raddits and there diseases

jwshooter

there is a good bit of talk about rimfires and rabbit hunting on boards now .
like most i look forward to summer eve s and shooting some bunnys its good training for my stalking dogs and keeps the legs stretched .

there is a lot of rabbits around me at the moment and i have seen the first few young ones last week in the garden .

the mixo kill a good few in a area two years ago but there on the way back ,
it cleaned the hill where i hunt most 5-6 years ago but there starting to make a slow come back now .
has any one come across VHD (viral hemorrhagic disease ) i heard of a case in the uk not long ago .

greenpeter

Mite be a stupid question jw but whats the signs of VHD?

Mellor

greenpeter wrote: »

Mite be a stupid question jw but whats the signs of VHD?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_haemorrhagic_disease#Europe

That might clear it up

jwshooter

has any one had a area where there was rabbits this week and none the next

Trojan911

There are some areas I shoot where there are plenty of rabbits one week and the next time I visit they have disappeared.

I used to eat them all the time but what put me off eating them was coming across some mixi rabbits a few years ago, however, now I am going to go out and shoot them for the table again when they are plentiful. I have a few orders from friends so the demand is there.

What I am going to do different this time is hunt them where I know fat healthy ones are i.e. up the hills and not down near the town.

So, hopefully soon, I will be adding to the Recipes thread again with a rabbit dish.

jwshooter

yea ya would not want te eat the townie ones ,ya would not know what they might have .

does any one know has there ever been any cases of VHD in ireland

fathersymes

I've heard agricultural supply shops are selling poison blocks to farmers.

No6

I havn't seen any wild ones around here for ages, plenty of Hares though.

jwshooter

fathersymes wrote: »

I've heard agricultural supply shops are selling poison blocks to farmers.

i have seen cereal growers on a quad putting them down. i done a deal with my neighbour a large cereal grower to shoot his rabbits .for this i am the only one allowed to hunt his land and he does not poision them
i put some partridges and pheasants on it just to run the dogs i shoot very few

J.R.

fathersymes wrote: »

I've heard agricultural supply shops are selling poison blocks to farmers.

How dangerous is this poison to humans or other wildlife, I wonder?

If a human, or badger or buzzard eats a rabbit that has digested the poison is there a real danger of being poisoned.

Not every shooter shooting rabbits will know if a farmer has laid out this poison on the land to control the rabbits and could unknowingly eat a rabbit who has taken the poison.

jwshooter

J.R. wrote: »

How dangerous is this poison to humans or other wildlife, I wonder?

If a human, or badger or buzzard eats a rabbit that has digested the poison is there a real danger of being poisoned.

Not every shooter shooting rabbits will know if a farmer has laid out this poison on the land to control the rabbits and could unknowingly eat a rabbit who has taken the poison.

i was always worried about that jr as most of my rabbits go to the dogs and table
, i use alfa at times i would always have it in the jeep but would be happy to see all poison bar rats/mice bates banned .
might not be too far off any way ..
also laced corn seed killed my pheasants 3-4 years ago i had 28 pheasants feeding by the house till the field was sown with in a week the dogs were picking them up .

if were going to have laws they should be enforced