Why The Rabbit Population Collapse?

[Chaff 3,622]

  On 18/02/2016 at 12:07, smithie said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 11:26, Chaff said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 10:05, VOON said:

 

  On 17/02/2016 at 17:31, Chaff said:

This year our bit of land produced good numbers, some showed signs of fighting of myxi but the previous year there was very poor so we went else where.on this same land there are some massive burys that we never do leaving to over populate and then fill the smaller easier ones. Myxi constantly mutates to a stronger strain that initially wipes out big numbers then rabbits slowly build up amunity and so the cycle continues . So the numbers go up and down year after year. Now I might be talking out my rusty bullet hole here, if so please correct me.

Did anyone ever vaccinate wild rabbits against myxi and rhd, and then release them?

Not sure about that one mate

if the mixi mutates it would be hard to vacinate against as next season it would be a new strain and vacation would then be out dated...

No two ways about it, it's a wicked one made by some evil b*****ds, as for this vhd one not sure how wide spread that is, I was told it kills all in less than 48 hours and that most die underground, differcult to know what's going on with that one if that's true, where as mixi is easy to see.

Just had a google man made disease first reported in 1992 f***ing c**ts

 

This is making for quite a depressing post

Edited February 18, 2016 by Chaff

[low plains drifter 10,804]

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

[Chaff 3,622]

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:04, low plains drifter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

What's it all about then low plains drifter just a political thing to win a few more votes maybe ?

[MickyB 327]

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:09, Chaff said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:04, low plains drifter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

What's it all about then low plains drifter just a political thing to win a few more votes maybe ?

 

Money & personal gain for politicians, nothing else.

[low plains drifter 10,804]

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:09, Chaff said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:04, low plains drifter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

What's it all about then low plains drifter just a political thing to win a few more votes maybe ?

That's it mate piss and wind politics, wonder how many of these desk boys have ever had a walk across the windy land

[Slippery_Weasel 460]

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:09, Chaff said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:04, low plains drifter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

What's it all about then low plains drifter just a political thing to win a few more votes maybe ?

 

It was to distract the public away from the Iraq war

[MickyB 327]

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:52, Slippery_Weasel said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:09, Chaff said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 13:04, low plains drifter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 09:31, Somewhereyournot said:

800 fuckkng hares shot and they say the ban is good for protection of them. Ffs

The ban has nothing to do with animal welfare either wild or domesticated

What's it all about then low plains drifter just a political thing to win a few more votes maybe ?

 

It was to distract the public away from the Iraq war

 

the £1,000,000 + from PAL would have helped to!

[Chaff 3,622]

we are f****d in this country sorry to say,the masses are blinkered.

[pratty 9]

Lets face it lads our sports on rabbits is f****d.i dnt think they will ever get bk to good numbers by where i live anyway.that been hit to hard with guns and lurchers.dnt forget terriers and the ferreting man.being hunted day and night.i hope they do come bk and we can carry on doin what we love but i ent holding me breath.

[Chaff 3,622]

Might take a look at France grass might be greener not sure but know there's a lot of land to go at.Atb lads

[devon flighter 421]

in all fairness what pratty said could be thought provoking ! they are hit from all sides now, and more and more people are coming into the sport they are most peoples introduction to field sports being relatively cheap and easy to accsess plus all the environmental pressures man made and otherwise it aint good for them and us !!

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Everyone needs to leave it all for 2 -3 years and take sensible amounts not hundreds a season. That's probably what fucks it, people taking way too much.

[devon flighter 421]

  On 18/02/2016 at 15:20, Somewhereyournot said:

Everyone needs to leave it all for 2 -3 years and take sensible amounts not hundreds a season. That's probably what fucks it, people taking way too much.

agree ,but aint going to happen theres to much greed now !!!!!! would be interesting to know just how many are taken now compared to say 10 years back ,never going to be possible but interesting !

[Chaff 3,622]

  On 18/02/2016 at 15:28, devon flighter said:

 

  On 18/02/2016 at 15:20, Somewhereyournot said:

Everyone needs to leave it all for 2 -3 years and take sensible amounts not hundreds a season. That's probably what fucks it, people taking way too much.

 

agree ,but aint going to happen theres to much greed now !!!!!! would be interesting to know just how many are taken now compared to say 10 years back ,never going to be possible but interesting !

Well ten or more years ago my mate went for a nights shooting rabbits with his new night scope he soon realised he was shooting fresh molehills, and said what a load of bollox it was, but today is a different story too easy imo. Part of me thinks leave them be the other says take them and eat em before this vhd comes around.

[hollands hope 1,024]

  On 18/02/2016 at 14:04, Chaff said:

we are f****d in this country sorry to say,the masses are blinkered.

They always are .