fawn coloured rabbit (bloody/guts)

patdahat

Mike87

Looks like you shot someones long lost pet Id be careful posting pictures of it online. I shot a white and black rabbit years ago with big floppy ears and just as I was getting into the car some mad woman came running and screaming out of a house that I shot her daughters pet rabbit that they lost a few months ago :rolleyes: :rolleyes: The club lost permission to shoot her land over it- but as the old saying goes "not a single f**k was given".

rabbit assassin

Ive often come across black , white and even mixed coloured rabbits when out shooting. It has to be because people are releasing them. Im sure a few will escape and make their way into the wild but Id say they are very easy for a fox to get hold of. I was looking through the scope at a very dark almost black coloured one last year after silage was cut. It seemed very wild and was watching me just as well as I was watching it. In one way I wanted to shoot it to stop it breeding and in another way I didnt want to shoot it in case I was told its a pet. Ive seen a good few already this year. Whats the right thing to do?

Erk

I've also seeing alot of black rabbits. But only ever one white one and it was snow white was cool comparing them. But my friend shoots the black rabbits he has alot of them on his land. There wild, breeding the majority of them now and so on so you may as well shoot them if you have to while doing pest control.

J.R.

The 'blonde' ones can be fairly common - I've got a few. Often known as hedge rabbits.

JasonBourne

Ive shot a black one. was the 2nd rabbit i ever shot. in my own garden it was the luckiest shot ever how i got him ill never know. 100yds head shot only shooting a week at the time with the most horible rifle ever made a remington 522 semi. still was a proud moment!!

dodderangler

ive seen a few black ones and odd fawn of flushed a black one before with the ferrets people let rabbits go and they breed so their in most places especially wicklow down past the beehive pub

JasonBourne

OR....... maybe were all shooting on the land where "the farmer lives" you know the one your parents tell you about when your dog, cat or rabbit went to live....! eek lol

snipe02

its might have to do with recessive genes if there is close breeding there is more of a chance of these genes coming out due to the small gene pool

patdahat

for the majority i would think it's something to do with the breeding and not released pet's, this 1 would have been let run away wild but the farmer wanted rid of the rabbit's which we were taking big numbers but this 1 kept sticking his head out and the farmer was complaining that the job wasnt been done right so it had to be done.

thekevin4540

thay are not that uncommoni got a handy few when i was out with the lurchers on the lamp and ferreting i seen 4 or 5 of them this year not in the same place in a few places thay were in places i couldent ferret i got 2 black rabbits and my friend got one with a few white stripes on him

Eddie B

J.R. wrote: »

The 'blonde' ones can be fairly common - I've got a few. Often known as hedge rabbits.

I feel a song coming on!!

BRIGHT EYE'S! BURNING LIKE FIRE!!!!:D:D:D:D

slingshot88

two of my permissions have black rabbits on them years,you think you have them all shot out and another 10 pop out of no where:rolleyes: