Where have all the rabbits gone?

[Lewis Ste 245]

I was out ferreting and 4 youngens asin only month or so old I think and a milky doe but that was on some new permission so wouldn't know what the norm was

[goldfinger 135]

Only seen one mixy rabbit this year,harvest shoot was down a bit on last years total,still finding does in young.

[Nobachop 0]

Same on my patch 3 weeks ago watched around 20 rabbits at last light, near a fairly long warren. Ive been out past 3 evenings/nights and not a dicky bird!! Did stalk a hare earlier tho but let the chap go!

[Whizzie 38]

One of main permission numbers are well down, but then i've hit it hard, as per landowners instructions & its had mixy. Generally numbers round here seem to be pretty good. A small permission (7 acre) i've left alone all summer is now plentiful. On my other permission they're running round in gangs!!

[R.A.W 1,987]

really struggling in my part of south east wales. still some small populations but any were with large numbers soon gets wiped out by myxie. feel sorry for the younger hunters around that can't travel. lets just hope rabbits build up more resistance to such a wasteful disease.

[pianoman 3,587]

It's been a really poor show on mine. There was mixy on my shoot last year and the numbers really suffered. This week I'm going out to an area of Barley fields I haven't shot over for about a year that's just been harvested. But I'm not holding out much hope of a large bag. More likely will be one or two if I'm lucky.

 

The weather this year hasn't helped much. Any sign of rain and the rabbits here are nowhere to be seen. Still, must get out and carry on eh chaps?!

 

All the best.

 

Pianoman

[Kent_keith 46]

 

 

Essex has two less now

[angela winder 2]

i totally agree mate im in syorks and numbers deffo down on last couple of years come back lads all is forgiven!!!

[hotshot2me 31]

I usually see Rabbits straight out of my back window on my backyard permission as i call it only 157 yards to the far fence, but i haven't seen one for weeks and no one else shoots it so you can't blame that. I have not over shot this permission as i was letting them build up, only taken 2 or 3 over the last few months just for my mate over the road: Dave

[villaman 9,982]

We have noticed when it's a very dark night with no moon there is only a few rabbits , but when there a light night there is more . So we put it down to the moon lol

[Phantom 631]

We have noticed when it's a very dark night with no moon there is only a few rabbits , but when there a light night there is more . So we put it down to the moon lol

 

Really?

 

I've found the exact opposite

 

Tony