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Thanks, David.
I have found that I can't kill a rabbit and eat it.
That is the end of that idea I had.

I had started to ask that very question, but deleted it. I can't do
that either but D can and will - very humanly. When he shoots he
cleans the kill in the field and leaves the skin and guts for other
animals. I get presented with a bloody carcass in a poly bag. I
certainly understand your point.

I would have to wring the neck, that is not the same as shooting. Nowhere
near. I would have to pull that neck and I am not up to that.

Baz

On 30/10/2012 13:06, Baz wrote:
"Ophelia" wrote in
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"Baz" wrote in message
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Thanks, David.
I have found that I can't kill a rabbit and eat it.
That is the end of that idea I had.

I had started to ask that very question, but deleted it. I can't do
that either but D can and will - very humanly. When he shoots he
cleans the kill in the field and leaves the skin and guts for other
animals. I get presented with a bloody carcass in a poly bag. I
certainly understand your point.

I would have to wring the neck, that is not the same as shooting. Nowhere
near. I would have to pull that neck and I am not up to that.

Baz

Just hold it up by the back legs then a "Rabbit punch" behind the ears.
Simples.
A hell of a lot easier than killing chickens.

"Baz" wrote in message
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"Ophelia" wrote in
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"Baz" wrote in message
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Thanks, David.
I have found that I can't kill a rabbit and eat it.
That is the end of that idea I had.

I had started to ask that very question, but deleted it. I can't do
that either but D can and will - very humanly. When he shoots he
cleans the kill in the field and leaves the skin and guts for other
animals. I get presented with a bloody carcass in a poly bag. I
certainly understand your point.

I would have to wring the neck, that is not the same as shooting. Nowhere
near. I would have to pull that neck and I am not up to that.

Oh yes! I really do understand. Would it help if you could shoot it?

I asked Hubby for advice and he has written the following for you:

At point blank range you could use a powerful air pistol for the job and a
new one could cost as little as £80. A good used one might be £40-£50. It is
completely legal to use an air pistol for the job provided it is on your own
property or elsewhere if you have permission to do so. The only other
requirements are to ensure the fired pellet does not go beyond your own
property - no problem if you are shooting down towards the ground - and that
you keep it securely so that nobody under the age of 18 can get access to it
except under your supervision. You would have to buy a new one face-to-face
at a shop but can buy one second-hand by post though that is, as always,
'buyer beware' as to the gun's condition.

If you wish to ask him anything, he would be happy to advise and my email is
good, so please feel free to email.

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"Ophelia" wrote in
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"Baz" wrote in message
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"Ophelia" wrote in
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"Baz" wrote in message
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Thanks, David.
I have found that I can't kill a rabbit and eat it.
That is the end of that idea I had.

I had started to ask that very question, but deleted it. I can't do
that either but D can and will - very humanly. When he shoots he
cleans the kill in the field and leaves the skin and guts for other
animals. I get presented with a bloody carcass in a poly bag. I
certainly understand your point.

I would have to wring the neck, that is not the same as shooting.
Nowhere near. I would have to pull that neck and I am not up to that.

Oh yes! I really do understand. Would it help if you could shoot it?

I asked Hubby for advice and he has written the following for you:

At point blank range you could use a powerful air pistol for the job
and a
new one could cost as little as £80. A good used one might be £40-£50.
It is completely legal to use an air pistol for the job provided it is
on your own property or elsewhere if you have permission to do so. The
only other requirements are to ensure the fired pellet does not go
beyond your own property - no problem if you are shooting down towards
the ground - and that you keep it securely so that nobody under the
age of 18 can get access to it except under your supervision. You
would have to buy a new one face-to-face at a shop but can buy one
second-hand by post though that is, as always, 'buyer beware' as to
the gun's condition.

If you wish to ask him anything, he would be happy to advise and my
email is good, so please feel free to email.


I already have a Relum Tornado .22 and a Webley Hawk .22.
I should not have started this thread. I thought as I got older I could
do it. Not so. Still a wuss. I can shoot a pest, but whan it comes down
to it, I can't draw, skin or eat it.

Baz

"Baz" wrote in message
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I already have a Relum Tornado .22 and a Webley Hawk .22.
I should not have started this thread. I thought as I got older I could
do it. Not so. Still a wuss. I can shoot a pest, but whan it comes down
to it, I can't draw, skin or eat it.

Well, if you know you are not comfortable doing so then best you don't try.
No point in upsetting yourself. I couldn't do it either.
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I already have a Relum Tornado .22 and a Webley Hawk .22.
I should not have started this thread. I thought as I got older I could
do it. Not so. Still a wuss. I can shoot a pest, but whan it comes down
to it, I can't draw, skin or eat it.

Baz


Sounds as if there is only one thing for it Baz
You'll have to resort to what some people call Welsh rabbit, but is
better known as Welsh Rarebit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...-welsh-rarebit

"David Hill" wrote in message
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I already have a Relum Tornado .22 and a Webley Hawk .22.
I should not have started this thread. I thought as I got older I could
do it. Not so. Still a wuss. I can shoot a pest, but whan it comes down
to it, I can't draw, skin or eat it.

Baz


Sounds as if there is only one thing for it Baz
You'll have to resort to what some people call Welsh rabbit, but is better
known as Welsh Rarebit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...-welsh-rarebit

Look pretty good to me

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In article ,
Janet wrote:
In article , kay.b025076
says...

I read somewhere a couple of days ago that myxie had been discovered
somewhere but cannot remember where. People were being advised to
vaccinate pet rabbits. I didn't know that there was a vaccine.

I thought it hadn't actually gone away?

It didn't, it's still in circulation. Either the virus mutated or
wild rabbits in some areas developed a degree of natural resistance to
it.....so a bit like some human infections, outbreaks are sporadic as
population resistance fluctuates.

Yes. It is now endemic in the UK rabbit population and, over
timescales of decades, is in balance with it. There is essentially
no chance that it will either be reduced to a rare disease or make
rabbits rare again. Within a century or two, we can expect to see
it become less of an obvious disease in wild rabbits, as more and
more develop a level of immunity.

If we restored our raptor populations and reintroduced lynx, it
would be reduced considerably, but I doubt that even that would
eliminate it.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.