winter rabbit bait?

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Just wondering if anyone has had any success baiting rabbits in the winter.

I'm planning on setting up snares in my yard to see if they'll come in. No other reason than it seems like fun to try.

Doing a google search it says that rabbits eat bark, roots and buds off trees come winter. Since I'm short on those, I'm looking for suggestions.

I'm wondering if carrots and cabbage would bring them in even if they end up freezing?

Thanks for the input.
 
Probally will work.

When I was younger I did the same but used rabbit pellets (pet rabbit food). They eat it but skipped the snares.


I did catch one with the old box and a stick with a pull cord attached once tho! Used a carrot as bait. I was like 8 and figured it worked in the cartoons lol. The rabbit went in to eat the carrot, I pulled the string and BAM! That cardboard box took off across the back yard in to the woods like a bat out of hell! lol. Good times.


Give it a shot anyway man, worst case nothing happens.
 
Not sure what your neighbourhood is like but you might be surprised at the noise a trapped rabbit can make.

Bylaw, Human Society, Peta, ???, etc going to be knocking on the door when the little old lady next door looks over the fence?
 
No worries about PETA showing up. I'm in a rural'ish area and my yard is somewhat isolated.

Plus I think the my kids would get a kick out of seeing the grouse and rabbits in the backyard.
 
Most wildlife will come around in the Winter if you feed them. Check the bylaws in your area just so you don't get into trouble. Your kids will love seeing the animals & birds. I have several cottontails that come into my yard to eat the grass.

George
 
I've trapped lots in a live trap using a slice of apple. Delicious seems to work best as they are fragrant. Trained lots of beagles in my youth using rabbits trapped this way.
 
Carrots....


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eg23 said:
No worries about PETA showing up. I'm in a rural'ish area and my yard is somewhat isolated.

Plus I think the my kids would get a kick out of seeing the grouse and rabbits in the backyard.
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The kids will get a kick out of seeing rabbits strangled in the back yard.
Interesting ?
 
I threw some old carrots in the bush behind my house and it was a very popular hangout for rabbits. The problem is when they run out of carrots they turn on your trees and chewed the tops off of 41 of the 51 young white spruce trees my wife and I planted. I will eat rabbit soon.
 
roccoskeet!
Thanks for contributing absolutely nothing to this thread!
Let me guess, you don't have kids or if you do you hide them from the outdoors and hunting activities.
To answer your question, YES my 10 year old daughter would love to get a hold of some rabbit fur and would love to see rabbits running around the back yard. More than likely the same reason she begs me to buy her a gun big enough to shoot a deer! As for my 4 year old, same thing! She's convinced she'll be able to take a rabbit with her Red Rider BB gun.
I'm am pround of my outdoor heritage and I am proud to pass that down to my daughters!!!
 
The rabbits used to jump in the feed pail for my cows and eat and they allways left me a present in return everytime they did it.They will eat a lot of different things it seems.
 
If you can determine any definite areas of the yard they seem to frequent more than others, make a fence/funnel out of sticks and twigs to "steer" them into your snare. This will work better than random bait around the yard.
 
Thanks to all for the good ideas. I think I'll have to try a few different "feeds". I'm only setting up one spot. I'll keep everyone posted on my success.

Please continue to feel free to add your input.
 
I have 10 acres and quite a few willows and poplar.
A few years ago I ended up with a pile of chutes and branches about 10' x 10 'x 3' that I had pruned, all pretty small stuff not much more than an inch or so in diameter.
I didn't get around to cleaning it up before the snow flew and the rabbits loved it.
Being low to the ground it was easy for them to get to and it provided a nice little shelter for them.
That year they didn't destroy any of the live trees, I've been doing it ever since.

If you have a pick-up and access to a wood lot it wouldn't be much work to get yourself a little pile going, if you have the room for it.
 
Hay.

I love how the righteous get on this thread and bash snaring. I guess if it doesn't fit your own agenda it must be bad....hey Wendy...
 
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