Building rabit Habitate

sgc · Post by **sgc** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:49 pm

If you property owners were to start all over again, what would you look for in property. Would you buy all farmland to develop yourself; all woodland; 1/2 and 1/2 ??? Also, then how would you develop what you bought - raise crops with hedge rows, pine trees, multi flora rose, etc. And, how long would it take to develop it? I'm talking about a 60 acre parcel. Thanks

Bglenut · Post by **Bglenut** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 3:04 pm

I would cut every tree off the place and plant Serica (spell?) with plenty of summer/winter food plots.

APFII · Post by **APFII** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 4:30 pm

Untill good cover is established get 100 Ft roll of 6 In drain pipe,and cut it into sections to spread around. Also I have taken plastic barrels cut them in half . Stacked wood pallets and brush piles help. Cover is the key.

JUDE · Post by **JUDE** » Thu Jan 10, 2008 5:14 pm

Just want to keep an eye on this post to see what I can learn

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upperlimits · Post by **upperlimits** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 10:34 am

I have found that putting salt out for rabbits dramaticly increases the population.Just make sure there is plenty of cover.

HillBillyBubba · Post by **HillBillyBubba** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 11:00 am

putting feeders up for rabbits helps you can make them out of the bottom half of an old dog house put a piece of 4 inch pvc down through the top it gives them plenty of cover and some were to get out of the sun during the summer you also need watering holes

sgc · Post by **sgc** » Sat Jan 12, 2008 7:03 pm

sgc · Post by **sgc** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:33 pm

Emery · Post by **Emery** » Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:02 pm

I may be wrong here, but I don't think that water is such a big deal. The rabbits get all the moisture they need from the plants they eat.

Take for example out in ID where I was before, there was a grand total of 9" of precip per year and most of that came during the winter. I was in a high desert plateau, hotter than hadies in the summer and no rain for 3 months or longer. There were, however, plenty of rabbits out there in the desert and all there was to eat was sage. No water.

coolbrze · Post by **coolbrze** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 10:19 am

Cover food and predator control. We've got a several hundred acre farm up here in NOVA which is almost unheard of nowadays, and we shoot most every predator we see. It takes a lot to keep them under wraps, but by doing this we've seen a lot more rabbits this year than the last couple years.

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