Poor Season For Everyone.more Numbers Next Season ?

[king 11,971]

as it's been the wettest December on record and very mild all winter.

Which has stopped a lot of lurcher folk lamping.daytime running.

Terrier boys saying not so many to ground.

Surely there's more game left to breed for the summer so will there be an lncrease in numbers in various parts of the country come next season.

Or will everything just balance out.

[J Darcy 5,871]

IMO rabbits and hares will be even less next season. Foxes will be the same and deer will be on the up.

[king 11,971]

Is that because of that rabbit disease doing the round jd

[General lee 979]

I went out last night and saw hardly anything I couldn't believe how bad it was

[frankel 2,123]

A lot of places I go where under water from the floods so loads of rabbits I go for will have been flooded out.

[MickyB 327]

had good and bad days (probs more bad days lol) this season, met a few good lads this season which is a bonus, picked up a young one mooching the other day, probably one last lamping trip to my last spot tonight and the lamp will be off for the spring/summer, seen rabbits where I haven't ever before this season though locally, numbers are never massive though but Im hoping they have a good summer and the lads that dont like cold leave them alone while I'm driving around trying to get new permission.

 

ATB

Mick

[Kieransingo 256]

I've not killed many rabbit this season had a few good nights an bad went the other night an saw two rabbits the frost ain't helping I don't think an they were sat by hedge.

[Chaff 3,571]

Not too bad this season a guess of around 300 a few mid weekers but mainly once a week,last year same land we had about a dozen.so went elsewhere.was chatting yesterday about empty burys and increase in buzzards being seen, could it be they are taking carcasses left by mixi maybe.

IMO we will always have rabbits, they are real survivors

Those that have had a bad one this year, may well be singing a different tune this time next year

Let's hope so atb

[paulsmithy83 567]

the amount of water on the fields surely has got to impact rabbits but hares seem to be in big numbers for me on my perms and deer are spreading like wild fire. cant wait for my day pup to come through been really limited since lossed my day bitch.

[NEWSBOY 306]

A bad season to me is when you have a dog knocked up for months, or killed, nothing to do with numbers, some critters are going down, others up, make the most of whats there.

[pratty 9]

I dnt think there will be an increase.one spot i new used to have hundreds of rabbits.it got hit hard by hunters and disease no one has hunted there for a good few years now but the rabbits still not returned to good numbers.just a few about

[Chaff 3,571]

the amount of water on the fields surely has got to impact rabbits but hares seem to be in big numbers for me on my perms and deer are spreading like wild fire. cant wait for my day pup to come through been really limited since lossed my day bitch.

Sorry to hear about bitch mate

[D Lloyd 2,790]

not had a bad season to be fare but its toke some efat on the part of the dogs its not been easy for them wet ground ice old ect ect

[nothernlite 18,075]

Had a good we season got wet but use to it up here

Plenting hills for the rain to run of so doesn't effect me roll on next season

[Wales1234 5,489]

Terrible season dog wise but iv taken my fair share of game ! Silver lining it can't get worse next year !