Ideation 8,216 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Not one reason, but always a combination. Hunting has increased, more raptors, more badgers, diseases. Since the ban lampers have gone through the roof! Quote Link to post
baldockbanks courser 598 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 they can and im sure they do but even if they dont leverets become adult hares. Or not as the case may be. Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Lampers, don't you mean lampers with guns? Much more effective than dogs and can literately clear out rabbit populations. Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 More guests than members are interested in this topic. Quote Link to post
rex 8 Posted January 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Haha that's about right! Good points made Quote Link to post
baldockbanks courser 598 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Lampers, don't you mean lampers with guns? Much more effective than dogs and can literately clear out rabbit populations. theres no lampers and no shooting on one side of my permission 100% but few rabbits or hares 10 year ago there were hares all over it.All thats increased is raptors. Quote Link to post
dougall 98 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 the buzzards do take their fair share of rabbits and leverets . love watching these birds ,not that many on the east coast seen 2 in my life .were i live on the edge of s/land,more inland,went up west coast of scotland last year year fishing and they were like blackbirds ,seen them takeing hares out i stay in the west coast of scotland ur right they r like blackbirds up here but i must say ive never known them to take harea i always thought buzzards to b scavengers and take mostly road kills and what they can find think maybe the hard weather got something to do with less rabbits the only good thing about the weather it kills the mixy fles and hopefully the f--king midges atb Quote Link to post
NOOK/ANNA 96 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Lampers, don't you mean lampers with guns? Much more effective than dogs and can literately clear out rabbit populations. Have to say i agree 100%. A bit of land I've hunted for almost 15 years now always had a good rabbit population on it. But this past season has been dire as a few guys have got permission to shoot over it. Never seen it as bad . An it has to be why because land just few miles up on each side of it are still holding good numbers where they aren't aloud to shoot. Quote Link to post
Cheshire Poacher 6 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 same as most parts cheshire have had a heavy decline in rabbits in some areas you are lucky to get 3-4 on the lamp spoke to mates in the middlands and cambridge and all say the same thing a huge decline in rabbits in most parts of there area Quote Link to post
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Some good points here but if raptors are taking rabbits are they not helping as the diseased ones is mixied ones will get took because near me there's a few b of prey n Where I go over a good bit of land not a quarter of rabbits as should be n found mixy there past few days but half a mile over there is more rabbits in one field than about 50 fields where I go it might have a lot to do with hunting as the places I know hold rabbits are pretty accessible public always walking dogs there n that so keep most of hunters off as well as that shooting them they ain't got a chance it don't pick out the weak or diseased where as a good healthy rabbit got a chance against a dog n if it gets away all the better for the rabbits population n health. Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted January 7, 2011 Report Share Posted January 7, 2011 Also seesm this year they got started at a lot earlier. Some places still have a lot - was reading someone shot 500 + from one farm in a night. But yer shooters are knocking them right down - come to an area that hasn't got a huge pop do 'pest control' (shot as many as they can for a pic) and then f**k off elsewhere to pay another farmer. . . but in some places there are more folk with dogs than folk without, hunting ban made it a craze. Quote Link to post
southcott 9 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 very few bunnies around me either, but loads of foxes think mr fox is eating them all. You know what to do then... Its exactly the same down with me as well - I was out for 4 hours the other night where it is normally boiling and seen very few bunnies and everything was sitting right on the hedge line which is a waste of a run for the dog. Ok the wind dropped right down to nothing but still its getting bad down here going to have to get a light for daves gun, the deerhounds barked until 3.30 this morning and to top it of a fox had marked one of the dog bowls, thats taking the p*** Quote Link to post
southcott 9 Posted January 8, 2011 Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 the buzzards do take their fair share of rabbits and leverets . we had a wild rabbit about 2 years ago in our top horse field, i no it sounds sad but it got really tame and when we fed the horses it would wait for bits of apple, dave was not allowed to shoot this one then one day we watched the buzzard just pick it up. Quote Link to post
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