Anyone seen this before?

[FOXHUNTER 5,021]

I was out rabbit shooting the other night and shot this doe crossing a grass paddock with its mouth stuffed full.As I looked through the scope I could see it was carrying straw but on closer inspection noticed its mouth stuffed full with its belly fur , obviously ready to line its nest before giving birth.

 

I have never witnessed this in nearly 30 years of rabbit shooting, has anyone else witnessed this?

 

I don't know how it was able to breath as its mouth was literally stuffed full!!

 

[The one 8,408]

Christ that's quiet a mouthful it had as well

[SportingShooter 0]

I've picked up a bunny with a patchy stomach before but never with fur in its mouth

[The Duncan 802]

Not seen it myself yet, but as said, i've seen plenty of does with poor fur due to nesting activities.

[roughcoat 8]

No never seen anything like that quite a mouthfull

[The Duncan 802]

as the wife said!

[tegater 789]

Thats the best thing about sneeking about in the countryside... you will see different things all the time, that some peolple will never see.

 

Nature never fails to amaze me at what goes on, and that probably wasnt that unusual to a rabbit but we hardly ever see it.

[Ratsmasher 36]

never seen that before but have shot a buck with no ears....reckon they must have been torn off in a fight or something

[mole trapper 1,646]

Funnily enough in all my years skulking around in the country side never seen anything like it until about 6 weeks ago i was watching one of the many rabbits in our back garden, at first i thought it was ill, stuck or retarded, then i realised it was picking up and dragging dried grass, it did this 30-40 yds back to the hedge, then on one of my contracts about three weeks ago saw a rabbit that appeared to be nodding, crept up a bit closer and looked through the sights again and it was actually trying to pick up a big mouth full of hay and kept dropping bits, it was really comical, watched it for quite a bit and then i shot it. Probably never see it again.

[peeps_76 17]

i have seen this a few times when watching rabbits (mostly in static hunting positions).

 

but never anything like the amount in this one.

 

nice pic.

 

regards P