FERRET FINDER.

[Guest Frank]

As above, from all your experiences, which one do you find best?

If you vote, please make comment on reason why, thanks.

Frank.

[IanB 0]

I've bought a mkIII ready for next season and haven't used it yet, so I'll let you know come october , but first impressions it does appear better as long as you tape over the bleeper with some sparky tape as it is a bit too loud...theres an even newer version available now with a sort of volume knob

[Guest chilli]

mrk 3 all the way piss's all over the mrk 1 , annoying sound yes but a mile more accurate imho . tape sorts the sound

[Guest Frank]

Cheers. Keep it coming, im trying to make up my mind, before i spend all my dosh and become skint.

Frank.

[hawkanddog 0]

Cheers. Keep it coming, im trying to make up my mind, before i spend all my dosh and become skint.

Frank.

 

I bought a MK II at the Game fair last year Mr McKay and used it last season. Must say it is an excellent bit of kit. The MK III is even better.

 

I find myself tracking my girls to see what they are up too. I have found a couple of times that the jills keep going to the same place and staying still.

 

So I mark these spots and dig them out. What I have found is a row of bunnys all jambed down a stop end within the set. The ferret keeps going back and having a go at the back marker.

 

With the finder you can start to form a better picture of whats going on under ground plus adding bunnies to the bag that you would never of had.

 

The down side is, I usually have the finder in my hand instead of my .410 when I get 2 bolting, one after another.

 

So, my opion is get the MK III you will not regret it, and can someone design a .410 with a ferret finder attachment. :11:

[Guest Frank]

Thanks very much for that Hawkangddog.

Im slowly starting to think Mark III.

Anymore experiences folks?

Frank.

[Guest the poacher]

ill stick to mk 1 had mk 3 what a load of shit collar was to flimbsy

[Guest Frank]

Did it keep falling off?

[Guest Frank]

Im thinking of getting a Deben MK I 15 ft locator, that some one has on offer, do you think i should go for it, or is the 8 ft MK I or the new Mark III a better choice. Apparently, when i asked about spares for the future, he said, Deben still sell spares for the MK I.

Frank.

[hawkanddog 0]

Im thinking of getting a Deben MK I 15 ft locator, that some one has on offer, do you think i should go for it, or is the 8 ft MK I or the new Mark III a better choice. Apparently, when i asked about spares for the future, he said, Deben still sell spares for the MK I.

Frank.

 

The collar for my MK II is the same as the MK III and you have to make sure you tighten them especially as the ferret is in winter coat.

 

I have just been on the Deben web site and you can still get the spares.

 

You pays your money and takes your chances like every bit of electronic kit you buy from TV's to washing machines.

[Guest Frank]

Thanks HD. Makes sense what you say.

Frank.

[Guest chilli]

How do you ferret at the moment then frank with out a collar an box ?

[Guest Frank]

Like i have said before, i am just getting back into ferreting after a 10 year gap. Back then i was poor and did not have the dosh to splash out on a locator.

I never lost a ferret though and did do a good bit of ferreting then. If the ferret did not come out, i bloked all the holes, put the ferret box next to the hole i left open, with some rabbit liver in it and came back at first light. The ferret was allways a sleep in it and was glad to see me.

Now that im getting back into it, i have a bit more cash (not much more ) so can afford a locator. I just want a get a good one, for my moneys worth.

Frank.

[Guest chilli]

sooner rather than later the spare for the mrk 1 wont be about . they are defunct nothing is made with them any more . that tells you all you need to no mate .

[Guest Frank]

Thanks chilli. Ill bare that in mind.

Frank.