Thread: Black rabbits

Team shot 403 bunnies on a Tekapo station last weekend - rabbits have really got away there again. One ginga looking bunny, 2-3 with white patches, but zero blacks seen - that variant evidently not in local gene pool.

Have been told the solid black gene effects 1:5000 rabbits

Originally Posted by mudgripz

Team shot 403 bunnies on a Tekapo station last weekend - rabbits have really got away there again. One ginga looking bunny, 2-3 with white patches, but zero blacks seen - that variant evidently not in local gene pool.

Oh there's lots of blacks through there.
Have taken 12 off just 1 particular place and seen many more.

Originally Posted by johnd

Black rabbits area throw back to the original lines that were introduced, or silver tipped to be accurate.
Very common in areas of primary release such as around Kaikoura from memory.
Shot a fair few twofa's mostly with a shotgun, best I ever did was 4 with one barrel, very quiet rabbits so able to move around to get the alignment.

Was the cage damaged?, come to think of it I shot a rabbit while mounted once, with a shotgun