Rabbit problems

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Rabbits: A seaside town over-run

Watch Part 3: The seaside village of Mōeraki in North Otago is infested with thousands of rabbits and residents are fighting a losing battle.

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[BeeMaa]

Too bad Elmer Fudd got his shotgun taken away.

But seriously, I've never seen anything like that before. Crazy.

 

[Hunter4752001]

They're not rabbits, they're Jacinda Ardern voters.

 

[NJC]

We had a similar issue where I grew up. It was a different time/place so it got handled with a bit less decorum...

Mud Lake was scene of 1981 jackrabbit killing

MUD LAKE, Idaho (AP) — Viewed in sequence, the photos flicker like visions from a weird, feverish dream.

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[Ike85123]

We have alot of farms and wild lamds arounf my house. Luckily, we have coyotes, lions,bobcats,hawks and owls to keep the population down.
That would be horrible for a farming community!

 

[Don Hinton]

Could be the next prairie dog hunting

 

[375Fox]

I wonder what a couple black Africans and some snares could do

 

[JimP]

I remember that Mud Lake problem back in the early 80's.

We drove up there from Utah with a couple thousand 22Lr rounds with us. We came home without a bullet between us

 

[CoElkHunter]

I wonder what a couple black Africans and some snares could do

Or a few Chinese cooks with a couple of giant woks over a bonfire. Could've fed everyone for miles around for weeks, including the reporters. Ha! Ha!

 

[CoElkHunter]

I remember that Mud Lake problem back in the early 80's.

We drove up there from Utah with a couple thousand 22Lr rounds with us. We came home without a bullet between us

If it happened today with the ammo shortage, you'd have one round between you at the start and have to revert back to using your Adirondacks and 9 irons. Ha! Ha!

 

[JimP]

I learned a long time ago about 22 shortages. I now have around 4000 rounds saved up

 

[C.W. Richter]

Or a few Chinese cooks with a couple of giant woks over a bonfire. Could've fed everyone for miles around for weeks, including the reporters. Ha! Ha!

No. 1 Down Under!

 

[C.W. Richter]

issue 1 to ea citizen in the town:

 

[C.W. Richter]

and don't forget to invite Gomer Pyle to dinner!

 

[CoElkHunter]

I learned a long time ago about 22 shortages. I now have around 4000 rounds saved up

+1!

 

[CoElkHunter]

issue 1 to ea citizen in the town: View attachment 400562

But where do you get the ammo for it? Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[CoElkHunter]

and don't forget to invite Gomer Pyle to dinner!

And Sgt. Carter!

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

I don’t think my hounds could stand that much scent, I’d love the job of thinning them out though. Rabbits are my second favourite game animal.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I don’t think my hounds could stand that much scent, I’d love the job of thinning them out though. Rabbits are my second favourite game animal.

Skinnersblade,
After watching the video, I think they might pay you to go there and help them with their rabbit problem? They don't seem to have a plan to eliminate them.
CEH

 

[Cervus elaphus]

Rabbits: A seaside town over-run

Watch Part 3: The seaside village of Mōeraki in North Otago is infested with thousands of rabbits and residents are fighting a losing battle.

www.newsroom.co.nz

Sounds like Tekapo and Bendigo Station in the 90's. There is only one solution to control rabbits and that is 1080, and imagine the uproar if that was used. Not good to use that poison around houses, on the pest control board we used strychnine overnight and removed baits next day before any pets were released. It would not be effective with this plague and they breed faster than you can shoot them.