Kill Da Wabbit
 

So I found two rabbit nests in my yard while mowing the lawn. I'm sick of these little f***ers destroying my lawn and landscaping.

I'm thinking pellet gun.

Or air rifle.

Or CB short.

My wife wants to see what expensive, ineffective devices the hardware store has to "repel" the f***ers. I don't want to repel them. I want them dead. We have a severe overpopulation of them. I've seen as many as 13 of them in my back yard at the same time.

Thoughts?

Be vewy quiet...
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They can be da*n destructive as you well know, and can be a challenge to get rid of. .177 pellet might work, maybe worth a try. A .22 short will work. Might want to start now. Live traps just create more work for you and opportunity for them. Poison in the burrow or nest as well but that creates other issues.

I let the neighborhood fox take care of the tree rats, rodents and rabbits, I take care of the woodpeckers and their drumming, and blackbirds that sheat all over everything in the spring. The little .177 takes care of them.

Karl
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Yep. All of the yards in the neighborhood are fenced so they know to avoid the yards with dogs.

The people behind me only mow once every 2-3 weeks (and considering we've been getting 2-3 inches or rain a week lately, you can imagine how their yard looks).

Throw a couple of 20-pound bags of rabbit pellets into your neighbor's yard when they're not home. They'll never notice (seeing as they don't seem to give a damn about their yard anyway) and the rabbits will all move next door.

Two problems solved at once, and you don't have to fire a shot.

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Jam a garden hose down the hole and let 'er rip.

2-3 weeks with that rain? God, I'm mowing 2x/wk. w/o rain. jeez they have the best of both worlds. Eat, cover and rest all day, boink all night. Maybe you could borrow the neighbors dog for a day or two and have him "relocate" a few. Or the first option. :D

Karl
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http://www.havahart.com/resources/trap-guide/small-animal-traps

Dump 'em off at city hall...:rolleyes:

I've dug out the holes and filled them in. They were only 6 inches deep at most.

And I don't have a heart. Some of the wholes were active nests. Let's just say I've cut down on the next generation some.

1. Live trap
2. Large pot
3. Dinner

...yummy!

One of those live catch traps that looks like a cage, and a hose hooked up to the exhaust pipe of your car to dispatch them.

You don't have a dog?

http://www.rodenator.com

works great for gophers!

Two words: MOTH BALLS.



Distributed liberally around yard and nests. From my brother the Vet.

CB longs with a .22LR conversion in the AR....pick them off from the upstairs window. LOL!

You pop the woodpeckers?
Huh.

Good advice.

The moths are difficult to catch in the first place. Then you need a good magnifying glass, some tweezers, and a very steady hand.

Scares the crap out of rabbits - they think they'll be next.

Damn...I can see military applications for the rodenator!

Must have been a misprint. No way way would I or the neighbors harm a bird that causes so little property damage in the springtime.

Karl
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Get a few cats. They LOVE rabbits.

shame URY914 couldn't have just mailed you his lizard.

yep
mine get's them of the farmland 100 meters from the house , drags em over the 5-6 foot wooden fence, through the catflap, and then lays em at the bottom of the stairs...

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or shoot ' em , stew em with strong beer, and eat 'em while drinking beer...

have a hard time seeing a house cat kill a healthy rabbit. i remember the neighbors collie getting mauled after he cornered one. those things can be tough.

.22CBs, a bolt action rifle, and a scope.

Your problem will be gone very soon.

the housecat is pound for pound the strongest animal there is...
My oldest one is 11 lbs, Bubba, 4 years old, and in his peak.

I've seen him fight other cat's... he slam tackles them and bites pretty much like the bigger ones do in Africa...scary stuff, don't want him after me, i'm sure he could mess up my pretty face
Have no doubt, that he can snuff a non domestic (eg fat, oversized) wabbit

The above specimen (european wabbit) brought in last week was about 5 lbs, which is close to fully grown up... they don't get much bigger around here in the wild... maybe 7 lbs.

Were not talking 20 lbs domestic Flemish Giants here

Ah. Didn't think about that. We don't have many here. Makes sense...

you need a pet badger

Rabbit is good eating. Four hindquarters go for $20 at the local butcher. You have any foodie friends?

summer is rapidly approaching. i believe the parasites increase in numbers. you have the check the liver for spots(?). get the silent pellet rifle from CAMO. plenty of power to brain a bunny. sounds like fun. if you didnt live so far, i would fly over to do the wet work for you.

The laws in Illinois are funny. I'd have to get a hunting permit to eat them and I wouldn't be able to hunt on my property (must have a minimum of 40 acres to hunt on in Illinois). The DNR would have a field day fining me for poaching and illegal hunting.

HOWEVER, I can legally dispose of "pests". The DNR officer at my hunting safety class explained that any animal that is not protected can be a "pest", but that I can't eat a "pest" if I don't want to be prosecuted for poaching.

So I can shoot the rabbits, but I can't eat them.

I think it will also have to be with a pellet gun so as not to run into the whole "discharging a firearm within city limits" thing.

might be the excuse to buy the crossbow you've always wanted.

Do you have your license to kill varments??

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+1 recommendation, although it is "Gamo". There are also some aftermarket mods for Gamo's that can make a really slick shooter.

Google "Gamo Whisper .22"

You can use subsonic .22LR rounds for such things - they're shockingly quiet. I have a stash of them on hand for... um... "tactical" situations that might arise.

A wrist rocket is pretty quiet and shouldn't cause anyone to call the police. Not many mass postal murders committed with slingshots. If you have a solid fence around yard, i.e. safety plus privacy, I think gunning for rabbits would be a lot of fun. As for the illegality of eating said rabbit, hey, it can't be a capital offense.

Be Careful !

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Two more factors.

I have a chain-link fence (that belongs to various neighbors--none of it is mine) around my back yard.

Next door neighbor is a cop. Don't get me wrong, he's a cool guy, but I don't want to do something that puts him in a difficult position.

Oh. That makes it more difficult. Maybe you'll have to borrow a neighbor's dog.

paint ball gun with the psi cranked up ought to have some effect.