. Seems about every 4-5 years we get some good numbers then mixy hammers them, this is not surprising as it can travel through large populations like any virus. Of my 30 plus years of ferreting every year i would come across rabbits which had signs showing they had had the virus but had developed some immunity to it and managed to live. Still see the Parson around every year and they don't appear to be affected as badly as the usual Bunter population. I can still recall the sad memory of when i briefly lived in Tidworth on Salisbury plain, it was the year of 86. I used to walk out of me uncles house and be on the plain in about 5 minutes and remember walking across a field with his mongrel and must of killed well into the teens in the time we were out. I have never since witnessed such a sad sight as this. Boy i remember there were some big numbers down there in the eighties. atb 7diaw Edited October 17, 2017 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 My area has presented plenty, but certainly quieter than last year. Just the countryside at work, last year was a busy year for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 While chatting to the farmer, even he remarked that he hardly ever sees a rabbit. Not all bad news, an evening in with feet up and a glass or two of Rioja is quite pleasant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 Must be plenty in Yorkshire seen loads of road kill today, and plenty of very alive pheasants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 hello, i heard there is a new virus other than mixy that is reducing large numbers in the rabbit population in some parts of UK, yet i have not seen any dead rabbits about like you get with mixy, anyone know if correct ?? hello, beginning to see a few more about this time so maybe this virus has passed, oh and seems to be more foxes to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburban shooter Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 This is another reason why we are seeing more in suburbia targeting the grey squirrels. The rabbits have been hammered over the last couple of years by that VHD ,RHD and other names for the same thing. Seems the Mexicans are the only people to have got rid of it,( wonder how they managed it and we haven't). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 This is another reason why we are seeing more in suburbia targeting the grey squirrels. The rabbits have been hammered over the last couple of years by that VHD ,RHD and other names for the same thing. Seems the Mexicans are the only people to have got rid of it,( wonder how they managed it and we haven't). What have the Mexicans got rid of please and what reference do you have for this? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 Very few rabbits on my permissions in Shropshire this year. Shot about 500 last year and about 30 this year ..... only had a couple of sessions on the stubbles as drove round for 4 hours for about a maximum of 10 rabbits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted November 7, 2017 Report Share Posted November 7, 2017 another bout of mixy on 2 of my newer pieces of ground this month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitester Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Definitely less around this year by about 50% on my shoot. Not seeing as many young coming through either bazarly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted December 8, 2017 Report Share Posted December 8, 2017 Theres good rabbit numbers about but there patchy and you have to put in the miles to get them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted December 12, 2017 Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 10yr ago, I was out once a month and could get anywhere between 20 and 40 each time... but now, if I get 4 in a night I'm doing well! Myxi has hit, and hit again, in the past 6 or so years. Used to go ferreting, too, and have been looking and thinking about getting ferrets again. But I'm really unsure I could get the work for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted December 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2017 On 13/10/2017 at 12:59, wymberley said: Just been chatting to a mate who had been chatting to another who in turn had been talking to a farmer on the other side of the River Exe. The consensus is that there's a serious decline in rabbit numbers - certainly in this area of Devon. Is anyone else around here noticing it? VHD possibly? Same mate has just been into the local fishing tackle shop (sadly about to close as the owner is retiring) and while chatting to another customer was told of another area that regularly produced bags of 50-60-70 a night is now completely barren even though the one regular shooter packed it in some time back. Other bit of info will have to go on the country sports sub-forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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