Facebook rabbit numbers

[ryaldinhio 4,135]

52 minutes ago, king said:

And don't forget to ask for a stud dog to line a 1yr old bitch .crazy kids on there.

Why do they feel the need to post emojis like this and pics to match the emojis.and that's all under there real name  

I'm obviously doing it wrong because the only emoji my bitch can nail consistently is

[ryaldinhio 4,135]

241 the latest I've just seen pop up. I don't care what anyone says on here or anywhere else. No one has use for 241 rabbits in one lump.

They were introduced as a food source. That is enough food for a year!

[tatsblisters 7,942]

6 hours ago, ryaldinhio said:

241 the latest I've just seen pop up. I don't care what anyone says on here or anywhere else. No one has use for 241 rabbits in one lump.

They were introduced as a food source. That is enough food for a year!

Some lads around here have never struggled to get buyers for large numbers of rabbits. 

[Born Hunter 17,637]

If you can go out and hit triple figure then they probably need it.

It doesn't mater what the rabbit meant to the country a thousand years ago, today it's an agricultural pest. Nationally the population has crashed, not because of rifles or nightvision but because of disease. Locally though they are still occurring in numbers to need controlling, evidently. Because of that national crash they seem to be fetching half decent money so of course there is outlets for them.

I think 'trophy shots' alone do fieldsports a disservice but I hardly think significant numbers of lads are doing what they enjoy anyway for likes. They may post for likes but they are doing it anyway. For years the lamps have come out as soon as the silage is cut and the barley comes in.

Yeah it's frustrating struggling to find your own sport when others are smashing it but that ain't their fault. Farmers want em gone. I personally don't get why lads just go out lamping/night shooting, I'd rather let some other mug do it and be in bed for the most part. A decent dog on the lamp though a spectacle to witness and it does seem fundamentally wrong not getting the sport when lads with rifles are getting heaps. But it ain't, because farmers don't give a f**k about killing rabbits honourably.

That's just life in the countryside. I've been there and I decided to roll with the punches rather than get wound up by it.

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

9 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

If you can go out and hit triple figure then they probably need it.

It doesn't mater what the rabbit meant to the country a thousand years ago, today it's an agricultural pest. Nationally the population has crashed, not because of rifles or nightvision but because of disease. Locally though they are still occurring in numbers to need controlling, evidently. Because of that national crash they seem to be fetching half decent money so of course there is outlets for them.

I think 'trophy shots' alone do fieldsports a disservice but I hardly think significant numbers of lads are doing what they enjoy anyway for likes. They may post for likes but they are doing it anyway. For years the lamps have come out as soon as the silage is cut and the barley comes in.

Yeah it's frustrating struggling to find your own sport when others are smashing it but that ain't their fault. Farmers want em gone. I personally don't get why lads just go out lamping/night shooting, I'd rather let some other mug do it and be in bed for the most part. A decent dog on the lamp though a spectacle to witness and it does seem fundamentally wrong not getting the sport when lads with rifles are getting heaps. But it ain't, because farmers don't give a f**k about killing rabbits honourably.

That's just life in the countryside. I've been there and I decided to roll with the punches rather than get wound up by it.

Exactly,  the farmers I shoot rabbits for just want them all shot , its pest control. I don't use thermal or nv just lamp so although I shoot good numbers there is always a breeding stock left. Every year seem to be the same numbers , I am pleased when they get lamp shy as I know I will have some future shooting. Jealousy is a terrible thing , if you dont have rabbits local you need to travel , which is what I did for many years often involving a 200 mile round trip just to shoot / ferret rabbits.

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

[Greb147 6,808]

9 hours ago, ryaldinhio said:

241 the latest I've just seen pop up. I don't care what anyone says on here or anywhere else. No one has use for 241 rabbits in one lump.

They were introduced as a food source. That is enough food for a year!

Fella I used to go shooting with used to get a quid a rabbit back in the day. 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

39 minutes ago, Greb147 said:

Fella I used to go shooting with used to get a quid a rabbit back in the day. 

They've been a pound a rabbit ever since the 80s

[Greb147 6,808]

1 minute ago, FOXHUNTER said:

They've been a pound a rabbit ever since the 80s

So when you're shooting a ton or more you can see why people would do it. 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

I dont shoot for cash , mine are used as dog food or fox bait.

[Daniel cain 42,852]

We used to travel to Scotland once a yr.... You soon get sick of siting there gutting a couple of hundred every day for a week1000 plus easy on a few occasions locally I would be happy on 3/5 an outing

[Gypsydog94 4,328]

12 hours ago, ryaldinhio said:

241 the latest I've just seen pop up. I don't care what anyone says on here or anywhere else. No one has use for 241 rabbits in one lump.

They were introduced as a food source. That is enough food for a year!

I seen that I wouldn’t be surprised if half was reused for the pic of there nights lamping from there daytime ferret trip. Just boosts there ego 

[Born Hunter 17,637]

I dunno about everyone else but I don't think I've ever seen a big bag and thought "wow they must be really good", I usually think "wow they've got some good land". I mean, no disrespect intended but you can only kill what's there and not all kills are equal in the sport they have provided.

What I mean is, surely anyone that's done a bit knows that big numbers are a bit meh. Surely we all aspire for volume of sport, not just volume of dead things?

Maybe I just get bored easy... 

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

You can only shoot them if they are there , if you shoot 100 it means theres plenty. If you only shoot 1 then why are you shooting them ?

 

[NEWKID 26,182]

9 minutes ago, Born Hunter said:

I dunno about everyone else but I don't think I've ever seen a big bag and thought "wow they must be really good", I usually think "wow they've got some good land". I mean, no disrespect intended but you can only kill what's there and not all kills are equal in the sport they have provided.

What I mean is, surely anyone that's done a bit knows that big numbers are a bit meh. Surely we all aspire for volume of sport, not just volume of dead things?

Maybe I just get bored easy... 

I'm with you mate...

We used to do a solar farm, it was rammed with rabbits, ferret in..bucket loads out ..it ain't rocket science! Lol

I love a walk with the dogs and a ferret or 2, may only have 3 or 4 rabbits, but the dogs and ferrets working together is far more reward than 60 rabbits hitting a long net...I've no idea if shooting them with NV is fun, I wouldn't do it as it ain't my job to clear the land completely.. 

Cracking walk with the dogs at last light on Monday, the little lurcher lifted a hare  I hadn't seen and we had a minute or so of running until it made good its escape into head high maize.. 

Glad to see it escape and a bit more fitness in the big dog... killing is only a small part of hunting for me..