# Kill the rabbit! Or not **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760 "2018-07-12T00:59:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/21 "2018-07-12T17:49:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Mind’s Eye** , there is never any such thing as just one rat. Yeah, I thought about that. I’ll leave the traps set for another few days and see. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/22 "2018-07-12T19:28:57Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Are you sure it isn’t an [enchanted woman/mockingbird](https://www.apex-magazine.com/the-tomato-thief/)? That was a captivating story, **Morgan**. Thank you for sharing it here. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/23 "2018-07-12T19:43:05Z")
Damn mockingbird keeps dropping down inside the tomato cage and eating my wife’s 'maters. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/24 "2018-07-12T19:50:46Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Why not just get a protective dog? I have 2 dogs that would be scared of a baby rabbit. Mr.Wrekkers hunting dogs are in a kennel. I wouldn’t want a dog that stayed outside all night unprotected. Plus eating wild life would be a no-no. Too many worms and diseases they could acquire. In the early morning is when I see rabbits. I get up about 6:30 to feed the annoying Cat overlords. Generally I go back to bed for awhile. Lately I’ve taken to sitting on the deck with my gun and picking the little bastard off. I have probably killed 20 this year. The deer don’t care for the tomatoes. The pea patch is a distance from the house. We have electric fencing there. Some deer will still get in, not many though. Right now I am fighting birds in my strawberries. I have bird netting cloth over them. So far, so good. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/25 "2018-07-12T19:57:36Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Damn mockingbird keeps dropping down inside the tomato cage and eating my wife’s 'maters. Get some of the netting cloth and drape it over the cages. Clip it with clothespins. That netting is good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/26 "2018-07-12T20:04:54Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > (those little suckers are cute). Even the really [big](https://www.flickr.com/photos/74663312@N08/42464905125/) ones are cute. ---
**Author:** ![senoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@senoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/senoy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/27 "2018-07-12T20:33:56Z")
Rabbits taste delicious, just saying. Killing it though might land you in trouble with your local DNR. You probably need a crop damage permit. They’re pretty easy to get though and you can soon enjoy some delicious rabbit stew made out of non-eaten vegetables and the little buggers that wanted to eat them. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/28 "2018-07-12T22:28:09Z")
Ah. Catch me if you can. I ain’t cleaning and cooking or eating rabbit in Arkansas. Varmint season is always open especially the ones eating my garden. Just saying. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/29 "2018-07-12T23:32:40Z")
I’ve rarely seen a funnier video than this high school live action version of “What’s Opera, Doc?” https://www.youtube.com/embed/l_8aL2QBkUI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDl_8aL2QBkUI ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/30 "2018-07-13T04:26:11Z")
Popped two filthy rabbits tonight. Took 4 BBs. First shot missed. Second bastard a tough guy. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/31 "2018-07-13T05:13:32Z")
Gato…are you eating rabbit out there? Tell me true. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/32 "2018-07-13T12:19:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That was a captivating story, **Morgan**. Thank you for sharing it here. 🙂 You’re welcome. I love introducing people to Urusla’s work. She’s one of my favorite authors. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/33 "2018-07-13T14:30:09Z")
Okay, so I went back and read it too…Yeah, that was pretty good! > [@](#): > > (Grandma Harken thought of herself as an old lady, because she was one. That she was tougher than tree roots and barbed wire did not matter. You did not steal an old lady’s tomatoes. It was rude, and also, she would destroy you.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/34 "2018-07-13T18:16:33Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Okay, so I went back and read it too…Yeah, that was pretty good! > 😃 It won a Hugo, so I’d say the fans agree with you! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760/35 "2018-07-13T18:32:09Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Why not just get a protective dog? My brother’s beagle manages to track down and kill at least one rabbit each time we dog sit. To reduce rabbit problems, we built raised garden beds. The bunnies can’t scale the wall and I don’t have to bend down as far. Win-win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kill-the-rabbit-or-not/817760.md?page=1)