Yes, ours are primarily within the city so not too many predators They can out-manoeuvre the dogs and rip the kitties to shreds. Sometimes the larger raptors catch them off guard but for the most part they just breed. Sometimes you see up to a hundred at a time.
I suppose but they're so darn fast I would think the kill rate was low with Coyotes.
Ya, that suck truck would do the trick. Just dangle a carrot off the trunk and...
Ya, that suck truck would do the trick. Just dangle a carrot off the trunk and...
Feral in the sense of descended from previously domesticated (Easter bunny pets let loose, etc) as opposed to wild - and yes, they do breed like crazy with few of their natural predators in our suburban areas other than probably raptors and very agile dogs.
I'm ready to become a hunter. We just lost a perfect tomato to one of those long eared rats and he had started in on another one before the dog chased him off.
I have one. I'm thinking of something with a bit more stopping power. Our .22 is still a bit small, but a 30-06 ought to do it.
Yikes! And I thought we had a feral cat problem.😱
DIY coats for when "it's cold today"?🙂
Coincidentally I was just out near Big Bend seeing the biggest jackrabbits I've ever seen in my life... roughly 18 inches at the shoulder!
hehe... " long eared rats" So true but still sounds funny.
What you need is a well-trained lurcher.
A lurcher is a cross between a sighthound (whippets, greyhounds and such) and a dog with brains, usually a terrier or sheepdog. Border collies are a good choice.
I saw this old guy on TV who had a lurcher. He took him out for a walk every day and on the way back they passed a field separated from the road by a hedgerow for about 1/2 mile. The dog would slink into the field and when the old guy got to the end of the hedge row he'd find 3 or 4 rabbits the dog had caught neatly lined up for him to pick up.
It was quite sweet really.
What we really need is dumber rabbits, you know, the ones that can't read. You see they tend to hang out in parks and the like where those big signs telling owners to keep pets on a leash really cut down on the domesticated predators. Since many of the wild predators hunt at night, all the rabbits have to do is lay low after sun down and re-emerge once the yellow lantern reappears. Then it's primarily Coyotes and Eagles. Eagles like a more open area to swoop down and Coyotes in this part of the world are rather lazy. They can get a meal a lot easier than a fast and rather feisty rabbit. People think they're cute but they aren't when they've been on the street for a while.
I think slower would do, right here in the middle of the city we count on cayotes and hawks at the golf course.
Roasting? I like to grab one, break it open and rub it on my sensitive spots. That's the closest I come to confession. I know I've been bad so why not do something that'll actually help me in the long run? I think of it as a diet. When you bust one open and then scratch your eyes, not only does the juice keep the flu bug away, it stops you from eating or anything else for that matter, for at least a few hours.
For the best experience, may I suggest to hit the gym right after that (and have a bowl of rescue sugar on standby)
Too bad you don't have Jeff Foxworthy in the UK -- "...you might be a redneck...")
an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STypFtRdnc8
Pig innards with my hot peppers, fish head too. I'm now famous with our Beijing office for eating the eyes.
