Here is an idea of mine that I talked about before, several years ago.

Rabbits;


The PGC needs to go around to any interested sportsmen's clubs, 4H, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts and offer up plans on how to build box traps.

My brother lives in town. His yard is polluted with rabbits. You see them smashed on the streets and in evreyones yard in the summer. I'm sure many small towns are like this.


Anyway, you get all those interested to set their box traps in towns, yards or where ever during the early summer. The PGC would have to approve this.

You catch the rabbits and transplant them to SGL or other areas where hunters have access.

Although they will have young already at the time of trapping they will still reproduce after transplanted.

Heck, the PGC could even ear tag some of them and do studies on how many get harvested later in the fall.

I know, I know, the first thing that will be brought up is suitable habitat to do the transplanting to.

Well, if you look at the habitat they just came from( sidewalks, driveways and manacured lawns) I'm thinking those city dwelling bunnies will find a way to survive out in the woods and fields of the SGL's. Stocked Ringneck pheasants are being dumped into these same areas with little worry if they'll survive.

If ear tags and hunter surveys are put in place, we'll all find out how well this works after a year or two.


Since the Boy Scouts and Sportsmen's clubs would be footing the bill for the traps, the PGC could get awaywith this for very little cost other than their approval to allow this to happen.

By the way, for those that say it won't work, I know a few guys who have been doing this for years. They're big into beagles and have several really awesome rabbit hunting areas because of their efforts.