matty thud Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 Well looking at the table that Steve b wales put up for pw rabbits the numbers are well down from 2016 . 3415 in 2016 and 1744 2017 hope better year this year . I had a good few last year especially off the golf course witch was poor the year before good luck pw members . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucyplum Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 yea the numbers are certainly down in my part of Norfolk, quite worrying really !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 They are down on last year's total, and sadly, I didn't add hardly any as they are scarce on my permissions. The Squirrel count was up though, which is good news for our native red's and also song birds. The Corvid total is also up on last year which again, is great news. I'm hoping that this year, I can add quite a few to all that are listed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty thud Posted January 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said: They are down on last year's total, and sadly, I didn't add hardly any as they are scarce on my permissions. The Squirrel count was up though, which is good news for our native red's and also song birds. The Corvid total is also up on last year which again, is great news. I'm hoping that this year, I can add quite a few to all that are listed. Hope so mate I went to one off my permissions over xmas and noticed a few more burrows so fingers crossed . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 The aim is to eradicate rabbits, not manage a healthy population. The small numbers recorded on here are a drop in the ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyshooter Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 On 1/3/2018 at 09:34, steve_b_wales said: They are down on last year's total, and sadly, I didn't add hardly any as they are scarce on my permissions. The Squirrel count was up though, which is good news for our native red's and also song birds. The Corvid total is also up on last year which again, is great news. I'm hoping that this year, I can add quite a few to all that are listed. still quite a lot around my area killed x11 over friday/saturday nights and secured x3 new permissions with quite bad bunny problems but i have a cure for them!!!! so will be busy weather permitting!! atb brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireSam Posted January 25, 2018 Report Share Posted January 25, 2018 Rabbit numbers well down on my permissions. Stopped going out as struggling to get 4-5 by end of harvest. Finished year with about 50 compared to over 500 in 2016. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad93 Posted January 26, 2018 Report Share Posted January 26, 2018 The waterlogged ground round my tea can’t be helping their numbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shootet gal Posted February 9, 2018 Report Share Posted February 9, 2018 their is hardly a rabbit around my town anymore. But the foxes have ate them all. now they are running everywhere and anywhere. In my town.causing mayhem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpy22 Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 as a general rule a lot of the ground i cover is down considerably to what it was. but i did go on to some hilly ground in the week and shoot 36 with plenty there to go at Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Really barren here. I would really struggle to shoot 10 bunnys in a few hours out now. 5 maybe but 10 would be a struggle. I've not known this few rabbits before. ATB Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted February 10, 2018 Report Share Posted February 10, 2018 Out with the hound the other day around a reservoir near to me, this place is usually crawling with rabbits, not one footing in the snow. No mixy rabbits lying about, wondering if it's the new RHD hitting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad93 Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Shot 4 on Friday night. Saw about 12 as I pulled up but they scarpered when I went over the noisy gate! Saying that, 12 is a lot less than you would normally see at 10PM on this piece of ground. Edited February 11, 2018 by Brad93 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Have not been on the rabbits yet as the approach to my main rabbit problem is still VERY wet. RHD will wipe out rabbits faster than you can blink and of course then it takes a couple of seasons sometimes to see numbers back up to normal as the disease only leaves a few very young rabbits existing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted February 11, 2018 Report Share Posted February 11, 2018 Plenty of droppings around here and it's sodden but then I don't shoot them very often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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