JPTfellterrier 65 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 basically i got 14 acres of land with woods on two sides, when you used to open the gate about 40 rabbits would jump up out of the grass and i mean i have had my fair share of them but from about 3 months ago there has been pretty much non, anyone got any ideas? as there used to be just as many this time of year and my place aint really affected with mixi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,263 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 basically i got 14 acres of land with woods on two sides, when you used to open the gate about 40 rabbits would jump up out of the grass and i mean i have had my fair share of them but from about 3 months ago there has been pretty much non, anyone got any ideas? as there used to be just as many this time of year and my place aint really affected with mixi you got poachers! but I'll stop now lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 thought i might,well they are getting my air riffle up there bums if i catch them Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Seeing less rabbits on my permissions. I thought it was more to do with the cold keeping them underground, foxes mooching about or the fact that there is more darkness this time of the year, so they are less likely to be out in the day/evening??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 aye but the numbers went from loads to practically nothing in 2 weeks and then became near on nothing after that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PeakOil 352 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Maybe some kind of disease or poaching perhaps. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woodga 170 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 you can only kill them once you can literally clean an area out if done correctly not that im saying you have done so other than that you may have had a poacher lamping the area or you may have been hit by the rabbit virus this usually killsa high % and takes a while for the numbers to move back in hope you find out the cause Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 maybe, shal keep an eye out anyhoo, very strange, would have thought i would have seen signs of diseased rabbits Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mattydski 560 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Go back at night and shine a lamp about? If theres still none about, yep somethings changed.. Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Go back at night and shine a lamp about?If theres still none about, yep somethings changed.. Matt will do, use the quad as my lamp broke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
victor 10 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 your doing your job then . or maby it isnt poachers. and it is infact another person with premission..?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Grant 4 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 (edited) If there are more young rabbits, and I mean young, to older Rabbits then you might have a thing called Viral Haemorrhage Disease (also known as HVD & RCD). The viris does not affect them until they are 8-10 weeks, and is normally fatal. It has been moving north gradually and has now reached the Scottish Borders. Edited November 20, 2008 by Jim Grant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
provarmint 25 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 aye but the numbers went from loads to practically nothing in 2 weeks and then became near on nothing after that Watership Down Revisited ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
blackdug 90 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 got any buzzards about as they make a real dent on my local population Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hiho 5 Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 well with it getting colder there not breeding as much and if your shooting them the numbers will go down a lot more than if your shooting them in summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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