Black rabbits

[kreet 0]

a field i lamp has one well not sure if its still there not seen im since the summer and theres one in the field with my horse's whitch im saving for the whippet once she starts chasing lol seen one or two every now and then over the years and a big whit one with black points up falkland always expected to see more as i seen him quite a few times when i was younger just when i was walking with the greyhounds .

 

edited to add . always remember hearing its bad luck to kill the black uns but prolly just another old wife's tale .

Edited December 14, 2007 by kreet

[gethinrees 0]

Can remembers a good few years back whilst ferreting in Huntingdonshire! catching Black rabbits!

Anyone else had these?

always seen a few arund on the estate i help on espesually on the lamp

[masmiffy 82]

Bolted one earlier this year

 

 

 

 

Ones we got were fairly close to Grafham Water!

They were black on top but the bellies were a lighter colour.

This was about 15 years ago, not seen any since!!!

Shame no pics but mobiles [bANNED TEXT] cameras in those days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Aled 477]

Apparently black rabbits were bred because their skins weer used to make those russian style of hats, which were quite popular at one time. I used to see one quite regularly at a park where i was a warden. It managed to survive mixy.

Cheers

Aled

[wife 1]

had a few over the years,the one new place i just picked up we seen a black rabbit as we were driving in

[dogga 1]

i am sure black rabbits are descendants of the black rabbits when rabbitting used to be a proffession on estates for the meat.the warrener would heve a certain amount of them in his artificials so he knew if he was being poached .thats what i was told by the old farmers anyway

[Simoman 110]

i am sure black rabbits are descendants of the black rabbits when rabbitting used to be a proffession on estates for the meat.

 

 

Used to always see a few on the fields near me, I think they are just released pets or their offspring........

[pigeonphill 69]

caught a black one on the lamp many years ago but caught a white and ginger one ferreting 7 or so years ago must have been a pet once but was still as wild as the rest when we caught it and causing as much damage

[ianrob 2]

Can remembers a good few years back whilst ferreting in Huntingdonshire! catching Black rabbits!

Anyone else had these?

I took 24 snared rabbits to a local game dealer recently, one being black, I said there's a black one amongst them. The man said, there all the same to me, the bad lucks on you, you killed the minister. Fathom what you will from that.

[micky 3,325]

Can remembers a good few years back whilst ferreting in Huntingdonshire! catching Black rabbits!

Anyone else had these?

I took 24 snared rabbits to a local game dealer recently, one being black, I said there's a black one amongst them. The man said, there all the same to me, the bad lucks on you, you killed the minister. Fathom what you will from that.

Its the parson down this way.

[gnipper 6,427]

Their called black rabbits up here and there all the same under the skin. I've had quite a few and they get pretty much everywhere theres rabbits. Melanistics I reckon that pop up naturally. I've had a ginger one and a brown and white one this year which were firsts for me although there was a lot of ginger ones in one place miles from where I caught this one when I was a kid before I got ferrets etc. Also a local place where there is a few yellowish coloured rabbits that look like dead dock leaves from a distance till they move. I'll catch one soon if they survived the myxi.

My mate had an albino rat with the terriers years ago.

[Guest MOLLY]

aye mate.i always reckoned the keepers put some down in my area to see if anyone was poaching!!!

How would the keeper know people were poaching because of black rabbits

 

Steve caught one the lamping other year, and this year where we have been ratting we saw a black rat... i really want to catch that

Moll.

[Guest SJM]

Had a few over the years as well as dutch marked "parsons" and ginger ones. I think it must be a recessive thing that pops up every now and then, a few years back we had a bumper crop of them, the little feckers were everywhere I have noticed when ferreting some of the big warrens where there are a lot of black rabbits, some of the normal coloured ones have a very dark, bluish tinge to their fur, maybe its cos when your ferreting you spend more time handling the rabbit close up, when killing and taking out of the nets etc rather than just flinging them in the bag when mooching or lamping, but Ive noticed these blueish ones allways seem to be living in the same warrens where the black ones are. A pic from a couple of years back

 

[Guest bigredbusa]

that first one looks like a domestic rabbit , all the others look wild tho

[micky 3,325]

aye mate.i always reckoned the keepers put some down in my area to see if anyone was poaching!!!

How would the keeper know people were poaching because of black rabbits

 

Steve caught one the lamping other year, and this year where we have been ratting we saw a black rat... i really want to catch that

Moll.

A black rabbit ,or white pheasant ,was a marker,if you had,nt seen them for a day or two ,you would assume someone/something was working your beat .

micky.