Author Topic: -1 for the rabbits (Read 3182 times)

Adam · « **on:** 26 June, 2009, 01:48:59 pm »

Cycling into work today, a little rabbit scampered out of the verge, straight under my front wheel.

There was a nasty crunching sound, but when I looked back, there was just a still little ball of fur lying on the road.

So, what have you killed today?

Kathy · « **Reply #1 on:** 26 June, 2009, 01:50:53 pm »

I had one of those incidents last week.

Tim now insists on calling my MTB "The Bunny Slayer".

Jaded · « **Reply #2 on:** 26 June, 2009, 01:52:37 pm »

At least it was quick. I still remember having to stamp on a squirrel I found twitching about by the roadside.

Regulator · « **Reply #3 on:** 26 June, 2009, 01:59:55 pm »

Quote from: Kathy on 26 June, 2009, 01:50:53 pm

I had one of those incidents last week.

Tim now insists on calling my MTB "The Bunny Slayer".

Did you take it home for the ferts?

Nom, nom, nom...

Kathy · « **Reply #4 on:** 26 June, 2009, 02:02:34 pm »

Quote from: Regulator on 26 June, 2009, 01:59:55 pm

Quote from: Kathy on 26 June, 2009, 01:50:53 pm
I had one of those incidents last week.

Tim now insists on calling my MTB "The Bunny Slayer".

Did you take it home for the ferts?

Nom, nom, nom...

No, it crawled into a briar patch and wouldn't come out.

Plus, given it had been sitting in the middle of a busy bridleway before I hit it, I suspect it wasn't healthy and fit for consumption.

rae · « **Reply #5 on:** 26 June, 2009, 02:12:30 pm »

I will probably slot a few rabbits this evening - I have a request from the cook for a couple of mid size "fryers". Tiddlers are "roasters" and big uns are "pie-ers".

Don't reverse over them, just pull their necks and squeeze the guts out.

Adam · « **Reply #6 on:** 26 June, 2009, 08:22:06 pm »

After cycling back home, I looked across to where I'd committed the evil deed, but the road was bare.

Either the rabbit had had a Lazarus moment, something bigger had come along to eat it, or the torrential rain had swept it down into the sewer.

Ah well, the circle of life rolls on.

Adam · « **Reply #7 on:** 26 June, 2009, 08:24:37 pm »

Quote from: rae on 26 June, 2009, 02:12:30 pm

I will probably slot a few rabbits this evening - I have a request from the cook for a couple of mid size "fryers". Tiddlers are "roasters" and big uns are "pie-ers".

Don't reverse over them, just pull their necks and squeeze the guts out.

Excellent killing instructions, but this was just a baby - only a couple of mouthfuls.

PS Good to see you back rae.

rae · « **Reply #8 on:** 26 June, 2009, 08:29:35 pm »

The tiddlers are the tastiest - saddle of tender rabbit, yummy. I only kill the tiddlers when they're in the garden (they eat bloody everything), I let them grow into bigger bunnies in the fields, for later harvesting.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #9 on:** 26 June, 2009, 08:42:03 pm »

Quote from: Adam on 26 June, 2009, 01:48:59 pm

Cycling into work today, a little rabbit scampered out of the verge, straight under my front wheel.

There was a nasty crunching sound, but when I looked back, there was just a still little ball of fur lying on the road.

So, what have you killed today?

I tried that with a badger last week. I lost.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #10 on:** 27 June, 2009, 12:04:09 pm »

Bambi and I nearly had a head to head the weekend before last. There I was tootling along a bridleway on the North Downs, when there was a rustling in the bushes.

Out popped a young deer, about as far away from my front wheel as this monitor is from me. He skedaddled, I braked, and on we went on our separate journeys.

Regulator · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 June, 2009, 08:15:55 am »

Yesterday's ride was notable for the number of dead rabbits seen. There must have been several hundred... $:-\$

GruB · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 June, 2009, 08:46:47 am »

The most frequent animal vs. cycle interaction that I have is rabbits. It is worse possibly due to the times I cycle in that I start just before the commuter rush hour and the animal rush hour is just ending. As I use rural roads I see many rabbits daily. I am yet to hit one. I come close but they generally jink and jive out of the way.

Bledlow · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 June, 2009, 07:24:16 pm »

Quote from: Kathy on 26 June, 2009, 02:02:34 pm

Quote from: Regulator on 26 June, 2009, 01:59:55 pm
Quote from: Kathy on 26 June, 2009, 01:50:53 pm
I had one of those incidents last week.

Tim now insists on calling my MTB "The Bunny Slayer".

Did you take it home for the ferts?

Nom, nom, nom...

No, it crawled into a briar patch and wouldn't come out.

Like the squirrel I once ran over in similar circumstances. Heard a crack which I think was its spine, stopped & looked back & saw it dragging itself by its forelegs into a patch of nettles. I decided that chasing it to put it out of its misery would probably make its suffering even worse, & rode on with a heavy heart.

PaulR · « **Reply #14 on:** 29 June, 2009, 10:15:17 am »

There was a perfectly healthy-looking rabbit sitting in the middle of the fast lane of the M48 on the approach to the Severn Bridge yesterday afternoon, facing serenely into the flow of traffic. What struck me as odd was how far it had travelled from any vegetation to get up onto the bridge structure - or had it hitched a lift in someone's wheel arch?

rae · « **Reply #15 on:** 30 June, 2009, 12:15:49 am »

Almost certainly mixie. Any rabbit that is oblivious to danger will inevitably be riddled with mixie and it is bold because it has been blinded and its swollen brain can't think straight anymore. The best thing you can do for them is kill them.

Jaded · « **Reply #16 on:** 30 June, 2009, 08:24:03 am »

Quote from: rae on 30 June, 2009, 12:15:49 am

Almost certainly mixie. Any rabbit that is oblivious to danger will inevitably be riddled with mixie and it is bold because it has been blinded and its swollen brain can't think straight anymore. The best thing you can do for them is kill them.

You also see this behaviour in town and city centres across the country at club chucking out time, any Friday or Saturday.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #17 on:** 05 July, 2009, 06:49:05 pm »

-1 for the rabbits here too. Mine broke yesterday.

clarion · « **Reply #18 on:** 05 July, 2009, 07:11:04 pm »

RichForrest · « **Reply #19 on:** 05 July, 2009, 08:16:21 pm »

Quote from: Kirst on 05 July, 2009, 06:49:05 pm

-1 for the rabbits here too. Mine broke yesterday.

Should be more gentle with it!!