Ziege wrote:Sadly yeah, of we are headed into another depression because of this covid ****** then the roo population and other furries are gonna get hammered, it was rabbit that got Australia through the great depression, almost every kid and family made a job of trapping and hunting them daily. My grandparents and almost every other persons grandparents would have starved if not for the over abundance of rabbit and its ease of access. As much as I understand the reasons behind using calici virus, I feel it's not a good thing going forward from this point on
Yes Zeige...im not a fan of the virus...not from a shooters point of view, but from an economic POV...
I showed an Asian run retail meat seller (marketed as a butchery, but they dont have the foggiest how to butcher up meat, they get it all cut for them), a pic of 20 dressed out bunnies on my phone couple of years ago...should have seen their eyes light up...!!
They wanted as many as i can get & were willing to negotiate on price...
And as for the depression...youre spot on there mate...!!...thats ultimately how i got into this shooting caper...chasing bunnies was a given for couple of generations of grandparents i had, & my ol'man ended up a big time ferreter & trapper, with a love of shotgunning too...so hence, i grew up standing over warrens as a wee takker with a single barrel 410.
I alsolove my chasing foxes under spotlight & that is mostly what i do, & i can tell you without any doubt, the areas with no or very few bunnies, are hardest hit with brazen foxes come lambing time...this time of year is easy pickings as it is for foxes, but float around a flock dropping lambs with little mallee scrub & no bunnies & fill the boot with orange fur in no time.
I rekon the bunny has its place in our environment now...its replaced the natives we had that have been decimated by cats & foxes...I shoot couple properties where cats are "admired" for their apparent bunny & mice busting abilities, & the empty life on one farm ATM due to these cats is very sad.
With no cats & a few foxes to keep bunnys in check, there are lots of wildlife about...frillies, blue tonges & sleepy's & low level birds everywhere....
But now that cats are in the sheds, there is nothing anywhere....
Anyway...bit off track...bunnys are a part of our ecology now, & the useless goodie-tooshoes conservation busters should be focusing their efforts on cats...not the humble bunny...but try tell that to lefty biology or agri uni grad now...
...nope bunnys are the baddest of news...
I think they just target them because that virus is easy to work with & genetically modify, so once theyve wiped out bunnys, they can praise themselves to take away the focus on the cat problem we will be left with...
They claim the young ones build an immunity to to strains out there & thats bulldust...!!...each strain they claim they'll nail all bunny's but all they succeed in doing is pumping more future problems out there.
Anyway...the humble roo will now replce the humble bunny for a staple if this current virus caused depression gets any worse...there is already an influx of mixed mince available in shops now (roo/beef combo)...so i rekon we wont have the numbers problems with roos come this time next year...not down here anyway.
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