389mt Bunny with the .223

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Re: 389mt Bunny with the .223

Post by Seconds » 27 May 2015, 3:24 pm

They've released Myxomatosis virus here a couple of times but the population is building up a resistance/immunity.

15-20 years ago they started releasing the rabbit Calicivirus too to try and improve the reduction rate over the original.

Neither able to effect humans AFAIK but make for a crook looking rabbit you wouldn't want to eat.
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Re: 389mt Bunny with the .223

Post by Oldbloke » 27 May 2015, 8:43 pm

Title_II wrote:Nice shooting.

You don't eat rabbits in Australia? Here we eat them. We dust yotes and groundhogs.

Hum bug. Heaps of people eat rabbit..My fatfer inlaw loved them, ate all I cooud shoot. I think lead poisoning got him in the end. :unknown:
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Re: 389mt Bunny with the .223

Post by Wobble » 01 Jun 2015, 10:43 am

Oldbloke wrote:Heaps of people eat rabbit..My fatfer inlaw loved them, ate all I cooud shoot. I think lead poisoning got him in the end. :unknown:


If rabbits all he was eating that could have been his problem. They're too lean and if you're eating lots of rabbit and little else you become malnourished.

They're tasty I agree, not saying don't eat them, but you don't want too many of your meals to be rabbit.
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Re: 389mt Bunny with the .223

Post by BBJ » 01 Jun 2015, 10:50 am

"protein poisoning" isn't ?

Too much protein, not enough everything else, wrecks your liver or kidneys?
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