Rabbit problems

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So to keep from looking like Elmer Fudd I live in city limits and can't shoot these little buggers. But how do I keep them out of my back yard? I've started picking up 7-15 piles of rabbit poo every morning to keep the dogs from eating it. Now I want to get rid of these little bastards.
 
Get a cat, bb gun, or pellet gun.

Sling shot with jelly beans works well as well. I do not use steel ball bearing with a sling shot as if you run a ball bearing with a lawn mower it is.like shrapnel.

Jelly beans work well on lot of small / medium anoimals.
 
Shoot the dogs. Problem solved. ;)
 
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If you have a lot of clover in your yard get rid of that first. Rabbits love clover.
 
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If you have a lot of clover in your yard get rid of that first. Rabbits love clover.

no clover but a good bit of poa which will go away soon with heat one the Bermuda takes off. Everyone in the neighborhood have been hit with them this spring. Neighbors dog has killed 4-5 already. My dog isn't outside near as much though.
 
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Traps or pellet gun seem to be the simplest routes.

I trapped rabbits in my backyard as a kid (8-10yo?) with something like what @DCGallim linked. Pretty easy to make and super cheap.
 
Get a cat, bb gun, or pellet gun.

Sling shot with jelly beans works well as well. I do not use steel ball bearing with a sling shot as if you run a ball bearing with a lawn mower it is.like shrapnel.

Jelly beans work well on lot of small / medium anoimals.

Seconded for the sling shot, and also for not using marbles/steel ammo in your yard. I hadn’t thought about jelly beans. I make some dried clay balls. I roll the wet clay in wildflower seeds then let them dry. Of course, this is just for my target practice. I haven’t tried to kill vermin with them.
 
Look real close at my avatar. That is my cat with confirmed rabbit number fourteen!

And like a true carnivore, she consumes almost the entire carcass. Claws, jaws, teeth, eyes and bones. The only thing she leaves is the stomach and bladder. It's her gift to me. It feels nice to be appreciated.
 
my cat destroys the rabbits in my yard every spring. The larger adults are find but those kits are done if she gets a good run at them.
 
Do the rabbit pellets make your dog sick? I know some things can be passed from rabbits to dogs, but I think its more likely to be passed from eating the rabbit itself and not just the droppings. If it is truly a problem, then a rabbit gum is the way to go. If you catch a possum inside, throw the box away, it'll never catch a rabbit again. (at least in my experience)
 
Rabbits are great to have around. You’ll never be without meat. You want to kill something for the sake of killing, get ride of the cats and dogs roaming around. They senselessly kill a lot of wildlife.
 
Rabbits are great to have around. You’ll never be without meat. You want to kill something for the sake of killing, get ride of the cats and dogs roaming around. They senselessly kill a lot of wildlife.
We plant a big patch of clover by the barn yard every year for the rabbits and deer. Keeps them happy and close by just in case.
 
Do the rabbit pellets make your dog sick? I know some things can be passed from rabbits to dogs, but I think its more likely to be passed from eating the rabbit itself and not just the droppings. If it is truly a problem, then a rabbit gum is the way to go. If you catch a possum inside, throw the box away, it'll never catch a rabbit again. (at least in my experience)

Our vet says there's some kinda bacteria that can infect their intestinal tract by overgrowing their normal flora. With predictable results, of course. Love my Dachshunds, but they will eat anything that fits in their mouth.

Upside is absolutely no vermin, whatsoever. Hell, the 3 y/o has snatched low flying birds out of the air. He's so intense, that he'll scope out every critter hide & bird nest in the yard & check 'em several times a day.
 
Saw a dachshund absolutely destroy a copperhead back in the 80's. Quite impressive.

We were playing basketball in my neighbors driveway, another neighbors dachshund was also close by and laying down in the grass nearby. She jumped up and got em! The snake was about twenty feet from the driveway. I'll never forget that.

We were all about 12 -14 ish and were frequently retrieving the ball all around in the grass during play. Dog probably saved one of is from being bit.

Sorry, no help with your rabbit talk...
 
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Goofy little dogs & absolutely fearless.

Get a wiener dog. No more vermin & they're funny as hell.
 
Had similar that I used to make it rain squirrels back in the city. most neighbors appreciated the varmint control, but I had one or two neighbors complain about my pellet rifle because you could hear it - even the one with the "silencer" built in. Not fun when 3 cops show up to investigate man with gun and you have to argue with them that firearms law covers pellet guns and state preemption says you can shoot on your own property, then they dig into their bag of tricks about backstops being required as their interpretation of legally required "reasonable care" and varmint control falls under hunting laws within city limits ... stressful argument with 3 armed grumpy fellas while I'm in shorts and a tshirt holding a watering can (wtih a concealed gun)

Now my ACTUAL gun with a silencer (read the other posts about the savage fvsr with subsonics and a can) nobody heard a peep out of. It really is quiet as a mouse fart. just a click and a thud. range is TERRIBLE, but it does the trick up close.
 
Well
I know how dachshunds can be. I once pulled one out of a hole by its hind legs, with a very pissed off ground hog still attached to the other end.

Not surprising they were bred to hunt badgers after all. By going down into the set.
 
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