Shoot! The rabbit...

Tormato · May 22, 2017

...knows.

The rabbit knows I can't even lift a finger in an attempt to scare it off. Yesterday it hopped into the yard, and from about 100 feet away, it hopped straight toward and then past me, coming within about 3 inches of my legs. The rabbit knows. Shoot!

Rockporter · May 22, 2017

Sounds like a fenced garden area is in order, lol. Dang things are brave.

jmsieglaff · May 22, 2017

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHNnsMY82A

Rockporter · May 22, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHNnsMY82A

ROFLOL, not really, I can't get on the floor or I won't be getting back up, lol. I loved this cartoon though.

jmsieglaff · May 22, 2017

I love old cartoons--all the old Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry. While those cartoons are older than me and my son added together, we love to watch them together.

dmforcier · May 22, 2017

With any justice, that cartoon would have given Wagner a heart attack.
___

Maybe your bunny is defective...

Frank D · May 22, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmsieglaff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHNnsMY82A

Things were a lot better back then!

Father'sDaughter · May 23, 2017

I remember when they started editing out the part where the Coyote landed at the bottom of the cliff in the Roadrunner. It was the beginning of the end...

HudsonValley · May 23, 2017

Maybe you could lure a nice family of foxes to live nearby... When I first bought my house, there were rabbits everywhere. About two years ago, grey foxes moved into the neighborhood. I haven't seen a rabbit since. Squirrel numbers are down, too. The only downside is that the foxes steal eggs from my neighbors' chicken coop, and leave the shells all over my backyard. If you do find some foxes, find ones that pick up after themselves!

Nattybo! · May 23, 2017

Shake a white hankie at him, he will run away.

MichelleInWASt · May 23, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tormato

...knows.

The rabbit knows I can't even lift a finger in an attempt to scare it off. Yesterday it hopped into the yard, and from about 100 feet away, it hopped straight toward and then past me, coming within about 3 inches of my legs. The rabbit knows. Shoot!

That has a painful medical sound about it - are you recovering from back surgery or something else of the braced - can't - move sort?

Hope you have a speedy and successful recovery!

ContainerTed · May 23, 2017

The solution is simple. There are four rules.

First, really shoot the rabbit.

Second, then cook the rabbit.

Third, now eat the rabbit.

Fourth, if another rabbit shows up, go back to step one and repeat.

Any country boy knows this.

gorbelly · May 23, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by HudsonValley

Maybe you could lure a nice family of foxes to live nearby... When I first bought my house, there were rabbits everywhere. About two years ago, grey foxes moved into the neighborhood. I haven't seen a rabbit since. Squirrel numbers are down, too. The only downside is that the foxes steal eggs from my neighbors' chicken coop, and leave the shells all over my backyard. If you do find some foxes, find ones that pick up after themselves!

I live in some fairly urban suburbs (i.e., they're old, established suburbs and have been developed long enough that there are no deer), and this spring, a red fox--a really large one--showed up in the neighborhood. I've seen it in my yard twice. The second time, it was literally sitting in the middle of one of my raised beds in broad daylight grooming itself like it was king of the world.

There's been a huge decrease in local rodents. Way fewer rabbits, squirrels, only one chipmunk (which, actually, I haven't seen for over a month), and no groundhog. So far, no evidence of voles, either.

Coincidence?

I've also noticed the crows mobbing some kind of large, brown bird I haven't been able to get a good look at. I'm thinking an owl.

I've seen and heard smaller gray foxes in the neighborhood at night, but this red fox is huge and magnificent and pretty darn cheeky. I hope it has a family nearby and doesn't get hit by a car or picked up by animal control.

Tormato · May 25, 2017

Quote:

Originally Posted by MichelleInWASt

That has a painful medical sound about it - are you recovering from back surgery or something else of the braced - can't - move sort?

Hope you have a speedy and successful recovery!

It's my heart that can't be moved, to scare it off.

It needs to eat and try to feel safe, like us. There are all kinds of coyotes, foxes, hawks, etc... around here. Because I've been in the garden many hours a day for about a month, reconstructing almost everything in the garden, the rabbit (and the babies) likely feel completely safe when I'm around.

I'm the sort when the robins fly in, every day, I stop what I'm doing, grab a shovel, and dig them up some worms. I'm running low on worms this year. (sigh)

MissS · May 25, 2017

That's Dr. Love Apple for sure!

May 22, 2017	#1
Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,971	Shoot! The rabbit... ...knows. The rabbit knows I can't even lift a finger in an attempt to scare it off. Yesterday it hopped into the yard, and from about 100 feet away, it hopped straight toward and then past me, coming within about 3 inches of my legs. The rabbit knows. Shoot!

May 22, 2017	#2
Rockporter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Texas Coastal Bend Posts: 3,205	Sounds like a fenced garden area is in order, lol. Dang things are brave. __________________ In the spring at the end of the day you should smell like dirt ~Margaret Atwood~

May 22, 2017	#6
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	With any justice, that cartoon would have given Wagner a heart attack. ___ Maybe your bunny is defective... __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

May 23, 2017	#12
ContainerTed Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: 6a - NE Tennessee Posts: 4,538	The solution is simple. There are four rules. First, really shoot the rabbit. Second, then cook the rabbit. Third, now eat the rabbit. Fourth, if another rabbit shows up, go back to step one and repeat. Any country boy knows this. __________________ Ted ________________________ Owner & Sole Operator Of The Muddy Bucket Farm and Tomato Ranch

May 25, 2017	#15
MissS Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin Posts: 3,149	That's Dr. Love Apple for sure! __________________ ~ Patti ~

May 22, 2017	#3
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weHNnsMY82A

May 23, 2017	#8
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	I remember when they started editing out the part where the Coyote landed at the bottom of the cliff in the Roadrunner. It was the beginning of the end...

May 23, 2017	#9
HudsonValley Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Hudson Valley, NY, Zone 6a Posts: 626	Maybe you could lure a nice family of foxes to live nearby... When I first bought my house, there were rabbits everywhere. About two years ago, grey foxes moved into the neighborhood. I haven't seen a rabbit since. Squirrel numbers are down, too. The only downside is that the foxes steal eggs from my neighbors' chicken coop, and leave the shells all over my backyard. If you do find some foxes, find ones that pick up after themselves!

May 23, 2017	#10
Nattybo! Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 272	Shake a white hankie at him, he will run away.