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    Quote Originally Posted by StrutnBPS View Post
    Don't forget the hawks, owls, bobcats, house cats, etc.
    Yeah everybody likes rabbit and quail and they all get their share.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arrowman View Post
    I wish I had a good rabbit beagle
    If you have land with rabbits then it's pretty easy to find someone that will be willing to run their dogs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arrowman View Post
    I wish I had a good rabbit beagle
    I don't think two different species can mate and produce offspring.

    I could be wrong though. One thing is for sure; you'd never break that one from chasing its own tail.

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    so no one remembers Little Bunny Foo Foo

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highstrung View Post
    so no one remembers Little Bunny Foo Foo
    Of course I do. I'm not a mod hating communist.

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    It goes in cycles.
    It's not enough to simply tolerate the 2nd Amendment as an antiquated inconvenience. Caring for the 2nd Amendment means fighting to restore long lost rights.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Glenn View Post
    Of course I do. I'm not a mod hating communist.
    thanks, I was feeling like I'm wearing a scarlet letter
    Last edited by Highstrung; 01-24-2023 at 04:42 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by centurian View Post
    Coyotes get the ones near the road and plots (the ones we typically see) pretty quick. We used to kill 30 to 60 rabbits in about 3 hrs on the club in the early 2000's. Timber grew up and coyotes came in in force and no more rabbits. Started thinning about 5 years ago and cutting the last year. Put a lot of brush piles for cover on the ground and opened up the under story for low level plants/ Rabbits seem to be increasing again but i doubt i will see the kind of population we once had
    I grew up near a golf course and it was always loaded with rabbits. Coyotes showed up and the rabbits basically went extinct.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Highstrung View Post
    thanks, I was feeling like I'm wearing a scarlet letter
    That's not your color. You're more of a summer/pastels

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    Quote Originally Posted by Highstrung View Post
    so no one remembers Little Bunny Foo Foo
    Damn a field mouse...

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    Quote Originally Posted by prcn View Post
    Is anyone else having a bad rabbit season?
    I was just talking to someone about how many rabbits we have and how much I wish someone would bring some rabbit beagles to work on them.

    I think what's wrong with the population in your area, is that the moderators have banned them into oblivion.
    "Rivers and the inhabitants of the watery elements are for wise men to contemplate and for fools to pass by without consideration" -Izaak Walton

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    The peak of the rabbit population is August. By Thanksgiving, 90% are gone. Everything in nature is after them with the Great Horned Owl being the #1 predator.

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    Yep quail are the same way in places that have them. Thick in august sept get worked over pretty hard when the cover thins

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    Quote Originally Posted by BigBrother View Post
    I was just talking to someone about how many rabbits we have and how much I wish someone would bring some rabbit beagles to work on them.

    I think what's wrong with the population in your area, is that the moderators have banned them into oblivion.
    Have dogs(and gun), will travel! We can bring the dogs your way!

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