of course you can, at the end of the day, only you can deciede what value you put on your ferrets, look back through old posts and see those from people that have lost ferts in the same way,
also, and this is'nt me trying to be funny, but maybe if you cant afford a locator, you should seriously think about rabbiting in some other form, with say and air rifle,
because you cant afford a locator, so what about
purse nets x 20 plus
a decent shovel
a carry box
also as has been said so many times in the past, what if the ferts need vets treatment, will you hope to put a post up, asking