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Bob at Wi

02-23-2007 13:09:42




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O/T Have been reading your ideas for years - interesting and helpful. We have a rabbit problem. They're doing alot of damage to our arborvitae (scrubs). I have a live trap set using carrots, apples sunflower seed and rabbit food from Fleet Farm, but still no luck getting them to go in. Just caught a couple coons, but no rabbits. We see sometimes as many as a half doz. out there during the late night hours. Any idea besides a shot gun? Bob in Wis

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jbird

02-25-2007 09:43:24




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
I have had very good luck with this set up: i had some 5/ 16 steel rod, cut to 4 1/2 ft.long (4- pcs).I welded them to form a square,then find some 2 in. mesh chicken wire, attach the chicken wire to the square frame forming a dome of about 2 1/2 ft. tall.From the center of the wire dome, i used wreath wrapping wire (thin but strong).I then strung the wire through a small metal pulley and into my house through a window or door. pull the wire so the basket trap setup raises about 14 in.off the ground.Put bait, i used sunflower seeds in the center of the basket setup on the ground.For the first day i let the rabbits eat at will ,by the third day there was 5 eating at one time,nows the time to cut wire letting the trap fall ,Bingo caught all five and they didn't know what hit them.With the trap on the ground i pounded stakes in the ground on three sides on the outside this keeps the trap from swinging in the wind.Once i had them i used a fishing net sliding it just under the lifted edge of the trap and removed them one at a time.

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john hunt

02-25-2007 04:00:38




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
eat them you starve to death that one one of doing it.. the best way i found out get something that work a real snake and sent down there hole.... and if rabbit see the snake the rabbit run away ...or snake had dinner ...



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Leland

02-24-2007 21:00:02




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
get more cats .



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GeneMo

02-24-2007 18:31:48




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
Well I guess if you are desperate I would rent out "Petie", best beagle I have ever had. He not only runs them constantly, but even catches three or four a week. Never had a beagle catch them before. He is kinda spoiled though, you will have to keep him in the basement at night, he likes hot dogs and other meaty treats. He will not eat any sort of veggies though, pretty picky on his table scraps. Likes to ride in the truck and will get on the sofa or sleep in bed if you let him.


Gene

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Don-Wi

02-23-2007 23:23:27




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
We've had great results with apples. Take a slice out of em and put it in the bottom. Hang the rest from the trip wire. A few years ago I caught 10 rabbits using about 5 traps in about 2 weeks.

Don't know who told me to use apples, but they really work.

Donovan from Wisconsin



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2x4

02-24-2007 00:13:15




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Don-Wi, 02-23-2007 23:23:27  
got the same results with apples. We used to live trap them in cedar box traps & sell them to the local Beagle club, who stocked them on their clubgrounds, an old riverbottom farm.



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T_Bone

02-23-2007 21:19:23




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
Hi Bob,

Our domestic rabbits went nuts over kernel wheat or fresh alfalfa. They would empty there feeders looking for either one.

Commerical rabbit food would be the least favorite I would think.

Fresh leaf vegetables would also be a good choice this time of the year.

T_Bone



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big fred

02-23-2007 17:54:29




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
Get a hungrier dog.



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traper

02-23-2007 17:39:35




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
There is a 22 amo by CCI that will take out a ground hog but dose not have the loud crack of reg. 22.



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MarkB_MI

02-23-2007 16:48:48




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
Sounds like you need a Bun-Vac 6000!



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Davis In SC

02-23-2007 16:00:23




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
If rabbits are that numerous, it probably won't be long until foxes or other predators move in and reduce the population.. I always observed that the rabbit population ran in cycles of 3 or 4 years.



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Fawteen

02-23-2007 15:42:45




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
If you object to killing them, you don't have much choice. If you DID find a way to live-trap them and lug them off, they'd just come back.

If you're just objecting to the noise of a shotgun, try .22 shorts or longs. Long Rifles go supersonic, hence the loud crack!



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mjbrown

02-23-2007 15:09:55




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 Re: cottontail rabbits in reply to Bob at Wi, 02-23-2007 13:09:42  
How about a snare. They used to show how to make them in boy scout books. They will probably scream when caught though. A quick blow to the head should stop that. They are very good in spagehtti sauce.



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