My cats control them.

Either rim fire or pellet gun.

My aunt used to dispatch them with a pellet gun out of the kitchen window.

rabbit stew lol

I use a non-permanant electric fence (poles & wires can easily be taken up) with wires at 6 and 12 inches above ground around my 28 by 78 ft garden. However, if you have a considerably smaller area, some sort of fencing might suffice.

My electric fence was installed in the early 2000's to prevent raccoons from raiding my sweet corn crop. Not only did it solve my raccoon problem but also has helped in keeping other wildlife out of the garden.

Are they wascally wabbits? :-)

Ugh. Rabbits destroyed my spring garden. The only good news is that we have incredibly lazy rabbits. I just bought a spool of rabbit fencing from Home Depot (wires with small square or rectangle openings, 24-28" tall), got out the wire cutters, and made a bunch of circular cages to cover the peppers. I made circular "sleeves" of wire mesh to go around the bottom of the poles for all my pole beans because otherwise they gnawed them down to nubs.

If you aren't going to kill them, fence fence and more fence. Most of the reviews of scent-based repellants are dismal at best, and they are fairly expensive.

Inflatable snakes.

You can buy them at walmart in the gardening section with the other pest products, work like a charm for me.

Failing that, get a Have A Heart trap to catch them in. You may the relocate/skin/eat/whatever as desired.

It is illegal in some areas to relocate animals. You may be taking mama away from her babies. Also you might be causing someone else a problem where you relocate them. We have basic chicken wire around our gardens and no rabbit problems there.

Yep, cats.

RpR,

Your method is sound. Your Aunt is cool! LOL!

Pellet gun for the win! Has worked here. :)

Quiet. Doesn`t bother the neighbors. Cheap on projectiles in which to dispatch those pesky wabbits! LOL!

Now.....I gotta` learn how to eat them...

Fencing. Solves the problem totally. No guns, blood or trapping involved.

Dave

Another vote here for fencing.

"Your method is sound. Your Aunt is cool! LOL!

Pellet gun for the win! Has worked here. :)

Quiet. Doesn`t bother the neighbors. Cheap on projectiles in which to dispatch those pesky wabbits! LOL!

Now.....I gotta` learn how to eat them..."

facepalm

Hobbiest:
You clean them like one would any animal, then cut them up and fry them till they are browned and put them in roaster with enough heavy cream to cover the pieces, finally let them roast for two to three hours at, at first, 425 degrees for one half hour and then for the rest at two seventy five.

When the cream is mostly a heavy gravy there are ready for chow down.
Great with mashed potatoes.
I used to spend hours in miserable weather hunting the mighty wabbit because they are such good eating.
I actually learned how to dig them out of their holes in rock piles but never had the heart to kill those and eat them, not fair hunting.
I would let them go and try to shoot them on the run with a .22 but they knew exactly how to zig and zag.
It was amazing to watch the bullets dig up ground on either side less than two inches away from the kill zone, and then watch them run straight till you pulled the trigger again.
I gained much respect for the wascally wabbits after that.

I have gleaned much information from your post RpR.

I have a few potatoes laying around. Now off to the web I go, to learn how to skin them.

I like meat! LOL!

BTW, have heard stories from some of the military guys who used to chase wabbits with the venerable M60. The wabbit was a formidable foe indeed. Most worthy opponent of our tax payer dollars.

You might consider getting a dog.

Here is a link that might be useful: DFW Gardener

My dear old Dad was a rabbit hunter. Batter fried with gravy and homemade biscuits! That was some more good eating!

My brothers still tell a good story when we get together. They are all a lot older than me so they new Dad when he was young.

Dad was a very fast runner even in his 50's. My brothers said that they were hunting one Thanksgiving (Dad was probably 30ish) and Dads gun jammed. They said that he ran down the rabbit and caught him! LOL

My grandson and a pellet gun, although I got 4 myself this year.

I fence mine out. Chicken wire isn't too expensive, if you have a fairly small garden. My suburban rabbits are too lazy to dig under fences, they'd rather eat the neighbor's ornamentals than work to get my veggies.