On 2005-06-16, fernvalley wrote:
I'm looking for suggestions as to how to get rid of the rapidly growing
rabbit population in my yard or find a way to discourage them from
eating the hostas to the ground. Last year, I baited two rabbit boxes
for about four months and only managed to get possums (caged possums
are not a good thing.) My dog can only chase one at a time so it seems
they put their fastest runner on the driveway, the dog chases that one
and the others just proceed over to the hosta buffet for lunch, dinner
and midnight snacks. Any ideas?


I think the commercial repellants work but you have to continually
replentish. You could try planting additional hosta in the woods and
hope they munch on those. Mechanically separating the rabbits and the
hosta with a fence works also. But chicken wire is not pleasing in the
front yard.

I have never heard of people successfully trapping rabbits in the
summer. Anyway that would be like trying to bail out the Atlantic
ocean. Shooting is an option but you will need a CO2 rifle or a 22
caliber. A pump up pellet gun is no good unless you get an eye or ear
hit. Their fur is just too tough. Of course if you have close
neighbors then shooting is out as well.

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