ferret finders yes or no?

[irishbob666 0]

im new to working ferrets and want to no is a ferret find a must have? how long would i expect to be hanging around weighting on them coming back out ?

[Hob&Jill 258]

Ive done it with and without finders but I wouldnt go without one now, they just make things so much easier and quicker. If most of the burys you work are small and open i.e. middle if fields ect then you could probably get away without one although you wont be as succesful as you cant get the rabbits killed below. If your doing hedges, woodland, bramble patches ect then I would never do these without a finder. Its not just handy for digging, if your working big sets its re assuring to be able to keep checking to make sure none have slipped out and away.

 

Either way I would get one, but there are times when you can get away without. times could be anything from 10 mins to 2 hours or more but adverage about 30 mins?

 

atb,

 

hj

[niall_b73 41]

i to am like you, pretty new to the ferreting scene.

i have only been out the once, last sunday and thankfully all went well.

but with regards to the ferret finder, i would say a big yes. if you think anything of your workers you would think heavily about investing in one.

well that is my 2 cents anyway.

good luck with the ferreting

 

niall_b73

[stealthy1 3,964]

Look out! the folk in the black and white photo's are on their way before they were invented I ferreted without, now their here I would'nt be without one, your call mate

[Marksman 934]

I used to use the old "Line ferret" when my old jill used to lay up......

 

Just to explain in case anyone doesnt know, as far as I know most people used the female ferret to do the work, but in the case of a "lie up" a collar was fitted to a male ferret along with a section of string and he was put down the hole to chase/locate the female

 

No fear of that nowadays!

 

Darryl

[Guest lavyheed]

im new to working ferrets and want to no is a ferret find a must have? how long would i expect to be hanging around weighting on them coming back out ?

 

I would invest in one mate,you never know when you will get a lay up.

[Guest lavyheed]

I used to use the old "Line ferret" when my old jill used to lay up......

 

Just to explain in case anyone doesnt know, as far as I know most people used the female ferret to do the work, but in the case of a "lie up" a collar was fitted to a male ferret along with a section of string and he was put down the hole to chase/locate the female

 

No fear of that nowadays!

 

Darryl

 

Line method now thats a blast from the past. I have never used that method for years

[philipmurray 0]

yeah must have...!

[jackson2kaii8 5]

if you have a good ferret you dont need one!!i have one that kills and moves on so i dont really need on but i have a finder on her anyways!!

[stealthy1 3,964]

Last year one of my jills became stuck in a stopend, what must have happend was, she chased a rabbit down a stopend which put its arse up, another rabbit ran up to her so she killed that one, then she returned to the first rabbit which at the time of its death was trying to climb over the first one she killed, the locator showed her running the same two feet of tunnel, so a dig was in order, when dug to, both rabbits were on top of each other and my jill was stuck behind them, although she would'nt have starved, at worst she may have suffocated, or been down in the tube a while, but like I said, I just dug her out

[Hywel 53]

I never work the ferrets without one.

[irishbob666 0]

thanks with all the advice well im going out for the fist time this morning a dont have 1 right now so i can just hope for the best lol

[Cornio 0]

Spoke to a good old boy last week and he used to use a length of bramble down the hole.

[The one 8,512]

I started ferreting before they where invented but i wouldn't go out with out one today the amount of time saved and rabbits they put into the bag pays for them over and over mate

[Marksman 934]

Spoke to a good old boy last week and he used to use a length of bramble down the hole.

 

 

Thats what we used to use for pulling the kills out that we couldnt reach.......