Re: Wascally Wabbits
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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01/18/14 10:24 PM
01/18/14 10:24 PM
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Paul Winkelmann
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Okay guys, here's the deal. You guys have apparently got those muscular cottontails that show up in the movies and expensive ads, while I tend to have those somewhat gay wabbits that usually only show up in San Francisco.
Yesterday I switched out two of the Comstocks that had obviously been eaten at from both sides, for two 9x9 Tomahawks. Today both of those cages had wascally wabbits.
Here's a question for you. Rabbits have good sized and reasonably strong teeth, right? So how come I've never been bitten by a wabbit? ( I did have one put some reasonably bloody gashes in my arm with his hind legs, but that was because I'm a moron )
Last edited by Paul Winkelmann; 01/19/14 12:33 AM.
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Re: Wascally Wabbits
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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01/22/14 05:51 PM
01/22/14 05:51 PM
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Posts: 311 West Virginia
The Trapster
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Paul I thought of you this morning while running my snareline,I had one in a fox snare not what I wanted but itll make a good supper. so I guess you could also use snares.LOL!!!! or maybe I just make mine to fast at closing? anyway thought Id throw that out at ya incase you get a tough one.HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
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Re: Wascally Wabbits
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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01/22/14 08:47 PM
01/22/14 08:47 PM
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Vinke
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I just use double door colony traps at den sites
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Re: Wascally Wabbits
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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01/22/14 11:21 PM
01/22/14 11:21 PM
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Vinke
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Thanks for the area lesson,,,,Two questions on the mower
did the lawn ever grow back after the blades rototiller for you? and did you fall off the mower?.........
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Re: Wascally Wabbits
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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02/04/14 10:45 AM
02/04/14 10:45 AM
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Posts: 14 Minnesota
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I just finished reading your January post on live trapping rabbits, sorry for the late response, I've had a lot of success trapping rabbits in Minnesota and thought I might offer a few suggestions. First off: all my live traps are 1079 victors, I'm a fur trapper not an ADC guy, and I'm content with the quality of the older 1079's. Having a trap that smells like rabbits is a great help, and explains why the guys who use wooden traps do so well by them. That said, my 1079's work really well once they've caught an animal. After I've sifted snow over the wire floor, and insured that the treadle will fall freely, I throw rabbit droppings in the trap, on those which haven't caught an animal. Traps which are set next to cover out produce others, I like to take advantage of discarded christmas trees. The rabbits in my area respond very positively to the cuttings I produce when pruning my apple tree. A pile next to your trap is a huge asset. As for bait: I like thinly sliced apples, and bread crusts in winter. I rarely go a night without catching a rabbit, they're easy.
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