Awhile back I posted about the plague of rabbits on our property on

You think you have got problems, I visited a farm recently to the South East of Te Puke (about 5 miles due north of Lake Rotoehu) and they have litterally thousands on the farm it has the highest concentration of rabbits in the north island (this is according to the regional council). They have guys coming on regularly shooting the rabbits, a couple of years ago an old guy shot around 3,000 in a bit over a week, this lowered the population a bit but within a few months the numbers were back up again. Calici virus was released on the property which reduced numbers significantly but as they breed all year round and the juveniles are immune to the virus the survivors now have natural immunity. Due to the numbers of rabbits milk production on this farm is way down and almost making the farm non-viable. it has been estimated that $50,000 plus a year would need to be spent to keep the numbers right down.

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Marligator wrote: Busted, shooting does not keep the numbers down to a satisfactory level, there are several other neighbouring farms with similar rabbit numbers (probably 1000 ha in total), poisoning is the best option but this is very expensive.

you ant going to get rid of em Bazza....
i work in Manukau City with a grass verge of about 5mts wide and 200mts long we have roughly 20 rabbits....
they have adapted to factory life quite well considering.....

Lethal wrote: you ant going to get rid of em Bazza.... i work in Manukau City with a grass verge of about 5mts wide and 200mts long we have roughly 20 rabbits.... they have adapted to factory life quite well considering.....

bluecoraldiver wrote: You supply the .22 rifle and I'll come help get rid of them. Bunny Chow. Yum !

i live in Cambridge. i shoot the bunnies on our 2 hectares, and plenty of the neighbours,i go about 3-4 times a week and its not often i dont clean up around 15 or so and the odd hare just around here, its madness how many there are.If anyone is within an hours drive or so and wants free bunny cleanup( i dont mind if you supply some low velocity ammo) i will be glad to help keep the bunny numbers down .I work parttime on a dairy farm and grew up on a farm so im familiar with the issues with stock and gates etc. 

bluecoraldiver wrote: Hey bazza, whereabouts are you? Also, if a bunny eats the poison will it die instantly. I don't want to shoot a rabbit that's beein eating poison then put that one in the pot.

where bouts are you bazza? flat mate is right into his hunting and his mates, they will sit out there all night shooting the barstools for you.