What’s everyone’s thoughts on rabbit numbers?
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Bit of an upsurge here a couple of months ago, but mixy and VHD have reduced numbers here dramatically again.
Fosbery Holster
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Because of lockdown l can’t go further afield to look, but in and around the village we’re extremely lucky if we see “one”, when only three years ago l couldn’t shoot them fast enough for the local farmers, rabbits were everywhere........not now !!
Hornet
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Got a few about, but nowhere near the numbers we used to have, in fact on two of my farms I have stopped shooting them for now, some of my perms in Derbyshire still have decent numbers, but I think generally speaking they are on the decline, I think a few factors are causing it, mixy, vhd, and one of the biggest certainly round here is the amount of badgers digging the kits out, if I go out lamping, some nights I see more badgers than rabbits 
Last 1 even 2 years they where down to nearly zero on all my permissions and not only there as i travel every day and have opportunities to observe at least half of the Northern Ireland. But now they are back again to a good numbers with plenty of healthy looking baby's
Herd immunity seems to be kicking-in this year on both the North & South Downs.
K
K
In our part of North Devon they looked to be quite plentiful a few weeks back. I have not seen so many on my regular excercise walk around our local fields in days since then. I suspect that the fine weather and longer days allow them to pick and choose when to feed.
I won't have a good idea of numbers till I get back on permissions post lock down and can visit fields at different times of day.
I won't have a good idea of numbers till I get back on permissions post lock down and can visit fields at different times of day.
Don’t have that problem around here as badger numbers have nosedived, thinking about it that may correspond with seeing more numbers this year.....Got a few about, but nowhere near the numbers we used to have, in fact on two of my farms I have stopped shooting them for now, some of my perms in Derbyshire still have decent numbers, but I think generally speaking they are on the decline, I think a few factors are causing it, mixy, vhd, and one of the biggest certainly round here is the amount of badgers digging the kits out, if I go out lamping, some nights I see more badgers than rabbits
Home Loader
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I was a week ago thinking there's enough to make a nice evening out with the rifle, and in the last couple of days it looks like vhd is coming through again, several have been found dead.
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