mick20 23 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi all, Been a couple of weeks since last out ferreting so out tomorrow, will be first time since my old jill died (gonna be lost without her), taking two of last years kits and one from a litter earlier this year(biggest kit i have ever seen/had) . It's a bit windy here at the moment and forecast to be windier over the weekend and normally would give it a miss as i have found over the years i tend to have more hang ups and therefore dig more when windy. Rain, sleet or snow don't seem to have much affect one way or an other it's just when very windy. Just wondering if all ye ferreters out there find similar (or not). Would like to here your comments Many thanks ATB Mick Apologies if this has been asked before Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Makes no difference to me if its windy, if I want to go then I'll go, cant say I've noticed any difference in the number that bolt, its not like the rabbits have a choice with a ferret nipping its arse Quote Link to post
The one 8,456 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 same here i will give it a go as long as its not hissing down only bad point you cant hear much till they bolt and you can see them Quote Link to post
The one 8,456 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 same here i will give it a go as long as its not hissing down only bad point you cant hear much till they bolt and you can see them Quote Link to post
The one 8,456 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 (edited) sorry works compt froze them spewed out three post as im not supposed to be on here cant moan can somebody remove two posts ?? Edited October 30, 2009 by The one Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Same as last replies cant say we have ever noticed any difference windy or not It can be a pain when its windy cos you cant hear the bolting as well as on a still day Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Probably easier with a mk 3 locater on the windy days, (Yes the mk3 will score above a mk1 on this occasion!). Rabbits bolt when they want to and dont bolt when they dont want to. Usually early in the season, the juvenille's will bolt easy peasy, give the rabbits until after xmas and some of them have learnt to stay put and kick out. There is lot of rubbish talked about weather affecting the rabbits bolting, its nonsense. Fair play some will stay put if they see/hear/smell a team above ground, but most weathered rabbits will bolt only if they see the odds stacked against them in the shape of committed ferrets making them run or die. Quote Link to post
muddy 6 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Hi mick20, I've found in 36 years of ferreting, that rabbits are more reluctant to bolt on windy days. Maybe it's the noise of the wind blowing across the burrow, or scent, I don't know. If it's windy I get more digs. It's strange that this happens,as stealthy1 said, you wouldn't think it would matter with a ferret nipping it's arse!! Quote Link to post
caterpiller 10 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 I agree with you on this one Mick, i have found Rabbits a lot harder to get on the move on Windy Days. Had a Day's Holiday on Monday, was Ferreting around the Scotch Corner Area, found 2 of the Rabbits i had caught had Young in them when i gutted them at the end of the day. Quote Link to post
ferretville 69 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Done sets on hill sides and embankments facing into the wind and they were very reluctant to bolt . Seen it windy and set on flat ground with wind whipping over the top and they`ve bolted . Of all the winds i would say a cold easterly definatly causes havoc rabbits seem to go deeper and deeper into there sets and just don`t want o bolt . Ferreted on really cold days with easterlys blowing and sleat and snow blowing and feck they would not move alot of diggin on those days atb FV . Quote Link to post
Moe 108 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 ive found over time when its windy rabbits reluctant to bolt personaly i yhink its because they cannot hear whats happening outside so stay put and face the music and then youdig Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 When out lamping on a night and its windy, rabbits are everywere, so if something makes them stay under, its not the wind? Quote Link to post
mick20 23 Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Interesting to hear different opinions on this but after today i think i will stick to ferreting on less windy days. Put ferret in a warren today, not a big one it only has a few holes and not over a large area, that we have ferreted for three seasons and always produces a bunny or two quickly. It was fairly blowing on the top of the moors, we entered a jill at around 11 o'clock, she appeared out of two holes in quick succession, this is normally what happens at this warren but then nothing. Gave her some time to get things moving but nothing bolted. Located at one foot down and dug to her at 12 o'clock (would have been earlier but someone had to go get the spade which was propped up against the wall at the farm yard in the valley where we park the car (my mate volunteered for that). Ferret came to hand as soon as we broke through and the rabbit was right in front of her, pulled out the rabbit but surprisingly it wasn,t in a blind. It just seems to me that i dig more on windy days (or is it all in my head?) ATB Mick Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Interesting to hear different opinions on this but after today i think i will stick to ferreting on less windy days. Put ferret in a warren today, not a big one it only has a few holes and not over a large area, that we have ferreted for three seasons and always produces a bunny or two quickly. It was fairly blowing on the top of the moors, we entered a jill at around 11 o'clock, she appeared out of two holes in quick succession, this is normally what happens at this warren but then nothing. Gave her some time to get things moving but nothing bolted. Located at one foot down and dug to her at 12 o'clock (would have been earlier but someone had to go get the spade which was propped up against the wall at the farm yard in the valley where we park the car (my mate volunteered for that). Ferret came to hand as soon as we broke through and the rabbit was right in front of her, pulled out the rabbit but surprisingly it wasn,t in a blind.It just seems to me that i dig more on windy days (or is it all in my head?) ATB Mick i dont think its the wind ,more the direction the wind is comeing from,i found rabbits reluctant to bolt directly into an east wind ,and will bolt the other side if they can,one day years ago iwas ferreting early seaon on some big open sets,it was very warm and it was blowing a gale , the rabbits were flying out ,nothing would stop them comeing out ,even when we done the sets ,where rabbits we had lost ,through blown nets had run in still bolted, with no lay ups ,i killed a rabbit there that day ,took it out the net ,dropped it on the ground,and it ran off,it ran for twentyyards ,then stopped ,and just sat there dead ,very odd. Quote Link to post
bunny warren 0 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 Interesting to hear different opinions on this but after today i think i will stick to ferreting on less windy days. Put ferret in a warren today, not a big one it only has a few holes and not over a large area, that we have ferreted for three seasons and always produces a bunny or two quickly. It was fairly blowing on the top of the moors, we entered a jill at around 11 o'clock, she appeared out of two holes in quick succession, this is normally what happens at this warren but then nothing. Gave her some time to get things moving but nothing bolted. Located at one foot down and dug to her at 12 o'clock (would have been earlier but someone had to go get the spade which was propped up against the wall at the farm yard in the valley where we park the car (my mate volunteered for that). Ferret came to hand as soon as we broke through and the rabbit was right in front of her, pulled out the rabbit but surprisingly it wasn,t in a blind.It just seems to me that i dig more on windy days (or is it all in my head?) ATB Mick i dont think its the wind ,more the direction the wind is comeing from,i found rabbits reluctant to bolt directly into an east wind ,and will bolt the other side if they can,one day years ago iwas ferreting early seaon on some big open sets,it was very warm and it was blowing a gale , the rabbits were flying out ,nothing would stop them comeing out ,even when we done the sets ,where rabbits we had lost ,through blown nets had run in still bolted, with no lay ups ,i killed a rabbit there that day ,took it out the net ,dropped it on the ground,and it ran off,it ran for twentyyards ,then stopped ,and just sat there dead ,very odd. windy days are worst for bolting been ferreting over 30 years and try to avoid them. could be human scent travels down burrows? one of the mysterys of it but sometimes you got to do it.but agree the new locators are 100 times better on days like that. Quote Link to post
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