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dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes
PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 07 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Thu Feb 08, 07 8:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

PostPosted: Tue Feb 27, 07 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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Location: North Devon
PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 07 7:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

You shoot frogs?

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 28, 07 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

No, I can't fit them in the breech because their legs stick out.

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I find putting them in legs first helps

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 01, 07 11:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Seen quite a few baby bunnies this year. We have the slight advantage - we breed them

Lloyd



Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 10:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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

PostPosted: Fri Mar 02, 07 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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
PostPosted: Sat Mar 03, 07 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Black ones are melanistic.

Pete

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