Charging for Rabbit control

[harrishawk01 0]

Sorry if this is on here already but I have searched and could not find anything.

 

Do you charge for rabbit control and if so how much? I ferret / hawk /shoot for fun but have been asked to control rabbits in an area which I think I should charge for but don't know how much to charge.

 

Many thanks

[RaiderBoy 19]

well i think the sport alone is enough unless its a really hard area

[Guest buster321c]

I always think if i do it free , i can take my time and do it as sport , but if people pay they want em out quick as poss , so there aint really much chgance of any morre sport is there . Ive got 4 permissions and i tell em that i`ll reduce the numbers at my own pace and come and go as i please thats why its free . Ive been to each of them every weekend for the last 6 weeks without fail . I went out 9 oclock last night , came back at 8 am today , had 40 winks and went back out , ive only been in an hour , but i can do what i want and its how i like it

[stubby 175]

charge what you see fit as a days work, not by the amount of rabbits you take, although saying that, a new customer that I ferreted for today, not a single rabbit at home, so told him to just cover my petrol money,

[j davies 8]

Sorry if this is on here already but I have searched and could not find anything.

 

Do you charge for rabbit control and if so how much? I ferret / hawk /shoot for fun but have been asked to control rabbits in an area which I think I should charge for but don't know how much to charge.

 

Many thanks

no one should charge for hunting rabbits mate its the sport to tell you the truth you should be paying him for the days out not you charge him

[jazz_11 5]

down my area 1) your lucky to get a decent piece of land and 2) your lucky to have rabbits on it so down my area you would get laughed at but up yours i cant say as i dont no... as stubby says charge what you feel fit..

[stealthy1 3,964]

If you've been asked to eradicate the rabbits then charge what you need as a days pay for every day you work, if your just after permission, then do it for free.

[max abell 196]

We personaly dont charge on all the land we do we do it coz we love it

And if we didnt do it for free there is plenty of ferreters who are waiting who will

But aving said that ask one of the pest controllers who do it for a living they might

be able to put you right with prices etc

[dj.chapman 0]

i would say if they ask you then you should charge for petrol costs, and a bit to put in the tin incase of vet bills, just to cover your costs . if you ask them then it should be done for free. well thats my thoughts

[The one 8,484]

If your charging money you got to make a good job and be seen to do it right as there guys that will do it for free and you can bet the landowners getting that offer once a week

[one4thepot 0]

Your a lucky man to be in the position of charging land owners for the pleasure of rabbiting.

It would be un-thinkable to do such a thing in my area, in fact I actually offer land owners a small fee per outing, just to try & get my foot in the door!!!

[comanche 3,038]

If someone contacts me as a customer and asks me to control their rabbits It has to be initially aproached on a proffessional basis . Once the situation has been accessed things can change . If a landowner offered the run of his farm with dog ,nets and ferrets I'd count myself lucky and certainly not mention payment. I would still approach the task as a proper job though. No creaming -off of easy burrows and skipping the nasty ones . The farmer has let me onto his land in order to keep his rabbits down not as a favour. If I don't do a good job of it he's -quite rightly- likely to invite the next person who knocks on his door with a box of ferrets to try and do better.

On the other hand If I have to do a 30 mile round trip to rustle half a dozen bunnies out of someones compost heap It has to be charged as a call-out like any job .

We were recently asked to gas some rabbits in hospital grounds . I managed to persuade them that in this situation gassing would not be viable due to human access and holes being in the proximity of ponds and the fact that a couple of chaps creeping about in PPE might cause a stir amongst some of the more confused elderly and special needs residents . Ferreting was the practical and environmentally sympathetic answer and using a dog to mark inhabited holes saved the waste of gassing empty burrows . Obviously as we had been approached on a proffessional basis we charged accordingly but the bill proved favourable when compared with what we would have had to charge for the nasty gassing campaign they had asked us to do and we had bunnies to eat and sell. As a result we have been booked to do the rounds again this coming winter and also to ferret other premises under the same management .

This sort of paid ferreting job comes up once in a while and is a welcome bonus but to be honest I think the average ferreter is lucky if he can get a decent bit of permission and should try to hold onto it by doing some good unpaid pest control and having some fun at the same time .

[JordKil 0]

I dont bother charging when I go to folks gardens or farmland as I enjoy getting out and doing it. But I have had a few people who try to pay me even though I refuse I usually find a note and twenty quid in my bag lol

 

ATB

Jordan

[max abell 196]

If someone contacts me as a customer and asks me to control their rabbits It has to be initially aproached on a proffessional basis . Once the situation has been accessed things can change . If a landowner offered the run of his farm with dog ,nets and ferrets I'd count myself lucky and certainly not mention payment. I would still approach the task as a proper job though. No creaming -off of easy burrows and skipping the nasty ones . The farmer has let me onto his land in order to keep his rabbits down not as a favour. If I don't do a good job of it he's -quite rightly- likely to invite the next person who knocks on his door with a box of ferrets to try and do better.

On the other hand If I have to do a 30 mile round trip to rustle half a dozen bunnies out of someones compost heap It has to be charged as a call-out like any job .

We were recently asked to gas some rabbits in hospital grounds . I managed to persuade them that in this situation gassing would not be viable due to human access and holes being in the proximity of ponds and the fact that a couple of chaps creeping about in PPE might cause a stir amongst some of the more confused elderly and special needs residents . Ferreting was the practical and environmentally sympathetic answer and using a dog to mark inhabited holes saved the waste of gassing empty burrows . Obviously as we had been approached on a proffessional basis we charged accordingly but the bill proved favourable when compared with what we would have had to charge for the nasty gassing campaign they had asked us to do and we had bunnies to eat and sell. As a result we have been booked to do the rounds again this coming winter and also to ferret other premises under the same management .

This sort of paid ferreting job comes up once in a while and is a welcome bonus but to be honest I think the average ferreter is lucky if he can get a decent bit of permission and should try to hold onto it by doing some good unpaid pest control and having some fun at the same time .

Spot on mate

[Netter 0]

Your a lucky man to be in the position of charging land owners for the pleasure of rabbiting.

It would be un-thinkable to do such a thing in my area, in fact I actually offer land owners a small fee per outing, just to try & get my foot in the door!!!

 

B*llocks mate, I know of people and firms who charge for rabbit control in your area, and they get paid. Why? because farmers and landowners are sick of all the cowboys going on and just messing about, they would rather pay a proffessional a price and get the job done properley, within a fixed timescale.

Edited May 13, 2009 by Netter