Rabbits!

[allen_kcCard]

Help me get them out of my garden. The usual methods haven't worked!

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by tatorhog

they've got some pretty sweet airsoft's out there. My old daisy hand pump bb gun would kill a rabbit if you hit it right. And it was not an expensive or powerful bb gun either.

I know back in the day, my uncle had a neighbor (in KC proper) that had a rooster that was a huge pain in the ass. He had a low power BB gun that he wanted to plunk it with when it was sounding off. Not sure what went wrong but the story goes that when he hit it, it fell over dead. He was pretty worried his neighbor was going to raise hell, but nothing ever came of it. BB guns can do some damage

Yeah. The $30 pump daisy BB guns at Walmart will dead a rabbit, especially if you use pellets, but you do have to be pretty right. Firearms are definitely better.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

This is as bad as I have seen in recent years. They have been absolutely chowing back on my flower garden like it's a buffet.

They are running crazy down here on the lake as well. One of the long time locals told me a few years ago that they run in cycles. The fox will start showing up soon and then the rabbits will be gone, etc. etc. Rinse and repeat.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by gblowfish

My sister lives about 25 miles southwest of St. Louis. She's been having trouble with deer eating her trees. They killed two of her peach trees yesterday. She's PISSED and out for murdering Bambi.

I have that problem here as well. Guy from Missouri Conservation told me to hang fishing line from the limbs and when the deer has it hit his nose it will run. Not sure if it has worked for me but I know human pee does help some.

They are just brutal on my loblolly pine.

[allen_kcCard]

Just caught another one on one of the beds eating off the brussle sprouts. Chucked a rock at it and the thing jumped about 3 feet in the air, but he got the last laugh because the rock sawed off one of the tomato plants that apparently took seed from something that survived my compost pile.

I may have to get one of those daisy air rifles...it is a young rabbit, but it just keeps coming back.

[Stryker]

[fan4ever]

I had a beautiful front yard. We live close to a golf course and a few years back coyotes infiltrated the GC and the rabbits fled to the neighborhoods. I tried everything; motion detectors with a high pitched squeal, motion detector lights, motion detectors that sprayed water, repellent, other stuff and as a last resort I even chased them around with a remote control car from my front window. Nothing worked. They got used to every gadget and the repellent was too expensive to use as a permanent deterrent. My front yard is now desert landscaping.

[fan4ever]

My back yard was different; that I could enclose and I shot the occasional intruder with my capable pellet gun.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by fan4ever

I had a beautiful front yard. We live close to a golf course and a few years back coyotes infiltrated the GC and the rabbits fled to the neighborhoods. I tried everything; motion detectors with a high pitched squeal, motion detector lights, motion detectors that sprayed water, repellent, other stuff and as a last resort I even chased them around with a remote control car from my front window. Nothing worked. They got used to every gadget and the repellent was too expensive to use as a permanent deterrent. My front yard is now desert landscaping.

[mr. tegu]

A cat is definitely the best option around here. We have two but they are indoor cats. However, last year there was a cat that roamed around our house and it made a big difference in the rabbits bravery. Some plants actually grew that normally don’t make it. But I think the people that cat belonged to moved away.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by mr. tegu

A cat is definitely the best option around here. We have two but they are indoor cats. However, last year there was a cat that roamed around our house and it made a big difference in the rabbits bravery. Some plants actually grew that normally don’t make it. But I think the people that cat belonged to moved away.

If the coyotes are making their way into the neighborhood then it's a bad idea.

Coyotes, cars, and time are the only things that can kill a cat. Maybe a great big giant Eagle.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by eDave

Dave that cat looks evil as ****. It might eat your head first.

[bringbackmarty]

Its a tough choice. Neighbors dogs, traffic, owls and hawks appear to have scattered or decimated the three adult and two juvenile rabbits living in my backyard, save one very crafty juvenile rabbit that has wiped out all of my beets, an entire 1' eggplant, mutilated several okra plants. I have a 20' high green plastic fence that kept em out for a while but I just caught the little mother****er taking a nap after eating right beside the eggplant that he ate down to the ground. Granted I have fence line problems - including 2 double fences, major creeping charlie, poorly planted shrubs, an abandoned compost pile and rotating piles of brush. All of which are going to go, fence lines will be restored and rogue trees trimmed. Still, I have the pellet\bb gun ready to go by the back door and if I get a clean shot inside of 15' I'll probably take it. A man's got to eat, you better believe that shit.
Just kidding, I wouldn't shoot any animal with a bb gun unless it was palmetto bugs or roaches, or really big flies.

[Fish]

First, you'll need either an anaconda or a python. 10+ feet long. Training the snake is the easy part.....

[bringbackmarty]

But if I catch that little sonofabitch I will drop kick his ass a couple blocks over.

[bringbackmarty]

I'd probably shoot a rat with my walmart pellet bb, about the only mammal I would shoot, again it would have to be within 15' of the sight, no scope should ever be used on a bb gun. That's just wrong and you'll never sight it in. Just too many variables with such a light ammunition. Higher end pellet guns, paintball guns are a different story.