Annabaxter 11 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hi All, I'm in the process of writing up an article about a day spent with some Golden Eagles hunting hare and deer, but this got me thinking about rabbits and I've heard a few of my hawking friends mention a decrease in the rabbit population on land they have permission on and I was wondering if anyone else has noticed a similar issue in their neck of the woods? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mackem 23,739 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hello anna and welcome,Eagles on deer sounds fascinating,where will your article be published? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 VHD/RHD virus affecting rabbit populations in parts of the UK and Ireland. Some area's are totally decimated, with little sign of recovery. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 30 minutes ago, EDDIE B said: VHD/RHD virus affecting rabbit populations in parts of the UK and Ireland. Some area's are totally decimated, with little sign of recovery. Spot on Eddie. Unlike mixy it goes almost unnoticed. Knocked my specks into touch thats for sure and as you said, little sign (or chance i fear) of recovery. This one has done for the humble bunny... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
C.green 3,203 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 The area i lived in used to be quite good for rabbits with regular teams of lads ferreting and that now i know hardly anyone who keeps ferrets. And thing is there bieng hit from all angles lamping with dogs and guns thermal and nitevision desease its not looking good for them but ive a feeling theyll make a recovery eventually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, Bosun11 said: Spot on Eddie. Unlike mixy it goes almost unnoticed. Knocked my specks into touch thats for sure and as you said, little sign (or chance i fear) of recovery. This one has done for the humble bunny... Yes, and what makes it worse, is that most people don't even know what's happening. It's only when the rabbits dissappear from their area, that they start to ask questions. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Who thinks the rabbits will become immune to vhd after a few years after all it is a virus, unlike the forever mutating myxi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EDDIE B 3,120 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 4 minutes ago, Chaff said: Who thinks the rabbits will become immune to vhd after a few years after all it is a virus, unlike the forever mutating myxi I don't know, I hope so. There is already a VHD2 which I think is a mutation of the original virus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chaff 3,414 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 I hope so too mate, I have found a few dead ones in woodland that looked perfectly healthy, I assume that's vhd I was told it wipes out a warren in 48 hours killing a lot underground. Was vhd a man made virus or just spread by man Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j j m 6,480 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 id like to see them recover from this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Navek Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Think we should all chip in £50 if everymember on here chips in we should have enough hire a good hit man to kill the people who inventin these diseases/virus lol that way the next cleaver clogs will think twice lol ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The one 8,396 Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hello and welcome mate there's still good numbers available but your putting in the miles to get numbers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Annabaxter 11 Posted December 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2017 Thanks guys for your input I spent the day with three Golden Eagles hunting deer and Hare, was great to watch even though they didn't catch any deer. We walked some miles that day and they all mentioned that the grounds they have permission on are low on ground game 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
polonose00 21 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 iv noticed the populations that seem to do especially well are the ones where say you have a field surrounded by woods with a warren on each side (large gene pool) as opposed to more isolated populations if so that would imply it could sort itself out with time but i havent really noticed a proper drop in numbers local to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
si brown 8,486 Posted December 21, 2017 Report Share Posted December 21, 2017 On 20/12/2017 at 06:54, Annabaxter said: Thanks guys for your input I spent the day with three Golden Eagles hunting deer and Hare, was great to watch even though they didn't catch any deer. We walked some miles that day and they all mentioned that the grounds they have permission on are low on ground game where area of Yorkshire are you hunting in?! I hunt around the north east cost area of North Yorkshire and the game levels are as good as ever! lots of hares and rabbits still about which is surprising cos there are a lot of buzzards and theres no shortage of deer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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