Lamping last night

[The one 8,622]

We went for a drive round my work last night had a great quiet night ended up with 23 but we shot a young rabbit no more than 6/7 weeks old full blown with myxi ,we never saw another rabbit with it so hopefully weve nipped it in the bud . Now its getting colder that might help ?

[olim 28]

good shooting, but unfortunately you cant nip it in the bud

[Phantom 631]

Myxie is transmitted by fleas,

 

If you shot one that young, you can guarentee that its prevelant around certain areas of your permission

The mother, its siblings and other animals in the same warren will indeed have it or have had it

 

The thing to remember is that bunnies are now developing a totally natural resistance to Myxie; and more and more of them are surviving each and every year. If that lil' un had grown up to be a healthy bunny (and yes it can and does indeed happen) it would have passed its resistance on to its young, giving the next generation even better resistance to the disease. This process will continue throughout the generations.

 

Its just my own opinion but I feel that while its very distressing for us to see a bunny with Myxie and it must be distressing for the animal at the time, I feel that by shooting a rabbit with myxie (unless obvoiusly on its way out due to the disease) we are only making the disease last much longer. Its only going to be a matter of years (4 or 5 decades) before myxie will be to bunnies what a cold is to us humans. the more we wipe out the young with it, the longer the disease will last.

 

I am lucky on my patches, I've not seen a confirmed case of Myxie yet, however I saw a bunny sat at the side of the road the other day close to my permissions that looked rather raggedy and I think its eye may have been sticky, I was on a bus at the time so couldn't see it properly for more than a second or two. Time will tell. If it was Myxie I recon it will hit my permission sometime next year.

 

Phantom

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Myxie is transmitted by fleas,

 

If you shot one that young, you can guarentee that its prevelant around certain areas of your permission

The mother, its siblings and other animals in the same warren will indeed have it or have had it

 

The thing to remember is that bunnies are now developing a totally natural resistance to Myxie; and more and more of them are surviving each and every year. If that lil' un had grown up to be a healthy bunny (and yes it can and does indeed happen) it would have passed its resistance on to its young, giving the next generation even better resistance to the disease. This process will continue throughout the generations.

 

Its just my own opinion but I feel that while its very distressing for us to see a bunny with Myxie and it must be distressing for the animal at the time, I feel that by shooting a rabbit with myxie (unless obvoiusly on its way out due to the disease) we are only making the disease last much longer. Its only going to be a matter of years (4 or 5 decades) before myxie will be to bunnies what a cold is to us humans. the more we wipe out the young with it, the longer the disease will last.

 

I am lucky on my patches, I've not seen a confirmed case of Myxie yet, however I saw a bunny sat at the side of the road the other day close to my permissions that looked rather raggedy and I think its eye may have been sticky, I was on a bus at the time so couldn't see it properly for more than a second or two. Time will tell. If it was Myxie I recon it will hit my permission sometime next year.

 

Phantom

 

 

Nothing worse than a sticky eye mate

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Hi The One.

 

That was a productive evening, excellent bag me dear.

 

SP for some good shooting.

 

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

[Phantom 631]

Trust you

 

Your mind is as dirty as mine (Almost)

[Sweeney-Todd 208]

Trust you

 

Your mind is as dirty as mine (Almost)

 

 

WHAAAAAT.....no where near......no comparison

[stealthy1 3,964]

Yep! Phantoms is deep down dirty

[The one 8,622]

Hi The One.

 

That was a productive evening, excellent bag me dear.

 

SP for some good shooting.

 

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

Cheers mate i dont shoot i just drive and lamp and let my son shoot ,then hear about how good a shot he is all the way home

[mattydski 560]

Hi The One.

 

That was a productive evening, excellent bag me dear.

 

SP for some good shooting.

 

 

ATB.

 

 

Bill.

Cheers mate i dont shoot i just drive and lamp and let my son shoot ,then hear about how good a shot he is all the way home

 

I seem to remember that old chestnut