Thread: Rabbits and Hares close to houses

Pindone for the rabbits may be the easiest answer, the pony club could do that themselves and depending on where they are the regional council may consider supplying it. Not the best answer in a hunting forum but possibly the most practical in the circumstances.
Not sure about the hares but horsey people don't like rabbit burrows as horses have been known to break an axle in them.

gas is better than pindone and easy to use - pindone to get a good kill needs to be used correctly otherwise failure - its not just lay it out once - needs very carefull preefeeding of non toxic bait first - liquid pindone can be very successfull when used with chopped carrot but not sure of availability of liquid pindone to public - honestly dont get to hung up with rules and regulations and neighbours until you go down the track of shooting and come up blank- if you do your homework as set out here by many you should be right - if in doubt use an air rifle - but combine that with gas - rabbits are hard to get rid of - quickly become damn shy bloody little survivors - I had to do a 10 acre reserve at Kaitaia to control likely 80-100 rabbits shooting was fun but gas did the job

Thank you everyone- there is a lot of info here, and I've learnt a lot, so thanks!

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Pindone for the rabbits may be the easiest answer, the pony club could do that themselves and depending on where they are the regional council may consider supplying it. Not the best answer in a hunting forum but possibly the most practical in the circumstances.
Not sure about the hares but horsey people don't like rabbit burrows as horses have been known to break an axle in them.

Yep that's what the lady said- broken horse ankles. Yeah I hear ya about the poison- thankyou for the response- if anyone dosnt like the chat, they can "read on"