Somebody is shooting rabbits in the neighborhood

[dennishoddy]

You mean wild turkey or Wild Turkey?

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Too much of either will garner the same results![emoji106]

 

[lasher]

Some of you people need to hook up with this organization. It's right up your alley, you'll feel right at home..

Card carrying member of the club, i even have Merit Badges, wanna see em?

 

[D. Hargrove]

Card carrying member of the club, i even have Merit Badges, wanna see em?

OMG....no!!!!!!!!!

 

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Just weird that some dicks will indiscriminately kill things. If someone shot his dog, how would he feel? Yes, them are fighten words because I feel strongly that folks should not kill things they will not eat. Just sayn. Disagree or not, I won't change and neither will you.

Is OK if I eat what they would have eaten?

Woody

 

[soonerbulldog]

If you are in a neighborhood you shouldn't be shooting a bow. Too much can go wrong. Many safer options to exercise.

 

[D. Hargrove]

If you are in a neighborhood you shouldn't be shooting a bow. Too much can go wrong. Many safer options to exercise.

Exactly correct, strongly recommend this instead!!

 

[lasher]

the last several years i've had some species of hawk, it varies, keeping populations down. i've had Mississippi Kites (i've never seen one take a rabbit tho), Red Tail Hawks, Northern Harrier, and one year i had a Goshawk, that Goshawk is a huge bird.

have a friend who breeds rabbit dogs, he runs them out east of lake arcadia, he splained to me that rabbits will have a couple of good breeding years, then for some reason the numbers decline for a season or two, then back up again. don't know for certain if any of that is true or not but last year i only had a few rabbits in the backyard, this year i think they're possibly on their 3rd set of little ones and routinely run several out of the backyard when i mow

 

[Dave70968]

the last several years i've had some species of hawk, it varies, keeping populations down. i've had Mississippi Kites (i've never seen one take a rabbit tho), Red Tail Hawks, Northern Harrier, and one year i had a Goshawk, that Goshawk is a huge bird.

have a friend who breeds rabbit dogs, he runs them out east of lake arcadia, he splained to me that rabbits will have a couple of good breeding years, then for some reason the numbers decline for a season or two, then back up again. don't know for certain if any of that is true or not but last year i only had a few rabbits in the backyard, this year i think they're possibly on their 3rd set of little ones and routinely run several out of the backyard when i mow

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotka–Volterra_equations for an explanation. When prey population increases, predator population increases, though there's a lag; increased predator population causes a decrease in prey population, which causes a decrease in predator population through starvation (again, with a lag); decreased predatory pressure allows for an increase in prey population, perpetuating the cycle.

 

[n423]

Just weird that some dicks will indiscriminately kill things. If someone shot his dog, how would he feel? Yes, them are fighten words because I feel strongly that folks should not kill things they will not eat. Just sayn. Disagree or not, I won't change and neither will you.

Agree

 

[Mos Eisley]

Owls keep 'em down to a minimum where I live and work. They sound pretty cool at night too. Gotta say though, walking outside at 3 AM and seeing a black, car-width wingspan coming right over your head is not as comforting as one might think.