Rabbit dispatch - The Hopper Popper
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Foxyboy43
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Bo Diddley
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Nice and simple.
FrenchieBoy
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That is the way I was taught at school in the "Rural Science" lessons.
Foxyboy43
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I was taught the same a very long time ago - I assume most SD chaps know this but for clarity, clasp the rabbit’s head in your right hand so that the back of your hand/wrist is lying along the back of said rabbit’s neck then stretch….
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Make sure you then empty the rabbit’s bladder.
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Before emptying the bladder do ensure the otherwise mildly upset rabbit is actually dead….
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enfieldspares
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Murderer, murderer!
There were similar, using a lever, at one of the Leicestershire cattle markets. The animals neck (usually turkeys or geese) were put into the "V" and then as the legs were held the lever moved the "V" to dislocate the neck. Personally I always used to hold the rabbit upside upside down by the legs in the left hand and use a priest on the back of the skull on the few that weren't already dead as I always shot rabbits (with mostly a .22LR) and never had the pleasure of an invite to take part in ferreting or netting.
There were similar, using a lever, at one of the Leicestershire cattle markets. The animals neck (usually turkeys or geese) were put into the "V" and then as the legs were held the lever moved the "V" to dislocate the neck. Personally I always used to hold the rabbit upside upside down by the legs in the left hand and use a priest on the back of the skull on the few that weren't already dead as I always shot rabbits (with mostly a .22LR) and never had the pleasure of an invite to take part in ferreting or netting.
The gadget might be useful for a femail with perhaps short arms, otherwise that is the way I would do it in the field.
I was ferreting as part of a pest control contract. I dug out a ferret who had a few rabbits blocked up in a dead end. As I pulled the rabbits out I dispatched them, probably at the entrance to the hole. A few days later, a letter of complaint was received at the pest control company. It stated that a female member of staff who worked for the client who we had the contract with had observerd me "bludgeoning" rabbits to death with a spade. I was fortunate enough that my line manger was actually with me that day. It demonstrates how someone can perseeve something that is wrong and could have been so damaging to the companies and my own reputation. It also shows how quickly the rabbits were dispatched
Foxyboy43
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Perceptions of those who know nothing of the countryside do wot’s left of my head in. I well remember calling at a house adjacent to a “blue with woodpigeons” field to let them know I was starting shooting and hoped it wasn’t too much of a disturbance, etc…
The stupid woman who answered the door went off on one - “you are an awful lot, terribly cruel, I have watched your like tethering poor injured birds so that their distressed wing flapping attracted others etc…”.
Have you ever tried explaining the workings of a pigeon flapper to a highly agitated idiot of a woman lads? Old Foxy has and wouldn’t recommend it…..
I think ferreting is becoming a dying art unfortunately. Throughout my teens and 20s I was constantly out ferreting or long netting around my village. Many a cold weekend was spent silently over netted Warren's. Very happy memories when you could pick up a decent ferret for the price of a pint now they have become so scarce they cost a fortune if you can even find any.
The first ferret I was given free, when I was a child. I couldn't wait to use it but didn't have any nets. So off I went and found what looked like a burrow with a single exit. I thought I will just try the ferret and when the rabbit bolts I will catch it. Well, the plan worked and I caught the rabbit in mid flight as it leapt from the hole. Headed home, proud as punch.
Foxyboy43
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Best fun you could ever have! Many great times I spent diving between nets on a busy bury - God knows what an uniformed passerby would have thought….
Jon P
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My wife can manage to get the rabbits around 5 ft long and still not dead when trying it by hand- I not sure how , maybe not enough initial strength. Not a problem now as no rabbits.
Good contraption especially if you have a lot to cull.
Bo Diddley
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Ideal method for farmed rabbits, especially if you have a few to dispatch.
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