conservation trust

[oakey 57]

Im in the process of gettting permission on a coservation trust land as a loacal farmer has had rabbit damage the bloke i phoned seemed ok about it and has agreed to meet me on wed to see whats what. Has anyone had any trouble with getting on with them?

[j davies 8]

i had one place like you got i could not dig or cut any bushes down mate apart from that it was ok

[lilpip1234 62]

i had one place like you got i could not dig or cut any bushes down mate apart from that it was ok

 

 

had the same trouble made it pretty much impossible to work the place was pointless really

[stealthy1 3,964]

Used to do a couple of local nature reserves here, got on ok, they did'nt want damage to occur to crops, but did'nt want all the rabbits gone either, so a compromise is called for if you want them on your side

[oakey 57]

I havent meet the bloke yet but if i cant dig i wont ferret my ferrets mean more than a upturned bit of earth

[mally 832]

I havent meet the bloke yet but if i cant dig i wont ferret my ferrets mean more than a upturned bit of earth

 

I have some permission on a nature reserve and when i met them initially they said i couldn't dig. I told them i wasn't interested then and explained like you how much the ferrets mean to me(and the 15" collars at nearly £50 a pop). I told them that all the ferrets would have a locator collar fitted and that you only usually need to dig one hole. I also told them that if i needed to dig i would turf the top and back fill and make sure the ground was as i found it. It worked for me and i got written permission. The only times i can't ferret on there is on a sunday due to public access. Oh and i need to wear a high Viz jacket :wallbash:

[The one 8,511]

Same here used to have a bit but the local warden was a prick so i only went a couple of times

[j davies 8]

I havent meet the bloke yet but if i cant dig i wont ferret my ferrets mean more than a upturned bit of earth

 

I have some permission on a nature reserve and when i met them initially they said i couldn't dig. I told them i wasn't interested then and explained like you how much the ferrets mean to me(and the 15" collars at nearly £50 a pop). I told them that all the ferrets would have a locator collar fitted and that you only usually need to dig one hole. I also told them that if i needed to dig i would turf the top and back fill and make sure the ground was as i found it. It worked for me and i got written permission. The only times i can't ferret on there is on a sunday due to public access. Oh and i need to wear a high Viz jacket :wallbash:

 

the reason they dont want you there on a sunday is just what you said people see you thats because they will kick off big time

[shepp 2,285]

Im in the process of gettting permission on a coservation trust land as a loacal farmer has had rabbit damage the bloke i phoned seemed ok about it and has agreed to meet me on wed to see whats what. Has anyone had any trouble with getting on with them?

 

Just say what he wants to hear mate, as mally says, just dig when you really have to and leave it as you found it.

What's the worst that can happen, loose the permission, so you'll be no worse off than when you started and you'll get a few days sport in to boot.

[max abell 196]

We have 2 big permissions on national trust and sussex wildlife trust land that we have done for years

although they are not keen on you digging they understand that sometimes it is nesessary and are fine with it

We do these permissions what ever days we want with whatever is needed ferrets /guns/longnets /lamping etc

So not all conservations are clueless to what is needed to control rabbits effectively

They have built up there trust in us over the years and we can pretty much do as we like