Plenty Of Young Rabbits About.

[kenj 131]

Despite one of the hardest winters we've had for years, there seem to be plenty of young rabbits about on all my permissions this year. Maybe it's because it's been too cold and wet for me to go out and shoot the adults, that there has been an explosion? Anyone else noticed this?

[The one 8,477]

Aye we saw a few young rabbits about last night then 3 am another total white out

[air gun ant 1,666]

Yeah seeing a few young around now but not really big numbers of rabbits yet but still early I suppose?

[jw74 27]

i see quite a few young ones on my perm,although ive been taking rabbits all winter.but where i shoot is surrounded by fields,so i dont think im really going to impact on their numbers much

[The one 8,477]

Aye its good seeing young rabbits about so early if they get a chance and its a dry year there might be a healthy population at the end of the summer

[hutchey 147]

hardly seen any where i am. got 2 the other night but normally see 20+ hopping about

[j j m 6,539]

not many on my permission

[robwelsh 354]

Seen yound rabbits since December now, their everywhere lol

[Deker 3,478]

Aye its good seeing young rabbits about so early if they get a chance and its a dry year there might be a healthy population at the end of the summer

 

 

In this part of the world it is not that uncommon to see the young at the end of Jan, its the end of March now, always plenty about by now, perhaps late March is early in some areas but it isn't here!

 

PS. There will not be a healthy population round here by the end of the summer, however fast they breed!

Edited March 27, 2013 by Deker

[liongeorge 7]

 

Aye its good seeing young rabbits about so early if they get a chance and its a dry year there might be a healthy population at the end of the summer

 

 

In this part of the world it is not that uncommon to see the young at the end of Jan, its the end of March now, always plenty about by now, perhaps late March is early in some areas but it isn't here!

 

PS. There will not be a healthy population round here by the end of the summer, however fast they breed!

I agree with Deker , seeing some young rabbits about now , I consider this to be very late. Will normally be digging to young while ferreting from xmas on...not this year though. Only just started getting a lot of heavy pregnant does and a couple of milky ones a couple of weeks ago. It was a bad year for rabbits last year and it's got of to a bad start this year IMO.

Lets hope we don't have another wet summer.

[toby63 1,236]

 

Despite one of the hardest winters we've had for years, there seem to be plenty of young rabbits about on all my permissions this year. Maybe it's because it's been too cold and wet for me to go out and shoot the adults, that there has been an explosion? Anyone else noticed this?

am supprised cause how can they get to eat the grass with all the snow about

[bear-uk 17]

Mine are all buried under a big dollop of snow, as yet not had a chance to go and look. Hope all is ok, need a good constant supply

[robwelsh 354]

 

 

 

Despite one of the hardest winters we've had for years, there seem to be plenty of young rabbits about on all my permissions this year. Maybe it's because it's been too cold and wet for me to go out and shoot the adults, that there has been an explosion? Anyone else noticed this?

am supprised cause how can they get to eat the grass with all the snow about

rabbits eat bark and other vegetation apart from grass also mate.

[kenj 131]

I saw plenty of young ones in January last year, but this year I didn't even see many adults, until early March and thought the snow had knocked them back, but now they out in force. Good job too, my wife has just told me, we have run out of bunny burgers.

[Dan_Mercian 27]

We've got plenty here, everytime I let the dog out for a wee he fucks off into the woods chasing them the little shit!

 

And Moles, the lawn looks great..... Not!