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Rosanne

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 12
Location: west wales

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 11 10:03 pm Post subject:
rabbots are pests here. My friend came to shoot them and in about an hour he had 25. I went up the field next day and there seemed to be just as many as before. They eat into the hay field for about 5 yards on the side that backs onto the wood.

Bebo

Joined: 21 May 2007
Posts: 12590
Location: East Sussex

Posted: Thu Sep 29, 11 10:13 pm Post subject:
All over the place here. Even see them hoping about in the station car park in the morning and evening.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 11 5:43 am Post subject:
Wall to wall rabbits here, inspite of my best efforts.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 11 9:09 am Post subject:

vegplot wrote:

They're kept within the walls of the Welsh castles to stop the English getting at them. Old habits die hard.

Your good lady has learnt you well my friend.

Colin & Jan

Joined: 03 Mar 2006
Posts: 203
Location: Dover, Kent

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 11 11:57 am Post subject:
Come to Kent; there are zillions of the bloody things.

markjadams

Joined: 06 May 2006
Posts: 109
Location: South West Wales

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 11 1:37 pm Post subject:
I would love to, I do miss them, I saw them everywhere in Sussex. Maybe they don't want to learn welsh

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 25795
Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 11 1:43 pm Post subject:
Do you have many near you? I have a similar problem, bought a few acres expecting there to be bunnies for the pot and I've not seen many. However, there's a few about and a mile or two away there's loads. I don't think they've been hunted too much, if at all. Plenty of deer though...

markjadams

Joined: 06 May 2006
Posts: 109
Location: South West Wales

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 11 1:51 pm Post subject:
The farm half a mile down the hill says she has rabbits, but none of the neighbouring fields seem to have any. When I collect things from a few miles away(5 miles of so) I see lots of rabbits running around. Mark.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 11 8:19 pm Post subject:

markjadams wrote:

I would love to, I do miss them, I saw them everywhere in Sussex.

Maybe they don't want to learn welsh

Maybe its your accent thats driving them off,try speaking Welsh to them.

Kenworth

Joined: 04 Apr 2011
Posts: 855
Location: Michigan

Posted: Thu Oct 06, 11 12:26 am Post subject:
They are in my side yard. My chihuahuas are fascinated by them.

chris123

Joined: 14 Oct 2011
Posts: 4

Posted: Fri Oct 14, 11 11:38 pm Post subject:
there are pockets of them about i usually have about 30 a week will increase that as the nights draw in seems the old bunny is increaseing in popularity again which is good news for me chris123

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 11 6:39 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

Wall to wall rabbits here, inspite of my best efforts.

Strange isn't it - I am about 2 miles from Bodger and we have a had aresident population of 3 rabbits for the last 13 years - never more of less.

Bodger (and others) who live on the other side of the main road will have lots because he has got all our soil! Someone must have it becasue we haven't

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 11 9:47 pm Post subject:
I'll bring you some soil and some rabbits. Forget your lack of rabbits Dot. You're surrounded by thousands of pheasants that have been put down by a pillock who hasn't got a clue. I have to slow down when I drive past your place, so that I don't mow dozens of them down.

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 11 7:50 pm Post subject:

Bodger wrote:

Forget your lack of rabbits Dot.

You're surrounded by thousands of pheasants that have been put down by a pillock who hasn't got a clue. I have to slow down when I drive past your place, so that I don't mow dozens of them down.

Actually, I think that is rather unfair - have you met the guy running the shoot? He is very knowledgable and has some really good ideas as to how to make it pay. I really hope he makes a go of it. Much better to have the shoot managed than go to rack and ruin as it has for most of the last 10 years.

But yes, there is plenty of roadkill about if you can stop when you see it.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Mon Oct 24, 11 6:25 am Post subject:
He's putting down approximately three times the amount that the previous keepers put down on the shoot. Having beaten on it for many years and IMO, my comments are informed and fair.

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