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quixoticgeek

Joined: 23 Dec 2008
Posts: 296
Location: Canterbury

Posted: Wed Sep 30, 09 11:29 pm Post subject: Bunny for dinner

On my daily walk through my favourite foraging grounds I keep coming across bunnys. They all sit tantilising in the middle of the path just begging for an air rifle. Alas, the land is public, and as I have to walk past the gate house of the local military base (complete with armed guard) to get there, something make me thinking going over there with a rifle might not go down well.

I am pondering therefore the low cost option of making a snare out of wire. Question is, is that anything close to a sensible idea? Has anyone else tried it? What type of wire do people recommend?

Thanks

Julia

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 09 5:39 am Post subject:

If it's public land, snaring is as illegal as shooting without permission, and unless you are trained in their use, they offer a daunting risk of causing suffering or catching somebody's pet moggie.

For anyone wanting to catch bunnies, I'd recommend one of these:

Linky

Put bait in and around it for a few days without setting the trap so that the local bunnies see it as a food dispenser. When you remove the trapped rabbits, either neck them or kill them with a blow to the back of the head with a priest.

Shane

Joined: 31 Oct 2005
Posts: 3467
Location: Doha. Is hot.

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 09 7:12 am Post subject:
Presumably, you'd need some form of permission before setting those on public land, too? (If not, I shall be up the back of the golf course by the weekend )

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 09 7:59 am Post subject:
The problem with those rabbit traps is that they are very noticeable and also very pinchable. Your best bet would be to get one of these. Jimmy didn't catch hundreds of rabbits, he caught thousands of them.

Brownbear

Joined: 28 May 2007
Posts: 14929
Location: South West

Posted: Thu Oct 01, 09 8:04 am Post subject:

Shane wrote:

Presumably, you'd need some form of permission before setting those on public land, too?

(If not, I shall be up the back of the golf course by the weekend

)

I would have thought so, otherwise it would probably be classed as poaching. There's a difference in the amount of attention a person would get if they were setting a discreet rabbit trap, or setting a snare, or shooting. The green-keepers would probably be glad if a few bunnies started disappearing - it's probably worth it to have a quiet word.

Landowners are often a bit nervous about letting people onto their land with guns, with good cause, but I doubt many would mind a few harmless traps. Have a word.

Wood child

Joined: 08 Jun 2010
Posts: 45

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 6:02 pm Post subject:
Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

sean
Downsizer Moderator

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 42219
Location: North Devon

Posted: Wed Jun 16, 10 6:07 pm Post subject:
If you're just wandering round the internet looking for a row there are plenty of other places to go. If you'd like to stay here I suggest reading the site guidelines.

kirstyfern

Joined: 03 Jan 2010
Posts: 1574
Location: Great Dunmow, Essex

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 9:06 am Post subject:

Wood child wrote:

Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

Definately not!

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 18397
Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:08 am Post subject:

Wood child wrote:

Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

Would you like to pop over the border and say that to our faces?

Mr O

Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Posts: 5512
Location: Nova Scotia, Canada

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:34 am Post subject:

Wood child wrote:

Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

I think it must be you.

SheepShed

Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 332
Location: In the middle of a Welsh forest

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:48 am Post subject:

Wood child wrote:

Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

Just when I was starting to get to like you

Do you know that if Wales was flat it would be bigger than England ?

bibbster

Joined: 17 Apr 2009
Posts: 1233
Location: Just a bit inland from Aberaeron

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:54 am Post subject:

Wood child wrote:

Is it me or do %90 of Downsizer members come from that insignificant lump of mud they call Wales?

Jb

Joined: 08 Jun 2005
Posts: 7761
Location: 91� N

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 11:25 am Post subject:

Brownbear wrote:

Shane wrote:

Presumably, you'd need some form of permission before setting those on public land, too?

(If not, I shall be up the back of the golf course by the weekend

)

Though it seems to depend where you are. If you're somewhere rural and just asking a farmer if you could walk the field edge with an air rifle you'll probably find it a lot easier than if your in suburbia and asking the local golf club the same question.

matt_hooks

Joined: 01 Aug 2010
Posts: 312
Location: Lambourn(ish) Berkshire

Posted: Sun Aug 01, 10 8:35 pm Post subject:
The golf club would probably prefer you to have some kind of public liability insurance as a minimum. If you don't ask, you don't get! Most golf courses will already have someone who does the bunny control, but it's always worth an ask.

Wood child

Joined: 08 Jun 2010
Posts: 45

Posted: Tue Dec 07, 10 3:10 pm Post subject:
Jokes. Very sorry. But no, I didn't know that Wales would be bigger than England if it were flat. By the way, was calling Wales insignificant really demanding of a stern reprimand from Mr. Forum monitor?

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