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dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 07 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

at that range the nearest stick will do
i met some lads in scotland who used to chase them down steep hills and grab them
pistol would be elegant at breakfast but unfortunatly not legal in rabbit dropping strength
a duelling pistol would be so stylish for bunnykins in the lettuce

lottie



Joined: 11 Aug 2005
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Location: ceredigion
PostPosted: Mon Apr 23, 07 3:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Even 20 yrs. ago I'd have had the little b*****s but anno domini and an arthritic knee mean traps it is

Acorn



Joined: 04 Dec 2005
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Location: Oxfordshire
PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 07 6:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I had some success with the cage traps, they are best if placed alongside a fence so the rabbits follow the fence line and walk into the trap. They are abit of a bugger to get out as they kick and scratch quite a bit.
I've had to stop using them for a while as the local fox would get there before me and I would the cage turned over complete with a dead rabbit minus its legs.
Not very nice.

lottie



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 07 6:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Might give one of them a go then----the defra site suggests painting them green as camoflage----I could probably shoot them in the back of the head with an air rifle before I opened the trap as I think the mesh would be big enough to get the barrel through----thanks

Acorn



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 07 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I wouldn't bother painting them, the smell of the paint would be worse than the shiny metal, which doesn't bother them anyway.

lottie



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 26, 07 7:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

O.K. Thanks for that----I'll give it a go----if I have to escalate to spring traps so be it ----but I'll try the gentler methods first----and yes I know if me or mine were starving I wouldn't care how I caught them. But the mirror tells me starving I'm not

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