Rabbit shooting in Scotland

[cyclonebri1 8]

Hi Guys.

 

10 years back I used to travel up from the midlands to the border counties 2 or 3 times a year, Dunfies/Galloway.

 

Simply for the fresh air and rabbit shooting.

 

Had a long, long layoff due to a serious accident,, but back now. (But an old git now)

 

What's the situation up there?, better or worse, depending on which way you look at it.

 

We simply did B&B on farms that allowed shooting, and there were plenty.

 

Any advice.

[hily 379]

Hi Guys.

 

10 years back I used to travel up from the midlands to the border counties 2 or 3 times a year, Dunfies/Galloway.

 

Simply for the fresh air and rabbit shooting.

 

Had a long, long layoff due to a serious accident,, but back now. (But an old git now)

 

What's the situation up there?, better or worse, depending on which way you look at it.

 

We simply did B&B on farms that allowed shooting, and there were plenty.

 

Any advice.

the area i shoot over in the borders the rabbits where hit hard by the winter and they are only starting to recover now so you may have to come up later in the year or it could just be local to the lammermuir hills .anyway hope you enjoy your R&R!. rest and rabbits A.T.B.

[Hoolit 2]

Hi rabbits didnt do to well over the winter on the ground i look after although seeing a lot of youngsters about now. And welcome to the old gits club .

Hoolit

[dave1372 83]

Still plenty knocking about around midlothian and the borders from what I can see .

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Ey up

 

East Lothian has seen a drop in numbers over the past couple of years but it looks like they are coming back a bit. Even the moorfoots and lammermuir hills have seen a drop, but these areas go through cycles quite a lot.

 

Things are looking up though. At the moment the game dealers round my way are desperate for rabbits.

[The one 8,487]

Same as the rest of the guys some bits theres hardly a rabbit twenty minutes up the road theres hundreds and seeing loads of young about just now

[cyclonebri1 8]

Same as the rest of the guys some bits theres hardly a rabbit twenty minutes up the road theres hundreds and seeing loads of young about just now

 

 

Might head back up there for a go then, did ring on of the farms we B&B'd at, they said there will still plenty around.

 

Mooching around down here I may get 1, 2, or 3 a session, 100 an hour was possible up your way

[GeoffG 2]

Up here in the highlands (Thurso way) there are VERY few.

last year we had dozens running around the croft yard even. This year I see the od one or two in a day!

Must be the cold winter.

Geoff

[dave1372 83]

Up here in the highlands (Thurso way) there are VERY few.

last year we had dozens running around the croft yard even. This year I see the od one or two in a day!

Must be the cold winter.

Geoff

 

It was cold enough down here in the lowlands I dread to think what it was like up your way !

[GeoffG 2]

Well, put it this way, in addition to the lack of rabbits we do not expect to see many brass monkeys this year either!!

[The one 8,487]

We where out last night only saw two rabbits on the farm road one jump into the verdge and they where safe couldn't see them in the lamp ,even the fields with stock in them was high and we couldn't see any we will try another farm tonight and see how it goes