ferreting

[Guest ferreting king]

hey all........sat here wondering........when you go ferreting which to you prefer to use?........hob or jill or do you not have a preference?

 

i take both my hob and jill, my hob is the better worker and stronger but my jill is better for bolting

 

and i use them both at the same time if we are ferreting a big warren

 

my question is why do some prefer to use a hob over a jill or a jill over a hob?

Y.I.S

FK

Edited July 14, 2006 by ferreting king

[jonathan 0]

jills are better because they are faster and small so they don't kill as much and the rabbit can knock them out of the way

[Guest ferreting king]

jills are better because they are faster and small so they don't kill as much and the rabbit can knock them out of the way

 

fair point there!, and there is a less chance for the jill to "kill in"

 

Y.I.S

FK

[Cleanspade 3,323]

i think the jills are better for bolting , ive found most of my jills ive had over years haven't killed a lot, as the hobs i have had just killed most of the time, some of them have managed to bolt the rabbits sometimes, but in my opinion, jills but take both my ferrets out rabbiting

[socks 32,253]

i take both my hob and jill, my hob is the better worker and stronger but my jill is better for bolting

 

talk about contredicting yourself ..........

[Guest ferreting king]

 

i take both my hob and jill, my hob is the better worker and stronger but my jill is better for bolting

 

talk about contredicting yourself ..........

 

 

 

lol

[SeanTheHawker 0]

take both, but always end up just using the hob, bolts em out alot faster, while they sometimes give the jill the run around. he does kill every now and again, but kills and moves on usually

[Guest chilli]

got no preferance myself . Mine all do a good enough job for me .

[Rabbithunter 456]

horses for courses

[Branch 0]

Got to agree with rabbithunter horses for courses.

If I’m doing a lot of small warrens then I have one Jill that I use for this job alone, she’s great at it very quick and doesn’t seem to hang around.

If I’m working a hedgerow then I have a hob, which is exalent at the job, he will just work his way up the hedge alone no entering required.

So definitely horses for courses.

[DiStuRBeD 0]

use a jill, but if she is getting the run around will put the hob down. Now i have 2 jills and a hob, but the hob and young jill have to be tried proper first before i know what ill be doing with them in regards to working what and who with

[Rabbithunter 456]

I have a polecat hob who will not back down from a rabbit, who i have only dug to a handful of times. He will eventually bolt it.

 

Sandy hob who will do the same job once he gets onto a bunny but will kill more than the polecat.

 

and my prize polecat jill who will clear a set on her own, given the time. She will bolt, but is the ferret i have dug to the most (mainly because if im going ferreting - she's coming with me)

 

I also have another poley jill and albino jill, who will both bolt rabbits but are a nightmare to get out the set. So they aren't used and they are my mother's "pet's"

 

I never leave home with less than two ferrets, the poley jill and poley hob are always with me. I have been out on my own with four ferrets before working 40 - 50 yards of hedgerow, and its hard work keeping track of them (and jumping over the fences grabbing rabbits left right and center)

[rabbit slayer 22]

I used to have a hob that was an excellent worker, never had to dig to him. But my first choice would be a jill, so that i could use a big hob as a liner.

[The Ferret Tamer 1]

Hi all i always worked jills up until a couple of years ago when i was asked to ferret for a shooting syndicate so they could have something to waste a few cartridges on.

anyway that morning the alarm failed on me and i dashed out of the house down to the court and grabbed the first 3 ferrets that came out.

all 3 were albino castrated hobs but never mind thought i, i'll just put in an appearence and if the worst comes to worst i will just tell em theres nought in there.

 

Anyway to cut a long story short we had a superb mornings sport shame they could'nt shoot to save their lives.

the ferrets had a better bag than the guns and they were popping off at anything that moved there was a veritable sea of empty cartridge cases on the floor and not many rabbits, still a good time was had by all and my castrated lads go with me all year round as we don't stop for the season as we do a lot of caravan sites where the rabbits have to be shifted to help prevent the little buggers diggin under the bases and collapsing em.

 

wish the punters would'nt feed the little sods.

 

anybody else tried castrated hobs for working?

 

Regards FT

[robinmcleod2 0]

ive used jills all my life they better all round i think but this year im trying out hobs because my bitch had nine of them ive just had them out today they bolted 2, only kept 2 aswell a albeno and a polecat out of nine