Rabbit With No Ears !

[luckyplum 50]

i had a stroll round this afternoon with the air arms after work, the light had just about gone when i spoted a rabbit a few feet out into the feild of young barley. i took the shot and rolled the rabbit over, as i approached the rabbit in the very last minutes of daylight i sensed somthing was not quite right, in fact the rabbit had both ears cut off very short ! has anyone seen this before ?

[CharlieSlade 14]

I've shot one like this before but it was an old male so I think it was fighting with the other rabbits

[luckyplum 50]

hi charlieslade this rabbit was a big old buck but the ears seemed cleanly cut, i,ll try and put up a pic tomorrow, cheers plum !

[patterdale 673]

Just a thought an old way of telling a shot rabbit from ones that have been ferreted was to cut or slice one of their ears before being bagged up.so the ferreted ones could be identified from the shot ones for the selling onto butchers.But strange to catch one with both ears gone?

[j j m 6,538]

never saw that before

[The one 8,470]

Could be blamed on the doe cleaning it to much when it just been born ?>

[luckyplum 50]

i realy don,t know ? anyhow i,v taken a couple of photo,s and i will try and post them if not my boy will be here next weekend and he,ll do it for me so watch this space, cheers plum!

[raptorman 6]

Farmers topping fields does this, seen plenty,

[secretagentmole 1,701]

Seen them blasted off with a shotgun (one of the first I killed looked like the ears had been attacked by carnivorous moths)!

Edited November 2, 2014 by secretagentmole

[Newlife2 55]

There is a site called Country Man`s Diary. A rabbit with no ears is shown in the ferreting section , the picture is a the bottom of the article.. thanks..

Edited November 3, 2014 by Newlife2

[luckyplum 50]

cheers newlife2 thats exactly what i,m talking about, thats saved me putting up a pic. cheersplum!

[paulk73 151]

i was once on a job and there was a tractor mowing the long grass in an orchard. the rabbits where squatting in the long grass. the mower was a boxer type with the rotary blades on the back. 1 rabbit ended up scalped and was dead but another young rabbit had the ears cut off and just sat tight with little stubbs on, before bolting off

[acculead 32]

ahhh yes ...... its the very rare van gogh rabbit

[coldweld 65]

No had a rabbit. But once shot a Fox with both ears cut to about 1 Cm