Bare Of Bunnies?

[RemyBolt 420]

Has anyone else noticed a lack of rabbits around their area recently?

 

I know it's mating season (as it always is for bunnies) but it seems abnormally quiet to me.

Edited May 7, 2014 by RemyBolt

[walshie 2,804]

I did last year. This year there seems to be a lot more about. And not scabby old ones like last year.

[mattwhite 1,993]

Depends where you are i reckon. After the floods this winter a lot of burrows will be empty on lower ground

[RemyBolt 420]

Depends where you are i reckon. After the floods this winter a lot of burrows will be empty on lower ground

That's a really good point mate.

[mattwhite 1,993]

The burrows on one of my permissions are totally empty still and they were the ones that were underwater for weeks over here in jan and feb. The ones on higher ground nearby seem better populated than last year so rather than drowning i think they upped sticks and moved residence.

[mark williams 7,558]

Drove the car 77 miles to the Lake District and back again over the bank holiday and i saw just 3 rabbits .

 

[shergar 42]

found a field near me about 300yrds long I roughly counted 150 rabbit's they have nailed the grass right down out to 30yrds from the hedge on the whole length of the field , only problem is that it's directly on a public footpath ( oh bugger )

[The one 8,488]

Seeing loads about I reckon it's going to be a great year numbers wise

[eggs 4]

found a field near me about 300yrds long I roughly counted 150 rabbit's they have nailed the grass right down out to 30yrds from the hedge on the whole length of the field , only problem is that it's directly on a public footpath ( oh bugger )

 

Grab some " Police" tape ..... did i really say that out loud ?

 

Only joking but its a shame. We have squirrels that seem to know where the road is too !

[tilimangro 1,013]

Mixys wiped them out very early where I am

It whipped through the young runners very quickly

[paulus 26]

only pockets left here as the floods did for most of the population, it will take a few years to recover if left alone,

[RemyBolt 420]

It sucks, as a farmer has said I can have his place as a permission if I can get him a rabbit for the pot from another permission, to prove I can shoot. I'm just struggling to find many, if any.

[RemyBolt 420]

I managed to get a quick chat with a farm owner on the way to work today and asked about if he needed any work for pest control done. He said there were no rabbits at all, but did ask me to leave my number and said to ask him again in a few months time.

[inan 841]

Has anyone else noticed a lack of rabbits around their area recently?

 

I know it's mating season (as it always is for bunnies) but it seems abnormally quiet to me.

Think its connected with too many being shot in May.

[Pelletpower 203]

Last year my perm had mixi quite bad...really bad infact...

 

I'd maybe only get 8-9 each time I went and 4-5 would have it...

 

This year I've not seen one rabbit with it and last week we shot 47 in one session!