rabbit babies already

[farlap 19]

anyone else go ferreting this weekend and discover rabbit babies?? we were mortified to find several litters of babies about 4 weeks old. Its madness, this is February for gods sake.

[richie 1]

i saw a youngen running back into cover this sunday.

 

also when i was gutting a few rabbits a couple of weeks back, 3 of them were carrying, its part & parcel.

[farlap 19]

i saw a youngen running back into cover this sunday.

 

also when i was gutting a few rabbits a couple of weeks back, 3 of them were carrying, its part & parcel.

part and parcel of what richie??? global warming?? weve been ferreting for over 30 years and used to reckon on never seeing a milky doe from september to april.

[Guest manda]

everything is going haywire, the weather, babies coming very early, daffodils popping up in january (yes i seen them) it was warm today but i could wake up in the morning to 6 foot of snow, it wouldnt surprise me this year

[hedgesteeper 2]

Ive always caught rabbits with young in from late jan onwards, nothings changed much as far as I'm concerned

[Big bald beautiful 1,231]

my terriers put a leveret out of cover on saturday, so glad my whippet pup didnt catch it

[richie 1]

i saw a youngen running back into cover this sunday.

 

also when i was gutting a few rabbits a couple of weeks back, 3 of them were carrying, its part & parcel.

part and parcel of what richie??? global warming?? weve been ferreting for over 30 years and used to reckon on never seeing a milky doe from september to april.

 

 

 

part & parcel of ferreting... reading your first post, by saying "you were mortified to find several litters of babies " the impression i got that you were upset ? thats why i replied by saying part & parcel.

 

a lot of ferreters decide to stop when they see young. i personally dont see any difference in dispatching a youngen or an adult. all the farmers i do rabbit control for expect me to remove as many rabbits as possible.

 

i would say that climate change plays a big part in what we see these days, but like ive said in previous posts, a rabbit is a rabbit...

[lurcherchavvy 3]

i was walking back from coursing sunday and i found this little fella by a load of sets by the hedges.....it was frozen solid must of come out that night and froze to death

 

[Guest bigredbusa]

yeah i stopped 2 weeks ago , air rifle comes out now

[Guest bigredbusa]

i was walking back from coursing sunday and i found this little fella by a load of sets by the hedges.....it was frozen solid must of come out that night and froze to death

 

 

 

either that or he has fecking strong muscles

[ferretville 69]

I saw a feckin butterfly on sunday bloody sharp for them i thought but maybe`s not :crazy:

[Malt 379]

We saw about a dozen young 'uns when out lamping the other night. In the area we were shooting, it's pest control, so they'll be treated as any other rabbit. It's not nice, but it's part of the deal. It's a price we have to pay for our sport there, i'm afraid. If we don't do it, he'll get someone else.

[farlap 19]

i saw a youngen running back into cover this sunday.

 

also when i was gutting a few rabbits a couple of weeks back, 3 of them were carrying, its part & parcel.

part and parcel of what richie??? global warming?? weve been ferreting for over 30 years and used to reckon on never seeing a milky doe from september to april.

 

 

 

part & parcel of ferreting... reading your first post, by saying "you were mortified to find several litters of babies " the impression i got that you were upset ? thats why i replied by saying part & parcel.

 

a lot of ferreters decide to stop when they see young. i personally dont see any difference in dispatching a youngen or an adult. all the farmers i do rabbit control for expect me to remove as many rabbits as possible.

 

i would say that climate change plays a big part in what we see these days, but like ive said in previous posts, a rabbit is a rabbit...

mortified because i dont like ferrets in holes with baby rabbits as in my experience they are very likely to lie up and tuck in! not because i dont want to kill baby rabbits!! mortified because it signals the end of our ferreting this season.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Rabbits are rabbits on my main ferreting ground,, this one would of been let go if it was on my more sporting grounds.

[Rolfe 2]

Saw the first wasp of the year last week.........these frosts would have sorted it out by now though. Another wasp nest i have lost for later in the season.

 

Rolfe.