Damn rabbits

[beast556]

In Wellington the rabbit population has exploded. They have eaten big patches out of my lawn and killed it. I come out at night and they are everywhere.

[Bailey Guns]

We have tons of them. They live in the blackberry brambles. They don't bother anything. Packrats are a different story. They create all kinds of havoc under the hood.

Stray cats are the worst. Jumping up on the side and hood of my car and truck, scratching the paint and leaving little paw prints everywhere. I seem to have solved that problem, though. Haven't seen one in months.

[sniper7]

We have a few, but my pellet gun and now have both proved quite effective!

[Irving]

Are any of you eating these rabbits? If not, why not? There are rabbits EVERYWHERE in my neighbor, but not at my house because of the dog. I'd be eating rabbit stew once a month!

[MrAK]

Are any of you eating these rabbits? If not, why not? There are rabbits EVERYWHERE in my neighbor, but not at my house because of the dog. I'd be eating rabbit stew once a month!

I’d been told years ago not to eat rabbit on the flat lands during the summer, but that the ones in the mountains and at higher elevation were ok to eat. Shot one with a Ruger LCP when I came home from work years ago, skinned it, threw it on the bbq, and the dogs and I had a great snack.

[Irving]

I’d been told years ago not to eat rabbit on the flat lands during the summer, but that the ones in the mountains and at higher elevation were ok to eat. Shot one with a Ruger LCP when I came home from work years ago, skinned it, threw it on the bbq, and the dogs and I had a great snack.

This should be everyone's experience if you clean your rabbit nice.

[sniper7]

Not in the summer, the fleas would be everywhere and the meat wouldn’t be much good either. In the winter they are good though. Plus I have elk, moose, bison, antelope, whitetail deer, mule deer, pheasant, duck, goose, quail and some Alaskan salmon and halibut in the freezers so a scrawny flea infested whitetail rabbit isn’t quite on my desired meal list.

[Gman]

With plague and Tularemia, no thanks.

[ChickNorris]

I'm truly amazed at how habituated the 'wild' rabbits are @ my range. Last weekend there was one that repeatedly returned to it's dirt bowl in the shade under my bench. I reached down & just barely touched the silly beastie in each attempt. Upon contact & unsure of my intentions it would move just out of reach but come right back after I resumed shooting.

If only it knew my position on squirrels.

Similarly, driving in my mother's neighborhood is like playing bunny pinball. You have to make effort not to hit them after dark.

[Irving]

When I was up at Fall River Reservoir, there was a Pika that had the entrance to it's hole under the rocks right under where I was standing/sitting. It would run right under my feet/chair, and even was carrying around its babies in its mouth while I was standing there. It was pretty cool.