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HXTopdog
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:08am
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
Went to the dales on sunday,the area (pretty high ground) normally is running wick with rabbits but only saw three all day (shot none). hows the population faired through the worst of the winter in your areas?
Bear Withers
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:28pm
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
Staffordshire Moorlands rabbits are now getting frisky,fur scratchings around the burrows & I see the odd pair chasing each other around in the last dregs of the afternoon sunshine, but the night shift are not out in big numbers yet. I just shoot a brace for the pot every other week - let them re-group again.
Good hunting
Neil
scorpionch
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:22pm
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
Up here in Weardale the bunnies have taken a right pounding this winter ,there are dead rabbits all over the place where I shoot,but I have no doubt they will be back in force this spring.
Ian
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:05pm
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
hi here in south east lincs myxy was a big probl;em this year but leaving alone is doing the trick already seen young out and about so hope to do some rifle shooting in the summer, all the best Ian.
HXTopdog
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 11:16pm
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
Hi sure when the weather warms up they'll be back, farmers been shooting loads just around the farm for the past couple of months,with the snow they have been chewing through the wrap on the silage bales to feed.
abolter
Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 4:40pm
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yorkshire dales rabbit population
I live in the dales and the populations have had mixed success at surviving.
One thing though is that when we had the snow down for a month 4 estates shot over 6000 rabbits. Thats gotta hurt!!!
