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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:21 pm Post subject: Drop boxes

Anybody heard of 'em? Somebody on a trees siite recommended them as an easy trapping method for rabbits:

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Basically a hole dug in the ground beneath the fenceline with a wooden box
dropped in the hole about 2foot deep. On top of this is a wooden
'treadplate' pivoted so that when brer rabbit comes along his weight tips
the plate, he falls into the box and the counterbalance tips the plate back
into set position. Too deep for rabbit to jump out of and is stopped by the
wooden plate anyway.

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:28 pm Post subject:
You seem to planning on making a serious dent in the local wildlife !

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:32 pm Post subject:

Andy B wrote:

You seem to planning on making a serious dent in the local wildlife !

There's a warren in one of the fields that's at least 100 sq ft, I'd only ever take what I could eat, just looking at the best ways of doing it thats all.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:37 pm Post subject:
Never heard of it, but it sounds like a nice, simple trap. Of course you'll need to check it at least once a day and despatch them yourself.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:40 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

despatch them yourself.

No probs with that, spose you could set them in the evening and go and check first thing in the morning?

Is there a preferred season for taking rabbit or not?

Gervase

Joined: 17 Nov 2004
Posts: 8655

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:49 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

Is there a preferred season for taking rabbit or not?

When there's a 'y' in the day!

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:52 pm Post subject:

Gervase wrote:

tahir wrote:

Is there a preferred season for taking rabbit or not?

When there's a 'y' in the day!

But is spring rabbit tastier than summer rabbit? (or whatever)

Jb

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

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:53 pm Post subject:

Gervase wrote:

tahir wrote:

Is there a preferred season for taking rabbit or not?

When there's a 'y' in the day!

or slightly more accurately when there's an r in the month. You can take rabbit at any time but they're supposedly not so good from may - august.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 12:54 pm Post subject:

JB wrote:

or slightly more accurately when there's an r in the month. You can take rabbit at any time but they're supposedly not so good from may - august.

Thanks JB, thats what I was trying to get at.

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

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 1:07 pm Post subject:
I thought the traditional time to eat rabbit was in the winter months as there is less chance og killing a female and leaving dependant babies. If the winter is mild thought they may still be breeding. If I ever come to visit I'll pack a cool box.

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 1:08 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

I thought the traditional time to eat rabbit was in the winter months as there is less chance og killing a female and leaving dependant babies. If the winter is mild thought they may still be breeding.

If I ever come to visit I'll pack a cool box.

Correct, it also means you have less chance of paunching a pregnant female as well.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 1:09 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

it also means you have less chance of paunching a pregnant female as well.

Bet that's a bit messy

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
Posts: 23956
Location: under some rain.

Posted: Fri Dec 23, 05 1:19 pm Post subject:
Not really an different from paunching a rabbit normally, just not pleasant killing the unborns.

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