bladeracer wrote:sungazer wrote:I have a problem with deer (mainly Sambar) that only come out after dark they learn t that was the the safe time after just one. The move pretty quickly even looking into the light. They will get there eyes out of it asap and bolt. I have nearly been run over in the commotion.
After a year with no rabbit population at all, we've finally got some coming back. But they seem to be entirely nocturnal as we very rarely see them out in daylight. They really haven't been hunted at all for at least a decade so it seems strange that these new ones are afraid of the sun.
Give the bunnies some space & time to breed up...(i hate sound stupid in stating the obvious)...but...
Bunnies are pretty big on safety in numbers due to their natural instict to avoid predation, so if numbers are few, mature ones will come out for quick feed or to find a mate only when its completely safe-you have to be in the right place at the right time to get them...
The odd young one will pop out late afternoon, but mostly young ones are in numbers early when dark.
If they can have time to breed (my best educated guess) so the 3rd generation is sexually mature with minimal predation & shooting, & the virus keeps away for this to occur, is when you start to see them in daylight.
This has been my observation & appears consistant on several properties over many many years...
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