need some advice on how many ferrets for a warren and what ferrets

[ferret12 0]

i need some advice im stuck on how many ferrets should i use for a warren and what ferrets should i use like a hob or jill

 

could anyone help me on this please

 

 

thanks :blink:

[poacherkev 64]

i need some advice im stuck on how many ferrets should i use for a warren and what ferrets should i use like a hob or jill

 

could anyone help me on this please

 

 

thanks :blink:

how bigs the warren and where is it ? in a hedge or on a bank ?etc tell us more info

Edited May 24, 2009 by poacherkev

[ferret12 0]

i need some advice im stuck on how many ferrets should i use for a warren and what ferrets should i use like a hob or jill

 

could anyone help me on this please

 

 

thanks :blink:

how bigs the warren and where is it ? in a hedge or on a bank ?etc tell us more info

 

 

 

helloo

 

its on a bank but gotta be over 200 holes on it went there yesturday to have a look as ive just got the land just starting ferreting

[poacherkev 64]

i need some advice im stuck on how many ferrets should i use for a warren and what ferrets should i use like a hob or jill

 

could anyone help me on this please

 

 

thanks :blink:

how bigs the warren and where is it ? in a hedge or on a bank ?etc tell us more info

 

 

 

helloo

 

its on a bank but gotta be over 200 holes on it went there yesturday to have a look as ive just got the land just starting ferreting

well its that big you will need about 12 ferrets and a few long nets to go around it but more helpers to help catch them up as if and when they start bolting it will be none stop as long as it holds a lot of rabbits .

but as its breeding season at the mo i would leave it well alone until september or you will be in for a lot of digging and a lot of kills below ground .

hope this helps you

[ferret12 0]

i need some advice im stuck on how many ferrets should i use for a warren and what ferrets should i use like a hob or jill

 

could anyone help me on this please

 

 

thanks :blink:

how bigs the warren and where is it ? in a hedge or on a bank ?etc tell us more info

 

 

 

helloo

 

its on a bank but gotta be over 200 holes on it went there yesturday to have a look as ive just got the land just starting ferreting

well its that big you will need about 12 ferrets and a few long nets to go around it but more helpers to help catch them up as if and when they start bolting it will be none stop as long as it holds a lot of rabbits .

but as its breeding season at the mo i would leave it well alone until september or you will be in for a lot of digging and a lot of kills below ground .

hope this helps you

 

 

 

 

thanks for your time and help

[kingkeeper21 2]

if it was me matey with a set that big i wouldnt even bother with nets you make to much noise put your ferrets in and get afew lads together and shoot them as they bolt.

[stubby 175]

Is It definatly a 200 hole warren, or a few warrens on the same bank?

but making it easy, as suggested either wait until the undergrowth dies back a bit, or if the landowner is keen to clear the warrens, get them to cut/strim a strip at top and bottom of banking, so longnets can be run along the length, both at the top and bottom, with stop nets sectioning it off into quarters, again as stated, the more hands the better, start at one end and work your way along,

[badgeroy 3]

My experience with these banks (one was about 300 holes could'nt tell where one warren stopped and another started, 3 of us with about 200 nets moved along from behind us) has been to purse net the whole lot otherwise you will have the rabbits out of one hole and into another and not catch a bloody thing, its a hard days work but if there are that many rbbits in there it will be worth it. As previously said by others wait till the undergrowth dies back in the Autumn.

Edited May 25, 2009 by badgeroy

[max abell 196]

Hi mate we have a lot of very big burries on a lot of our pemission on the south downs 400 holes are common place

and beleive me when i say they are hard enough work in the winter let alone this time of year

 

Regards digging a lot of these burries are in solid chalk and really deep i do all sorts of ground but these big hill burries are by far the hardest

of all

They can be very productive but be prepared to be there all day if we decide to do one of the big downs burries we put

down every purse net we have about 250 else they will hole hop all day surround the burrie with long nets and have a bloke or 2 with

shotguns one burrie was so big we even put a small tramel net across the middle of it

We then put 5 ferrets in for a little while then another 5 and when the action starts its manic but good you can get anything up to

35 to 40 rabbits out these really big uns but as i said be prepared for a long hard days work

GOOD LUCK MATE and i would wait till winter before attempting these big uns