ferretville 69 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Saturday me and the lads were down by the river doing a hedge that we had looked at the previous week. As usual we had split the hedge into sections longnets either side and stop nets through the hedge aslo. It started nice and steady with the ferrets going deep in the hedge and forcing the rabbits up. About halfway along i hit me first dig but it was a good un at just 2ft rabbit retrieved and dispatched . My mate noticed much further down that rabbits were bolting and thought had a ferret moved on in pursuit of a rabbit. So out with locater to check. ON looking a poley hob popped out but this was`nt 1 of ours . Obiously it was someone elses. He even moved up the hedge passing through the particular part we were working and was`nt put o by the other ferrets down there and niether did ours seem bothered by him. He would`nt come out even when a rabbit was showed for him and he carried on up the hedge . Anyways we carried on up the hedge taking a few more but had to cut it short as the bloody cattle came in and were going to wreck the longnets plus they were`nt takin kindly to the dogs so we thought we would move to another spot urther over by the river . This spot we just purse netted and bolted a good few rabbits out in quick succession . Unfortunatly i did`nt have me phone that day but this is end of day pic my mate sent me . 31 in the bag . Backout sunday and this time i had me phone with me to take a few pics lol . Back down by the river doing a big stretch that we had done last year . Now this stretch is quite literally all inter linked its as old as the hills and your never going to clear all the rabbits out even with plenty ferrets in just a rabbit highway down there . Well on inspection there was plenty rabbit shit about This is were we started And looking down to were we would end up quite a bit of ground to cover Longnets were layed out spliting it into sections with purse nets randomly scattered just to many holes to purse net. Plus the dogs were there to do there job aswell and they did well. The idea was to try and flush the rabbits down each section and when ferrets were showing move onto the next whilst someone lifted the nets from the back and relayed in front of the lads that were busy ferreting. They big setts can take the ferrets a while to locate the rabbits with them being deep old setts but eventually they did and the action began with rabbits popping up making a run or it into the longnets or back netting there selves in the purse nets . Even the dogs were on the ball nailing rabbits trying to make there getaway . Steadily we were covering the ground picking nets up and relaying in front so that we allways had ground in font covered ready to put ferrets straight into. Like i say your never going to get every rabbit out o here but we were giving it a good go Rabbits were still bolting and the ferrets were having to work bloody hard covering alot of ground . The plus side to these setts is the spade is not required to often or did i speak to soon Looking back down the ground we had covered Plenty water flowing through the tyne aswell A well earned 30 rabbits was the end result so all together we had bagged 61 rabbits on our first outing of 2010. 2 good days out you just can`t beat it and no sign of young in the gutted rabbits . Thanks for reading keep at em FV Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Good post and pics,well done boys...hows that rough coated dog bred?...yis John Quote Link to post
artful212 394 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 thats a gud bag lads gud pics also that trailers a handy size atb artful Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well done there lads great pics and a nice bag of bunnies Quote Link to post
Haystack 11 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Good write up! Quote Link to post
The one 8,509 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Cracking write up and picts lads Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 A very good session lads Quote Link to post
Jamie93 57 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I must say I thouruoghly enjoyed reading that Nice one lads, bet ya freezers are topped up now What's the breeding of the 2 dogs? Happy Hunting Jamie93 Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 brilliant haul there mate well done lads Quote Link to post
trapper123 7 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 excellent pics Quote Link to post
ferretville 69 Posted January 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Cheers lads must admit it was good to be back out again. The dogs are beedy/grey and the other is collie/grey whippet/grey Quote Link to post
andy s410c 61 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Good result there Stu,looks like lower Tynedale has thawed nicely.All the tree trunks are stripped bare along the A69 towards Hexham..might explain all them "raisins" in your photo ... Quote Link to post
POLLY PERKINS 0 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 Well done lads great pics Quote Link to post
Moe 108 Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 good report and catch well done Quote Link to post
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