"Be vewy vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits"

[StackerKen]

We have a little tiny bunny wabbit(bout 3 inches long) in our garage, he has been in there for a couple days now.
I left the garage door and the side door open all day yesterday...but I spoted him again last nite and this morn.

I fed him last nite and he ate all the greens I put out.

Now I have a trap(cat,raccon type) set for the little guy. :)

We have tons of rabbits around here this year....But I would have to be really hungry to kill a cute little bunny wabbit

[MNeagle]

Is it a live trap?

[StackerKen]

lol...Yes :)

[Korbin Dallas]

I caught a wascly wabbit today, in a Rat Trap! Damnedest thing I saw all day!

[Ponce]

Dallas? I just gave you a Semite for that news............

[banjo]

Dallas? I just gave you a Semite for that news............


Well I guess that proves that you're not anti-Semite... :laugh

[StackerKen]

Looks like this bunny wants to stay. I opened the door and it went out but never went further than a couple of feet from the door and every time it saw us it ran back into the garage.

I decided to let him stay awhile ...and quit trying catch him.

I think we saw this hawk get his mama and feed it to her babies in the big hawk nest a couple days ago.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h55/baytraderken/hawknest-1.jpg

[Dave Thomas]

I'd say unless the damn thing doesn't build a nice dry hutch near some electrical junction, wait and see. Although you can never tell how much untold damage various critters can do in the nooks and crannies of the old hacienda.

I had a city inspector come check out an evaporator that was installed, and he told me that something made a big nest of pine needles in one corner of the attic.

I got back there, and there was a heap of dry pine needles that looked like it would make a tiny Hindenburg like explosion. I must have removed about 2 large hefty bags of very dry pine needles from the corner of the attic. And the squirrels that were responsible were long gone, since it was spring already.

Good thing I don't leave rags soaked in boiled linseed oil all over the place.

[1970 Silver Art]

I would just call Elmer Fudd to hunt down those wabbits and just sit back and relax and let him and his double-barreled shout gun do the "dirty" work. ;D

[mick silver]

i have 5 in the freezer ... i wish i had more

[Korbin Dallas]

Dallas? I just gave you a Semite for that news............


I had it coming, but I swear, it was an accident. I have a live trap set up for rabbits and possums about ten feet away. I have no idea why a rabbit was interested in rat bait (slim jim), but he had it in his mouth when I removed him from the trap. Now I have set the rat traps inside buckets which are on their sides, so hopefully the wascally ones will stay away.

[StackerKen]

We caught the baby bunny. Turns out there was more than one because, while this one was caught, there was another one still running around in the garage. So, we let this one go and we put food and water in the garage for them.

We're afraid to put them out because we also have that nest full of baby Red-Shouldered hawks in the yard. (picture in post#6)

So it looks like we are raising rabbits now :)

http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs283.snc3/27789_1447221584904_1364103852_1205694_3270402_n.j pg

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs283.snc3/27789_1447221504902_1364103852_1205693_7904335_n.j pg

[mick silver]

a nice cage and you will have fresh rabbit when every you want

[1970 Silver Art]

WHOA!!!! What a beautiful wabbit. ;D

[StackerKen]

a nice cage and you will have fresh rabbit when every you want


We have cages...But we also have rabbits running around all over..so If i wanted I could get a rabbit dinner when ever...I just don't need to... yet....

but I figure it can't hurt to make sure a couple more make it to adulthood.

If I was in need and hungry....I'm sure their cuteness wouldn't be a factor anymore.

Right now it is.

[k-os]

Cuteness factor 10 out of a possible 10! ;D



(I agree with that not being too much of a concern when starving).

[mick silver]

you mean to tell me you dont eat rabbit . it real good fried up with mash potatoes and gravy and homemade corn bread and some green on the side

[StackerKen]

I just took this picture out the window of our office

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h55/baytraderken/bunny.jpg

Looks like a young one...but a lot bigger than the babies in the garage.

[MAGNES]

But we also have rabbits running around all over


Cute bunnies, we hunt rabbits for fun, my father caught a
lone bunny like that in his yard, raised it, very wild , fighting
and fearful, surprised to see those stay so calmly like that.

They do a lot of damage in numbers, that is why
rabbit in the pot, french onion stew style is best. ;D



i have 5 in the freezer ... i wish i had more


me too, my fridge is empty ;D

[Twisted Titan]

Rabbits are hardcore nasty critters

They will bite the hell out of your hand( or anything else)

Dont like the presence of other males

And they will even eat their own young if they had to.

No problem eathing Thumper WTSHTF.


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[Awoke]

Their gestation period is 31 days. That makes for a lot of food.

If you're not interested in eating them, you can learn a lot about them in general here:
http://www.debmark.com/rabbits/breeding.htm

[StackerKen]

Yeah...For now I'm just gonna let them be and let them multiply...

WTSHTF and we need to supplement the chickens and eggs protein. I will break out the trap or the .22 and get us a rabbit for dinner.

There is also lots of dove and quail here on our land . I have hunted all those in the past and will again if need be.

[StackerKen]

I shot this bunny this morning

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h55/baytraderken/backyardbunny2.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h55/baytraderken/backyardbunny.jpg










with the camera.....not a gun :)

[willie pete]

Hawks gotta eat too....

[StackerKen]

Hawks gotta eat too....


LOL...yeah...I think they eat pretty good around here.

[willie pete]

Hawks gotta eat too....


LOL...yeah...I think they eat pretty good around here.


Just thinking, IF you have chickens you free-range, it may be better to have the rabbits, better to feed a rabbit to the hawks than a chicken ;D

[StackerKen]

Hawks gotta eat too....


LOL...yeah...I think they eat pretty good around here.


Just thinking, IF you have chickens you free-range, it may be better to have the rabbits, better to feed a rabbit to the hawks than a chicken ;D


Yes we do have chickens and some do free range....I don't think we have ever lost any to the hawks.(none that I know of anyway) So yeah...you may be right :)