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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46207
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 07 6:18 pm Post subject:

ive not seen a bunny round here for 30 yrs . a few miles in any direction there are plenty in similar habitats to here full of bunnies . it is not hunting (there are none to hunt ). , i was out yesterday in a place that when i was a kid there were plenty (and some hares but they went when silage replaced late cut hay ) now none at all
the other side of town is similar in habitats and has bunnies aplenty

Old-Chads-Orchard

Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 07 8:34 pm Post subject:

bodger wrote:

Over the centuries , I've encountered young bunnies in every month of the year.
Incidentally frog spawn arrived in my pond on Tuesday. Its now frozen in the ice.

Not seen any around here between December and late February before, saw about 6 playing in the hedge earlier, lets hope they grow into big tasty rabbits

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 07 11:24 pm Post subject:
Seen a few bunnies down here near Bristol, but the weather is unseasonably warm. I also have frig spwan, and my trigger finger is itching.......

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

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 7:59 am Post subject:
You shoot frogs?

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Wed Feb 28, 07 12:18 pm Post subject:
No, I can't fit them in the breech because their legs stick out.

Old-Chads-Orchard

Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:17 pm Post subject:
I find putting them in legs first helps

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:21 pm Post subject:
Now, shooting crows, that's much more tricky, and as for deer........

gingerwelly

Joined: 08 Dec 2005
Posts: 419
Location: Wales ...in cardiff at the mo but from mid wales

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:28 pm Post subject:
we have some very sweet black rabbits ..... think a family pet must have got out a few years back and found a few wild lady bunnies .... there are less and less each year ...but this year have seen 4 little black ones

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:58 pm Post subject:

sean wrote:

You shoot frogs?

I believe that's not deemed socially acceptable since Agincourt. Entente Cordiale and all that.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:08 am Post subject:
Seen quite a few baby bunnies this year. We have the slight advantage - we breed them

Lloyd

Joined: 24 Jan 2005
Posts: 2699

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:15 am Post subject:
I'd be interested to know more about that when you have a sec, Simon, as it's something we've been considering doing.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:20 am Post subject:
No problem. Come on over to France and you can see them in action Seriously, I have a few books on the subject so if you need advice just ask. S

KILLITnGRILLIT

Joined: 14 Sep 2006
Posts: 894
Location: Looking at a screen in the front room

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:24 am Post subject:

gingerwelly wrote:

we have some very sweet black rabbits ..... think a family pet must have got out a few years back and found a few wild lady bunnies .... there are less and less each year ...but this year have seen 4 little black ones

Black rabbits are generally just wild rabbits that have that gene surface(can`t remember the correct name....it`s a senior moment a.k.a. C.R.A.F.T.) they also revert to albino and a nice fawn/ginger.

I have also come across some with white patches but I would think that was to do with a mating between wild and domestic bunnies.

Bodger

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 13524

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 07 4:38 pm Post subject:
We have wild ginger rabbits in our area at the moment, they certainly look different. In the past I've caught black rabbits and even a skewbold one. They all taste the same.

whitelegg1

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 409
Location: Woodford Green

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 07 8:38 am Post subject:
Black ones are melanistic. Pete

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