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    I am in the south and do well to get it done for less a £100 round here. The op should be very effective I’ve used one for years, get it done soon if you want to use him on your jills in April as I think you should leave it a month or two after the op.
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    Trev have you kept a tally of your season to date? You put some amazing numbers in the bag and all without the use of a net it seems! Keep going with the videos always enjoy them ??
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    I haven’t seen a live hare round my way for nearly 5 years, saw a dead one run over about 2 years ago but that’s it. I go lamping and ferreting throughout the winter and air rifle shooting in the summer so I am out and about plus obviously dog walks etc but they just aren’t there. Rabbits around in ok numbers in spots and barren in others but bloody deer are everywhere!!!!
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    Agreed. Had a lot more bites of hamsters than ferrets
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    Looks like I am the only one to catch a pure white one! Amazed at that didn’t think it would be so rare, the place I caught the two in the pictures earlier in this thread swear to their knowledge that no pet ones were ever introduced but obviously couldn’t know if some random released one. They said they had seen them occasionally for years, other than being white was the same size etc as a normal rabbit.
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    Not being funny but this is not new news, RVHD2 has been over here since 2014 and you only need to see the number of topics on the lurcher or ferreting forums on this very site to realise it’s had an effect on rabbit numbers. There’s also maps been drawn up of suspected/confirmed cases bought into vets etc and it’s pretty much completely widespread across the country. It’s been in aus and nz for longer and rabbits formed an reasonable immunity in a (relatively for a virus) short time of 10- 15 years so very much fingers crossed in another 5-10 years ours do to.
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    I am positive that rabbits use certain warrens only when feeding. They use them so they can venture further away from the primary warren and have a safe sanctuary to go to if disturbed by a fox or whatever but then when they have finished feeding and want to rest up for the night the return to the main warren. For a ferreter this can lead to head scratching especially if you have seen rabbits at night, I would say in my experience this is most likely to happen when there is premium food available (winter wheat etc) but better warrens a few hedges/fields away that are safer and dryer. Rabbits a
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    Either post the name or be quiet. Plus does it even bloody matter what dog another man runs and if it once jacked on a fox?? It’s his dog and if he is happy with him that’s all that matters.
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    I think you may be on to something there, the lack of wanting to actual feel fur in the dogs mouth. Mine would be same as yours! They are fine in the day, very rarely getting tangled or hit the long net but will hold the rabbit there till I untangle it and take it off them but no way I would even contemplate doing old school long net work at night would be a disaster! First rabbit would be our last probably!!!! ?
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    I think most lurchers can work a long net during ferreting but if we are talking at night as described above then in my opinion that is a rare animal. To leave the rabbit once in the net and then cast back out into the darkness to drive more rabbits into the net all with minimal commands that’s a dog i would like to own.
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    Thanks for taking the time to do a write up with some nice pics. ?? Sounds like a good day even if it was hard work to start with.
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    Most important thing is they work well and have a good temperament, I do personally dislike larger than average ferrets though. I always work a mix of hobs and jills and those cat like hobs are no good for the job in my opinion, to big and strong and if they get hold of a rabbit they are not letting go! Ferrets job is to bolt the rabbit not kill it! I have noticed this year though that with a few less rabbits about mainly the remaining rabbits are seem slightly bigger and stronger than last few years, less competition for food and best warren space perhaps? My imagination maybe!?
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    Went out yesterday and every doe I caught was pregnant, the week before that I caught half grown rabbit maybe 6 weeks old so must’ve been born around mid November.....I think we aren’t fair away from 12 months of the year breeding if they aren’t already.
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    Here is some of my lot! Good grafters all of them.
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    I’ve only really caught normal brown ones with the odd black one and once a white one with black eyes though not albino. Landowner said they’ve seen them there occasionally for years.
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    From reading the thread (nice interesting one with no dick measuring! Nice change!) It sounds like the perfect cross would be lab x grey then back over a whippet or grey so you only had 1/4 lab in the mix and a bit more running dog for speed but plenty of the labs undoubtedly good qualities. As mentioned the issue then becomes litter wastage on the first X but in today’s dog market would almost certainly find plenty of pet homes if no working homes were available. Definitely a cross I would own if the time was right, always been amazed that more lab lurchers aren’t out there.
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    Well done mate, cheeky vicar in there as well!
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    Spot on that. Sums the whole thread up nicely.
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    Nice dogs mate ??. Good pair for flushing and then catching
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    Exactly. Even if it’s a £100 for 5 years that’s £20 a year! I know each of my working jills are worth a lot than £20 a year to me. You’ll probably get a lot more than 5 years out of a vas hob anyway, I’ve an 8 year old hob that still works and mated successfully in the summer still in good shape.
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    It was clear that was the reason. She became anemic and took her to the vet and he confirmed it was being left in season that had caused it gave her the jill jab and some treatment for the anemia but was to late to save her, happened so quickly to just a day from being ok to being very ill and another day after she was dead. As the one and others have said if you leave them there condition really can go downhill over the course of a summer also. Now I use a vas hob it’s amazing they look superb all summer no hair loss or weight loss just stay in nice healthy condition all year round. I j
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    I’ve had a jill die from not being mated, was in her first season and since then I’ve never chanced it. Before then I had many times left them all summer no issue but have never forgiven myself for that jill, felt I let her down. She had a cracking first winter on the rabbits as well real cracker of a ferret.
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