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Okay, it's beyond time to send six of Pearl's first litter to freezer camp; we just haven't had much opportunity until now. We just want to make sure we've got a good plan here.
I remember reading (I guess on HT) about someone putting each rabbit in a bucket with a bunch of greens, and the bun happily munching away, and never knowing what hit it. We liked that idea, so we figured we'd do that.
We have a 750fps air rifle with .177 caliber pellets -- the pointed ones. I understand from Maggie that you aim point-blank at the base of the skull between the ears, toward the jaw. Does the aim have to be exact in order to prevent a screaming rabbit?
We'll be doing this at night after the kids go to bed so that they don't know about it until morning. We really can't have rabbits screaming in this neighborhood at night. Not to mention the fact that we want to be merciful to the buns. We don't want them to suffer, we just want the lights to suddenly go out.
I remember reading (I guess on HT) about someone putting each rabbit in a bucket with a bunch of greens, and the bun happily munching away, and never knowing what hit it. We liked that idea, so we figured we'd do that.
We have a 750fps air rifle with .177 caliber pellets -- the pointed ones. I understand from Maggie that you aim point-blank at the base of the skull between the ears, toward the jaw. Does the aim have to be exact in order to prevent a screaming rabbit?
We'll be doing this at night after the kids go to bed so that they don't know about it until morning. We really can't have rabbits screaming in this neighborhood at night. Not to mention the fact that we want to be merciful to the buns. We don't want them to suffer, we just want the lights to suddenly go out.