Big killimg hobs

[pigeonphill 69]

as the first post states 20 digs a day theres not many land owners who would like to see someone make more holes then there was to start with [back filled i know but still digging holes ] the art of ferreting is to be quiet and get those rabbits to bolt using jills or hobs, rabbits dont give a toss what sex they are .yes dig to them when you have to but not as the main way of getting them out or have most people been doing it wrong for years

[don1 1]

if u dont like digging stop ferreting no one wonts to dig every time but i enjoy a dig enjoy a bolt more tho haa

[foxdigger13 114]

if i hadent wanted to i wouldent of had to dig to my 2 old jill ferrets at all because they stay at one spot long enough for me to get a mark on the locator then they come out leaving me the chioce of digging or not

[joey1979 0]

as the first post states 20 digs a day theres not many land owners who would like to see someone make more holes then there was to start with [back filled i know but still digging holes ] the art of ferreting is to be quiet and get those rabbits to bolt using jills or hobs, rabbits dont give a toss what sex they are .yes dig to them when you have to but not as the main way of getting them out or have most people been doing it wrong for years

hiya, ferreting is pracised here for generations like this, so its not knew. But as been stated it not profitable setting nets on small burrows with so much thorn just for 1 or 2 rabbits so its makes sense to use a hard buck for one dig only, u cant be breaking into hedges after several digs to a jill being dragged this way [bANNED TEXT] in and out in minutes.But yes the one and only down fall is some farmers might not be happy with all the digs but i make sure they are well back filled.

[pigeonphill 69]

as the first post states 20 digs a day theres not many land owners who would like to see someone make more holes then there was to start with [back filled i know but still digging holes ] the art of ferreting is to be quiet and get those rabbits to bolt using jills or hobs, rabbits dont give a toss what sex they are .yes dig to them when you have to but not as the main way of getting them out or have most people been doing it wrong for years

hiya, ferreting is pracised here for generations like this, so its not knew. But as been stated it not profitable setting nets on small burrows with so much thorn just for 1 or 2 rabbits so its makes sense to use a hard buck for one dig only, u cant be breaking into hedges after several digs to a jill being dragged this way [bANNED TEXT] in and out in minutes.But yes the one and only down fall is some farmers might not be happy with all the digs but i make sure they are well back filled.

nice reply joey1979 not the fcuk you what you know about it reply ,you get on here sometimes as its been said before if it works for you stick with it .

[max abell 196]

as the first post states 20 digs a day theres not many land owners who would like to see someone make more holes then there was to start with [back filled i know but still digging holes ] the art of ferreting is to be quiet and get those rabbits to bolt using jills or hobs, rabbits dont give a toss what sex they are .yes dig to them when you have to but not as the main way of getting them out or have most people been doing it wrong for years

My view exactly phill

[delboy p 183]

Ferret in rabbit out into purse or longnet or out to dog or hawk

Why on earth would anyone choose to dig ??????????

 

Quite simple really Max, why stand around for half an hour whilst your ferret try's to move a stubborn bunny from a blockend which could be shifted from a 2 minute dig?

 

Why stand around waiting whilst a ferret is laid up on a kill, or leaving a kill behind and finally emerging, which could be dug out easily? (what was the point in ferreting in the first place if your leaving kills below ground for no reason.)

 

Why stand around waiting when there could be 3 or 4 rabbits up a tube that could be dug out easy?

 

Why set 20 nets when a big hob could pin a rabbit in seconds and dug to in minutes?

 

Thats why I would dig rather than wait around for a ferret thats making hard work of an easy job.

 

I'm not someone who makes work for myself by digging, if there is an easier way I'll take it. Bolting to the dogs is usual to me. Some warrens dont warrant digging if they are too deep. In go the jills and on go the nets. (6ft digs are no good to any man.)

 

There are more than one way to skin a cat.

I think the best ferreters are those that use everything to there advantage on the land they have.

 

Digging is one of the advantages in some situations, and i'd like to bet you could crop a dozen rabbits off my bag every trip if i didn't do it.

spot on that mate the hobs i have got are smaller then most jills

[pigeonphill 69]

spot on that mate the hobs i have got are smaller then most jills

if there smaller then your jills i cant see your point do they kill in a different manner to the jills .big hobs have the weight to stop them being dragged around under ground i think thats the point here or am i missing your point [ p.s sorry for all the points in this post]

[delboy p 183]

spot on that mate the hobs i have got are smaller then most jills

if there smaller then your jills i cant see your point do they kill in a different manner to the jills .big hobs have the weight to stop them being dragged around under ground i think thats the point here or am i missing your point [ p.s sorry for all the points in this post]

no i was just saying the pots spot on and i just put that the hob i have is small i do not have to dig to them much like you do to the big hobs

[joey1979 0]

That just about sums it up phill, it works best on this ground. If i hunted large deep warrens of course i wouldn use large bucks that would be madness, nets would be the practical thing to use. But u got the drift why a large heavy buck is preferred, one dig only.