[Shop-talk] getting rid of rabbits?

[Tim]

While we still had snow on the ground this winter, I noticed that the rabbits were eating on a row of 3 to 4 ft tall arbor vitae in my front yard. 

Is there a way to keep rabbits out of my yard? Next year I will most likely put up a chicken wire fennce of some sort, but I would like to keep the damn things out of my yard, period. 

Any advice is appreciated. (shooting them is not an option by the way.)

Tim