BEFORE MYXOMATOSIS

[micky 3,325]

There are not many old Rabbit catchers left on this site now and i was wondering if there is any one here who remembers life before this disease broke out ? , i often hear people say : THERE ARE NOW AS MANYRABBITS ABOUT AS BEFORE MIXY:  well i have never seen it though i came close twice, back in the day maximum infestation was considered to be 28 Per acre that might seem many to some folk but imagine it on a 1000 acre farm , one record i remember from the FIELD magazine was from an area i know well Bradgate Park in Leicestershire was about 6000 Rabbits shot by 8 guns in a day  another was how many Rabbits a Man caught in one hole {a number which  will surprise  you }