colourded rabbits [full version]

[micky 3,325]

during the late 1970s i caught rabbits on lord spencers estate in northamptonshire.on five separate occasions i trapped white rabbits,his lordship told me that they had been introduced in the 1900s to make the lawns look pretty but i suspect it was to add new blood and weight to the local stock.

last week i drove past nobottle woods for the first time in 25 years i stopped and picked one up , it had been hit by a car.there coats are stained brown from burrowing but they are still unmistakably white.over the years i have caught quite a few black and one ginger rabbit but althorp is the only place i know where coloured rabbits still throw up year after year. hope i hit the right button this time micky

[Hob&Jill 258]

Lol right buttom

 

I want to catch a coloured rabbit, ive seen a few black ones around but never bolted one.

 

Josh

[ferreterno1 0]

i get the odd ocoloured one round here, one place has blacks i have bolted one but lost it another place i know of has ginger ones also ive caught blue ones from the main farm i go ferreting on my uncle has ferreted this farm for 30 years and hes been getting blues from here all this time

heres a blue skin next to a normal one

 

[Coneytrappr 30]

I've gotten a blue and several that have had various white markings [blazes on forehead mostly]. I've seen a black bolt into some bracken.

Unfortunately I didn't have the camera with me.

[apollo 9]

a ginger one

[Guest midnight_runner]

they say that if theres black rabbits around there must be a boom in the rabbit population as they are the first to get caught dont know if theres any truth in it though

[SeanTheHawker 0]

 

 

 

 

Edited January 31, 2007 by SeanTheHawker

[tote 856]

We have vicar rabbits around my area,they are rabbits with a white collar.

The amount of white varies from just a blaze on the forehead to nearly

half,usually from behind theshoulders forwards.

 

A few black ones as well.Only ever seen 2 blue ones and 1 ginger one.

[Guest houndblair]

Ive caught a ginger once but have always wanted to get a black un!

[the fezz 44]

use to see a lot of black rabbits a few years ago round here but havint seen any this year

[Simoman 110]

use to see a lot of black rabbits a few years ago round here but havint seen any this year

 

 

Usually see quite a few in the fileds near my house evry year.

[Guest craftycarper]

got blacks on my perm, but never bolted one the mutt had a mixy one last summer though, also never had the chance to shoot one either as they always seem to be the first to get spooked and be off

[Yokel Matt 918]

I had a jet balck one bolt whilst ferreting... i grabbed it and nearly shit myself as i mistook it for a mink Never seen one since... almost feel guilty... almost

[OldTrapCollector 377]

I used to save the lemon ginger (leucistic) ones and pop them back in after ferreting on a place down in Somerset I used to work, soon a good population built up and they were as common as the grey/brown ones. Nice to see them in moderation.

 

Black ones I always took as unlucky to catch so left them when out with the rifle or nets.

 

I also tagged along when ferreting at a Safari Park 'Pet's Corner' once and there were allsorts of rabbits bolting there, including one that was as big as a hare and multi-coloured. You didn't know what was going to hit the nets next in there. Madness!

 

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