yellow purse nets

[tomburras 2,730]

hi everyone, it might sound a stupid question to you but do yellow purse nets make any difference in visibility to rabbits than green ones? im new to ferreting this year so am curious and me and my mate have been wondering

[stealthy1 3,964]

I have bright red, and they still catch

[lurcherchavvy 3]

rabbits are colour blind

[Marksman 934]

Some of ours are white mate... doesnt make one bit of difference....

 

 

Darryl

[Lerk 0]

only difference is that you won't leave yellow ones in a hedge bottom!

[carp king 155]

i use hemp and bright yellow nets and to be honest mate it doesn't make 1 bit of difference what colour the nets are, the rabbits will bolt in to both. as lerk says, your not as likely to leave your yellow nights behind

Edited December 8, 2009 by carp king

[higgins 75]

i just bought 20 yellow spun nylon nets and ordered another 20,don't think it will make any difference to a bolting rabbit,

Higgins

[tomburras 2,730]

i thaught so, thanks for that now ill go buy some!

[parkstone 24]

with a ferret up their backsides the rabbits wont care what colour a net is.

[The one 8,494]

I use bright red spun nylon it's not the fact that the rabbit see's the nets as if the ferrets following it out it shouldbe moving at speed it so you pick them all up and dont leave any lieing about

[cubby 3]

i had similar worries last season but they have made no difference what so ever and i also have bright orange ones too. all made by myself. you should give it a go not as difficult as you may think and very rewarding when you get your first bunny in one of your own nets

[theferreter 311]

i use bright orange ones it doesnt make any difference rabbits stil get caught in them best nets i have

[auld salmon 28]

i use bright yellow red and orange also have bright green ball there to knit some more

[inan 841]

only difference is that you won't leave yellow ones in a hedge bottom!

That's a pretty good argument for using them imo.

[comanche 3,045]

Seems to make no difference whatsoever -except as everyone says they are harder to lose -Unless you happen to have a mate like mine ("Martin I'm two nets short . An orange one and a lime green one ".... "Don't look at me .You must have miscounted ".... "Well what is that down the bank then?. And I bet the other one is in your flamin pocket !".).

I have orange ,yellow ,lime green and two tone lime green and red . Anyone selling a reel of pink spun nylon please PM me! (Seriously -even a part used spool will be most welcome )

I reckon that as a rabbit emerges any net it sees will be in silhouette anyway and as has been mentioned as far as we know rabbits are not atuned to seeing colour in the same way as humans . They certainly are happy enough to back net which is surely the best indication that net. colour means little to them.

I once tried stupidly to preserve some hemp nets in creosote. It did'nt stop them rotting and they remained ever-so slightly tainted . Despite the hint of Au de Coal-tar it did'nt put the rabbits off either

I think the chaps who write articles and make DVDs like coloured nets because they show up well on film. I believe you can actually buy virtually any colour twine you like from the far east . That's as long as you import it by the half ton load ! And just as a bit of a joke I've made a multi -hued net as a Christmas present to my Son -in Law ..

Edited December 8, 2009 by comanche