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[Amberjem]

I didn't ask the bunny question... So I meant vehve shouldn't tell me he should post where the question was asked...

ohhhhh

 

[vehve]

Sam, I don't dare do that. I don't actually have any personal experience, I've just watched the feral bunnies around here.

 

[hennible]

I see
Lol

 

[perchie.girl]

Sam, I don't dare do that. I don't actually have any personal experience, I've just watched the feral bunnies around here.

do you have rabbits or Hares...... I have both. Jack rabbits are actually Hares.... and Cotton tails and bush bunnies. My neighbor Tom used to live off of Cotton tails. He said Jackrabbits are very tough so they have to be stewed. Our Jack rabbits are about the size of a smallish dog.

They get about two feet long and weigh around six pounds or 2.7 kilos. But they are lean and long legged.....

Black Tailed Jack rabbit



A friend visiting from town thought it was a Coyote.....

I looked and said.... "Nooo.... thats a Jack rabbit..."

Be careful with wild rabbit.... there are a few diseases they carry as well as parasites. Dad always said you have to make sure your rabbit is lively and running... His dad hunted rabbits with a pair of Greyhounds.....

deb

 

[Amberjem]

I see

Lol

I posted a reply hennible

 

[Amberjem]

do you have rabbits or Hares...... I have both. Jack rabbits are actually Hares.... and Cotton tails and bush bunnies. My neighbor Tom used to live off of Cotton tails. He said Jackrabbits are very tough so they have to be stewed. Our Jack rabbits are about the size of a smallish dog.

They get about two feet long and weigh around six pounds or 2.7 kilos. But they are lean and long legged.....

Black Tailed Jack rabbit



A friend visiting from town thought it was a Coyote.....

I looked and said.... "Nooo.... thats a Jack rabbit..."

Be careful with wild rabbit.... there are a few diseases they carry as well as parasites. Dad always said you have to make sure your rabbit is lively and running... His dad hunted rabbits with a pair of Greyhounds.....

deb

holy smokes that rabbit has some ears on it

 

[hennible]

I posted a reply hennible

Yes, good stuff. It's been too long sense I've had rabbits. Pretty sure they breed in the winter just fine... But I'm not sure.

 

[Latestarter]

Sam, I don't dare do that. I don't actually have any personal experience, I've just watched the feral bunnies around here.

I'm not sure, but believe you mean "wild" rabbits rather than feral... Feral indicates a domesticated animal that has reverted back to a wild/semi-wild status... If they are in fact feral, then they are competing for food with the true wild animals and should be removed with extreme prejudice... then eaten at your leisure

 

[perchie.girl]

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Those ears are pretty much the first identifier of a Jack rabbit.... and the fact that they can jump a good three feet high and disapper in the brush in a nanosecond. Here in the summer they will lay out under the shade of creosote bushes or Chamise.... The shade over the sand below makes for a natural cool spot.

They breed year round pretty much here. Because their babies are born completely finished... eyes open a heavy coat of hair and ready to follow momma if needed... They dont make nests like regular rabbits.... Thats the defining difference between rabbits and Hares.... Rabbit babies are born pink nekkid and eyes shut and have to be nurtured for quite some time before they can go out to forrage.

deb

 

[perchie.girl]

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Thats an excellent distinction..... Here in California Jack rabbits, Cottontails, and Brush bunnies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brush_rabbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottontail_rabbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-tailed_jackrabbit

All enjoy a status of Least concern on the conservation status.

In California you can hunt jack rabbits year round but there is a rabbit hunting season:
http://www.jesseshunting.com/california-rabbit-jackrabbit-cottontail-hare-hunting-info

Very interesting.... I wonder if there is a requirement for permitts on your own property.

When Dad lived in Texas with his folks Grandpa would fence in an acre of land with the fence dug down a couple of feet. Then they would humately trap some cotton tails and turn them into the fenced area. They would feed them alfalfa .... By the end of a few months they had more rabbit than they could eat... They would dig warrens and escape into them for the heat of the day and come out morning and evening to eat and drink...

deb