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to late for rabbits

  • 18-11-2011 7:59pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43


    Hi all, I just got my licence for a .22, i'm a beginner and i was wondering if it is a bit late in the year for hunting rabbits?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭vixdname


    In my opinion it isnt, I dont shoot rabbits as much this time of the year simply because of the hours I work and the nights closing in earlier, fire away in my opinion and remember theres no closed season for hunting rabbits as they're class as vermin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Tawny Owl


    Just above your post is a Sticky which will inform you of all the months start and end dates which you need to know when and what you can shoot Rabbits are classed as vermin.good luck with the new hobbie you will enjoy it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    tadhg11 wrote: »
    Hi all, I just got my licence for a .22, i'm a beginner and i was wondering if it is a bit late in the year for hunting rabbits?

    you wont see much out during the day but if you have a lamp you'll get plenty of shots at night.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43 tadhg11


    If i go out with a lamp what is the best time , just after dark or middle of the night?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    tadhg11 wrote: »
    If i go out with a lamp what is the best time , just after dark or middle of the night?

    It seems to depends. i see a lot later in the night. Best head out yourself and try different times.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭varadero


    They used to say you shouldn't shoot rabbits unless there is an R in the month, but that was for eating and giving them proper chance to breed . Times now different, or maybe not, nice meat for a stew or curry, shame to shoot and waste good meat.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭landkeeper


    varadero wrote: »
    They used to say you shouldn't shoot rabbits unless there is an R in the month, but that was for eating and giving them proper chance to breed . Times now different, or maybe not, nice meat for a stew or curry, shame to shoot and waste good meat.

    i thought that was for oysters, never heard that for rabbits :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81 ✭✭varadero


    Nice sweet grass during summer to fatten and breed


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 170 ✭✭foxboy


    tadhg11 wrote: »
    If i go out with a lamp what is the best time , just after dark or middle of the night?

    they say if you keep turning up at the same time every time you go the rabbits will change their feeding time
    I also heard if you keep going during the day they will stay in all day and become night time feeders and vise versa


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    I saw, 15-20 rabbits tonight and today.
    Not millions, but a few.

    I've seen rabbits in the same fields 24 hours a day.

    Normally when no Human activity.
    4-7am I find the best winter or summer.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43 tadhg11


    thanks for the info lads.Looking forward to taking my new toy for a spin!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    tadhg11 wrote: »
    thanks for the info lads.Looking forward to taking my new toy for a spin!!

    there was alot of flooding here saturday and i saw alot of rabbits out around 3 o clock when the sun came out.
    that night on my permission i saw a good few but not as many thats usually on it. that was about 12 o clock. yours could be completely different though


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    varadero wrote: »
    They used to say you shouldn't shoot rabbits unless there is an R in the month, but that was for eating and giving them proper chance to breed . Times now different, or maybe not, nice meat for a stew or curry, shame to shoot and waste good meat.

    tis a crying shame to waste good meat. .i wouldnt even leave a pigeon in the ditch in the summer. .but IMO id tend to leave them at this time of year as i dont really see many to start with. .plus ive got pheasant and duck to be chasing :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,576 ✭✭✭garv123


    djflawless wrote: »
    tis a crying shame to waste good meat. .i wouldnt even leave a pigeon in the ditch in the summer. .but IMO id tend to leave them at this time of year as i dont really see many to start with. .plus ive got pheasant and duck to be chasing :p

    pigeon is meant to be lovely. must bag myself some soon.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    well theres not a lot of meat to be got from 1.but the breast is a beautiful lump of meat. .and the meat from the legs i usualy boil up a good few at a time to feed the dogs. .then the odd time il bring the carcass back out the fields and leave around for scavengers. .i know most of us are out to kill foxes but we dont want them gone altogether. .back to the breast ;-) . .but i find it nice marinated with a herby mix. . slow fried and dished up with chips


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭session savage


    garv123 wrote: »
    pigeon is meant to be lovely. must bag myself some soon.

    It sure is. Has a pretty distinct flavour to it but its gorgeous.

    I shot a rabbit for a friends pot last week and he said it was lovely... i was surprised because it was a buck and they usually taste rank to me. Maybe it was the way his mrs cooked it!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭Fiachra cork


    Hey lads - I'm a beginner too and am applying for a license - Assuming (and I don't like to assume) that I get it without any hassle - what kind of pigeon are we talking about here, and where are they normally found?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Hey lads - I'm a beginner too and am applying for a license - Assuming (and I don't like to assume) that I get it without any hassle - what kind of pigeon are we talking about here, and where are they normally found?

    Corn fields in summer (under derrogation) , and near woodlands in season


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭Alan 1990


    Hey lads - I'm a beginner too and am applying for a license - Assuming (and I don't like to assume) that I get it without any hassle - what kind of pigeon are we talking about here, and where are they normally found?

    There called wood pigeons and there mainly found in the country side and where tackle said the previous comment. Happy hunting and good luck with the license.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Alan 1990 wrote: »
    There called wood pigeons and there mainly found in the country side and where tackle said the previous comment. Happy hunting and good luck with the license.

    I left out what they were called D'oh.

    Some folk around here call them flying rats, i call them a curse when stalking.

    Trying to get through Silver Birch or Conifers to get near a deer without a clatter of Birds flying out is very difficult.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭Fiachra cork


    I left out what they were called D'oh.

    Some folk around here call them flying rats, i call them a curse when stalking.

    Brilliant - so they're the same ones ye find around farmers Barns - the pest type? Ive heard of people eating pigeon alright I'd want to be sure though! - I'd eat almost anything but Ide draw the line at RATS! Although I saw a documentary once of some people in India eating them!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    I left out what they were called D'oh.

    Some folk around here call them flying rats, i call them a curse when stalking.

    Brilliant - so they're the same ones ye find around farmers Barns - the pest type? Ive heard of people eating pigeon alright I'd want to be sure though! - I'd eat almost anything but Ide draw the line at RATS! Although I saw a documentary once of some people in India eating them!

    You can shoot them under derogation around farmers feed barns as they are damaging feed stuffs (with the farmers permission of course)

    If you look at the top of the shooting page you'll see a list of seasons for game and a list of Birds under derogation (which can be shot all year round)

    Wild Mallard is nice too if you can bag a big one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    me auld fella was doing a bit of haulage a few years back.stopped at a chip van on the side of the road and said he had a burger.demolished the lot even tho the menu said RAT burger!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭dazed+confused


    Rabbits have less fleas/ticks/mites this time of year, and so if you intend to eat them this is the best time of year to shoot them. Its nicer for your dog as well who isn't going to pick up any of these nasties from retrieving them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,807 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    Rabbits have less fleas/ticks/mites this time of year, and so if you intend to eat them this is the best time of year to shoot them. Its nicer for your dog as well who isn't going to pick up any of these nasties from retrieving them.

    Yeah - I'm beggining to think rabbits are the source of the ongoing flea problem I have with one of my terriers who likes to spend alot of quality time down burrows;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    I left out what they were called D'oh.

    Some folk around here call them flying rats, i call them a curse when stalking.

    Trying to get through Silver Birch or Conifers to get near a deer without a clatter of Birds flying out is very difficult.

    Flying rats are feral pigeons, not wood pigeons.
    The only people who call them Flying Rats are the ones that dont know the difference between them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    Flying rats are feral pigeons, not wood pigeons.
    The only people who call them Flying Rats are the ones that dont know the difference between them.

    thanks for highlighting that to me. I'll take it under advisement................


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Yeah - I'm beggining to think rabbits are the source of the ongoing flea problem I have with one of my terriers who likes to spend alot of quality time down burrows;)

    I'd reckon you Are correct. june, july and August I find are the worst months.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,140 ✭✭✭323


    I'd reckon you Are correct. june, july and August I find are the worst months.

    Ties in with an old rule of thumb my grandfather told me. Said rabbit should not be taken in any month without an R in it.

    “Follow the trend lines, not the headlines,”



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    thanks for highlighting that to me. I'll take it under advisement................

    Good man, I hate to read wrong information been given to people.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭The Big Fella


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    Flying rats are feral pigeons, not wood pigeons.
    The only people who call them Flying Rats are the ones that dont know the difference between them.

    Flying rat is slang so why would you insist on making that distinction between a wood pigeon and feral? :-D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    Flying rat is slang so why would you insist on making that distinction between a wood pigeon and feral?:D

    Its well known 'flying rats' is slang for feral and city pigeons, not woodpigeon. Theres a reason most people wont eat feral pigeon.
    Woody Allen delivered the coup de grâce in his 1980 film Stardust Memories, when he referred to feral pigeons as “rats with wings”.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭The Big Fella


    Dusty87 wrote: »
    Its well known 'flying rats' is slang for feral and city pigeons, not woodpigeon. Theres a reason most people wont eat feral pigeon.

    Flying rat is slang. Feral and wood pigeon are the correct names. ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,920 ✭✭✭Dusty87


    Flying rat is slang. Feral and wood pigeon are the correct names. ;)


    :confused::confused::confused:
    I know that. Flying Rat is slang.....for feral pigeon. Not wood pigeon.

    You brought up the slang so i checked Urban Dictionary for ya seeing as the origanal link wasnt good enough:confused:
    Here ya go,
    !. Flying Rat
    a city pigeon
    .
    http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=flying+rat


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 406 ✭✭The Big Fella


    Its not too late to shoot rabbits if your area has a healthy population of rabbits.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    I shot a few bunnies the other night at 5am.
    None in the field.previous day at the same time.


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