Half grown rabbit

[matt the lamper 161]

When out for a few hours last nite was a bit on and off the wind bit manage a couple but caught half rabbit there should not be any around now  been lamping the all season and first one come across as anyone else caught any half grown one's 

[Black neck 16,041]

2 hours ago, matt the lamper said:

When out for a few hours last nite was a bit on and off the wind bit manage a couple but caught half rabbit there should not be any around now  been lamping the all season and first one come across as anyone else caught any half grown one's 

Yeah 1 or 2

[Busher100 747]

Never mind the younger rabbit what you doing to the older one

[Igz 1,452]

18 minutes ago, Busher100 said:

Never mind the younger rabbit what you doing to the older one

Checking for a pulse by the looks of it

[grompz 703]

the few rabbits that are still about after rhd and mxy, seem to breed all year round now, I put it down to the milder seasons  and globule warming, you  when ferreting in December you can hit on young  rabbits in burys, caught a half grown rabbit only the other night, gone are the days when the old boys  used to say only hunt rabbits when theres an R in the month, the other months used to be the rabbits main breeding seasons, but that's along time ago.

[Black neck 16,041]

1 hour ago, grompz said:

the few rabbits that are still about after rhd and mxy, seem to breed all year round now, I put it down to the milder seasons  and globule warming, you  when ferreting in December you can hit on young  rabbits in burys, caught a half grown rabbit only the other night, gone are the days when the old boys  used to say only hunt rabbits when theres an R in the month, the other months used to be the rabbits main breeding seasons, but that's along time ago.

Deffo there chasing each other about breeding now round here 

I'm well jel 

[Bobtheferret 1,248]

I think nature fills a void and with numbers lower (also October was dry warm) they are breeding for longer. With less competition for the best feeding and warrens they can breed longer I saw to chasing each other in what looked like a mating dance last weekend and caught loads of half growns in October (if they were unharmed by dog or ferret I let them go to grow). I noticed the few does I shot in the summer (I try to leave them alone but some land owners insist so I show my face) had 5/6 kits whereas a few years ago 3/4. 

[matt the lamper 161]

It strange alright never had one in Nov befor