BEST PLACE TO SHOOT RABBITS!!!!!!

[Chris St. MH]

hi all just wondering if there is anyone from the herefordshire area as i would like to know where the best place is to shoot rabbits in this area if not then can anyone shed any light as to where the best place are normally to shoot rabbits i.e which feilds are best to look in what kind of surroundings they like..

ATB craig

Look along field boundaries/headlands, particularly where the field adjoins a hedge, wood, copse or overgrown railway embankment/cutting or road (all the usual safety provisos apply!). Rabbits tend to like a combination of habitats so they can move from one to the other. However they thrive in unimproved pasture or links land, particularly where the soil is sandy. Scan through binoculars for excavated soil (I'm guessing Herefordshire isn't sandy) and patches of dead grass. The best time to look for rabbits where they're used to some hunting pressure is dawn/dusk - night with a high powered lamp is even better but I think the landowners might be a little concerned about a stranger wandering around at night with a two million cp spot.

[edbear2]

Whats the story on the black bunnies around here (ledbury/hereford/west side of the malverns)....is this a normal strain, or have they bred from escaped pets?......have seen loads in the last 5-6 years

[jagxkrs]

Get them down here as well mate, think its something to do with pet ones escaping/being released and then breeding with the wild ones

[mdk01]

Whats the story on the black bunnies around here (ledbury/hereford/west side of the malverns)....is this a normal strain, or have they bred from escaped pets?......have seen loads in the last 5-6 years

have black bunnies on a few of my shoots,,,i asked the landowners about them and they said they released them to see if they had people poaching,,,,,ie if the black ones were to suddenly dissapear and generally less rabbits around they would have a reason to think someonetaking them,,
i got told not to shoot them for this reason,,so i would check with landowners beforehand if i were you,,,you dont want to loose your hard earned permision