Bobtheferret

Agreed. I’ve found it excellent

Had a few short trips with my dog and new pup. Been steady so far numbers seem about the same as last year so far. Pup has done fine for 9 months old. Like you lots of cover still which makes life harder but few hedges been cut which is nice.

That’s it about the tolerance, last season on the best bit of permission I have every rabbit more or less had mixi scars. They had all had it and recovered, years ago that place would have been basically wiped out. That’s part of the change. I used to go out with 3/4 of us every weekend and getting 20 plus was literally a bare minimum and 50 plus a very good day but not unusual and now I mainly go on my own for a few hours with no nets and the dog and if we catch 6 I’ve had a great day. Very different days but both enjoyable, I’ve even got an agreement with a keeper and a couple of farme

I hope you didn’t drink the “milk”

An experienced ferret is such an asset, just go down do the job and no drama. Only issue I find with my hobs is they can get a little to efficient with experience! I had a hob I basically had to stop taking as he killed what felt like every rabbit he came across and in such short order I barely had to time to locate the kill. Not what’s needed.

I appreciate the frustration but you need to be patient, 3 years is absolutely nothing. It will take approximately 10-15 years minimum at a guess. I spent a lot of time researching about RVHD in Australia and New Zealand and it seemed to take around that to build an immunity and then rabbits do what they best! Same with mixi, I bet every ferret man in country gave up on rabbits after mixi and 20 years later (although mixi was still a blight on the poor coney) numbers where at good levels again. This is a long game for the rabbit man (or women) but for the money you’ll get now you’ll kick yours

At least he is posting something hunting related unlike most on this site. Good to see someone actually getting out and doing something don’t knock it!

Nice video mate, lovely ground also nice warrens and plenty of rabbits. Brindle dog looks very useful? How is it bred? Black dog just a pup?

Classic one sided bbc rubbish. Kill all the stripeys. Hedgehog killing b*****ds

I have had issues breeding silvers in general. Twice now I have breed and silver to a polecat and had crippled youngsters. Same thing twice they seemed fine when they were very little and as they started walking around properly there back legs just kind of gave up, definitely something in the silver gene that isn’t quite right.

Where can you watch this? Is on a streaming platform? Loves a good western I do.

No he is grey/whippet/collie. Lovely little thing not nice to see him with a face full of stitches

Thanks for all the reply’s gents it is much appreciated and more or less has just confirmed what I guessed. The balls off was as much as anything to appease the wife but don’t think I’ll bother now. A little bit of extra info the older dog has got a fresh cut (scabbed today) on his ear and his sensitive about his ears so I wonder if pup nipped with sharp little teeth and he overreacted?? Getting him checked at the vet tomorrow just to make sure everything is ok also.

I hope so. They had just been so good together until yesterday and have been fine today, I would have thrashed him yesterday but had my little girl literally in my arms in tears and didn’t want to scare her or he would have got a proper thump.

I don’t think so but I did wonder exactly the same thing, he seems fine it’s healed up fairly well. Apparently pup had been being very full on all day and I think he had probably had enough of him so possibly just putting him in his place and got carried away. God knows tbh. Have booked him into the vets tomorrow to have a good check over and make sure he isn’t in pain