rabbit control

DubPredator

May be of interest to farmers . Rabbits controlled using traditional method of ferreting. Sustainable and humane. References and insurance available on request. Pm for details

Ray Purchase

DubPredator wrote: »

May be of interest to farmers . Rabbits controlled using traditional method of ferreting. Sustainable and humane. References and insurance available on request. Pm for details

Just out of curiosity, what are you doing with the rabbits?

DubPredator

Ray Purchase wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, what are you doing with the rabbits?

Human consumption primarily for myself, friends and family.

Ray Purchase

DubPredator wrote: »

Human consumption primarily for myself, friends and family.

Good stuff. Used to have chap coming in years ago and he'd leave me a rabbit for myself. Would go well in a nice game pie. Another lad came in and we had to give him the road - found out he was selling on the rabbits to "tease" greyhounds.

DubPredator

Ray Purchase wrote: »

Good stuff. Used to have chap coming in years ago and he'd leave me a rabbit for myself. Would go well in a nice game pie. Another lad came in and we had to give him the road - found out he was selling on the rabbits to "tease" greyhounds.

All rabbits are dispatched on the spot and none are used for blooding dogs . In my experience most farmers refuse them when I offer but I usually offer venison too

mayota

Are rabbits causing big problems anywhere now? I remember in the early 90's our place was absolutely thick with them. They had silage ground like a snooker table 100 or more feet from the ditches.

DubPredator

mayota wrote: »

Are rabbits causing big problems anywhere now? I remember in the early 90's our place was absolutely thick with them. They had silage ground like a snooker table 100 or more feet from the ditches.

In certain areas they are and in others myxi has put a dent in them.

C0N0R

mayota wrote: »

Are rabbits causing big problems anywhere now? I remember in the early 90's our place was absolutely thick with them. They had silage ground like a snooker table 100 or more feet from the ditches.

They certainly are, we over 100 one night at home on 100 acres, place is tortured with them.

DubPredator

C0N0R wrote: »

They certainly are, we over 100 one night at home on 100 acres, place is tortured with them.

Again if ferreting them can be of use to anyone please get in touch

ganmo

I brought the rifle with me around when I was checking the ewes around and after lambing incase I managed to tag a fox...ended up getting plenty of rabbits and they're only gettin plentyful again now

arctictree

We had no problems with foxes last year even though we have lots of them. So obviously the resident foxes were not taking lambs. Then a few weeks ago some c**t comes in and kills two of them and hangs them on the fence. Some job trying to disentangle two rotten corpses from the barbed wire. Now I don't know if the new foxes will take lambs or not.

DubPredator

arctictree wrote: »

We had no problems with foxes last year even though we have lots of them. So obviously the resident foxes were not taking lambs. Then a few weeks ago some c**t comes in and kills two of them and hangs them on the fence. Some job trying to disentangle two rotten corpses from the barbed wire. Now I don't know if the new foxes will take lambs or not.

I'm sorry to hear that someone who would refer to themselves as a hunter would leave foxes hanging from a fence. Fortunately they do not represent the majority of the hunting community

DubPredator

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May be of interest to farmers . Rabbits controlled using traditional method of ferreting. Sustainable and humane. References and insurance available on request. Pm for details

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minktrapper

I hunt rabbits for a share of farmers myself. I have been milking cows all my life too. So if anyone needs a hand to reduce the rabbit population feel free to contact me.