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Things ain’t what they used to be

While the rabbit is still a brown fluffy creature that lives in burrows and consumes most vegetable matter in its path, the methods used to control this non-indigenous species have evolved.

Back when I started catching rabbits, things were a bit simpler than they are today. I knew plenty of rabbiters who used ferrets and nets; some used

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