rabbits in oz

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

 

Came across a couple pics on another site showing the extent of the problem over there years gone by .

Hard to get your head around the numbers .

[TOMO 26,197]

seem them befor....but as you say its mad thinking about them numbers....

there was an early bit of film from usa of a jack rabbit drive...that was on here a few years back as well....I do like seeing them old pics

[Moocher71 4,049]

I got pics of that rabbit drive some were ,

born ar the wrong time,love to go back pre mixy .

my uncul said he got rabbit sickness he took that many .

[Elchapo 3,167]

9 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

I got pics of that rabbit drive some were ,

born ar the wrong time,love to go back pre mixy .

my uncul said he got rabbit sickness he took that many .

With a full collie ? 

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

Had worse nights 

[Black neck 15,986]

22 minutes ago, Elchapo said:

With a full collie ? 

U pig 

[Elchapo 3,167]

2 minutes ago, Black neck said:

U pig 

[Moocher71 4,049]

11 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Had worse nights 

He told me couple hundred rabbits was average night with long nets ,

he and is brother would pay for rabbiting rights ,this was 75 /80 yrs ago ,he told me land was  coverd with coney .

first lurchers I ever see was by his feet ,he lived to run dogs .hes 95yr old now and had a juckel up to few yrs ago .

 

[Moocher71 4,049]

32 minutes ago, Elchapo said:

With a full collie ? 

Get a long peace of rope and find a tree 

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

1 minute ago, Moocher71 said:

He told me couple hundred rabbits was average night with long nets ,

he and is brother would pay for rabbiting rights ,this was 75 /80 yrs ago ,he told me land was  coverd with coney .

first lurchers I ever see was by his feet ,he lived to run dogs .hes 95yr old now and had a juckel up to few yrs ago .

 

Old boy that showed me the ropes with terriers used to talk of massive numbers that would sicken man and dog .

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

I’ve seen fields in Scotland years gone that literally moved like a wave with rabbits running in .I dont think those days will return . 

[Elchapo 3,167]

3 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

Get a long peace of rope and find a tree 

Why can these full collies make rope swings too 

[Moocher71 4,049]

2 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Old boy that showed me the ropes with terriers used to talk of massive numbers that would sicken man and dog .

 

Just now, foxdropper said:

I’ve seen fields in Scotland years gone that literally moved like a wave with rabbits running in .I dont think those days will return . 

Think your right ,the rabbit will never be seen in them numbers again ,

that's what my uncul says"they was like waves"on the fields .

he says when he was a boy you didn't need a dog ,just drop the nets and walk them in or drag line .

im lucky to get a couple round my way ,and the dogs do some to get a couple .

atb 

mooch

 

[Moocher71 4,049]

10 minutes ago, Elchapo said:

Why can these full collies make rope swings too 

Why you going on about collies for ,I don't run a collie or a x .

its fools like you that ruin hL .

[Moocher71 4,049]

3 minutes ago, sid g said:

not the numbers in the pics but I remember a time when you`d see  20 plus road kills on one lane near me early morning , and fields with 50 plus on  be lucky to see 6 on a night out now ...

They was always rabbits about round here ,always good places to start youngsters ,not any more .

more badgers than rabbits ,they dug into most rabbit places .one farm I go to  as brock in every hedge .