End of Season?

[Edd_Wiltshire 9]

Hi All,

 

Just wondering what everyone considers as the end of the season?

 

Many thanks

 

Edd

[stealthy1 3,964]

Last day of march with the ferrets in my camp

[stubby 175]

there is not an "end of season" as rabbits are pests, but as above, some hang their nets up for spring/summer, others like myself, ferret throughout the year

[lamping boy 2]

when i get my first young rabbets

[Ideation 8,216]

The first time your sat waiting, dig down and find the ferret is munching on a litter of kits in some areas we do, in others we stop as soon as we start hitting a few does in kit and in some we must carry on doing a bit right throughout as a pest control service where they do genuinely have a rabbit problem.

 

atb

 

jai.

 

p.s - cant put a date on it as its related to length or day and weather/temp so varies year to year.

[stevethefish 80]

The first time your sat waiting, dig down and find the ferret is munching on a litter of kits in some areas we do, in others we stop as soon as we start hitting a few does in kit and in some we must carry on doing a bit right throughout as a pest control service where they do genuinely have a rabbit problem.

 

atb

 

jai.

 

p.s - cant put a date on it as its related to length or day and weather/temp so varies year to year.

I agree, sometimes you have to carry on, most farmers see rabbits like some see rats, dirty verim that are cutting down their profits and desroying banks and dykes. Some of the farms I go on the warrens are out in the fields, a sprayer got stuck last year when the ground collapsed, a lot of expensive machinery at the mercy of those lovelly, furry, cute, sweet bunnies.

[The one 8,457]

Just had a phone call off a estate ive been trying to get on for six months and start ferreting there on monday so i cant see me stopping anytime soon

[theferreter 311]

i stop ferreting when there is young in the setts usally the middle or the end of febuary

[tyson666 11]

im going out this weekend. then thats it till the end of summer for me.

[klashnekoff 3]

For ferreting both for sport and pest controll at the middle of march,, Ferreting is not a very good option for summertime pest controll around here, as most warrens are pretty much hard to ferret in the winter let alone in the overgrown blackthorn/hawthorn hedges full of nettles, Same for bramble patches. For summer rabbit controll ,, Rifle and Snares are the best option.

[JackWard 0]

We stopped a few weeks back, but unless its for serious pest control i think its shit how people go when the young are in setts.

[tdavepat 8]

I always stop as soon one of these is bolted or dug to. I am not a professional and my, already rubbish reputation doesn't depend on it so I'm happy to spend the summer letting the dogs lay about with the sun on their backs.

 

[Haystack 11]

I will ferret bits and bobs over summer, but like it was said, I'm not battling through 6ft of stinging nettles and brables for it. If I find a lovley clear field with warrens all over it, then it's a good'un.

[Hob&Jill 258]

Ive got no interest in doing it in summer, by the end of the season I am ready for a break. I get bored quickly so a few months of ferreting is ideal to keep me keen.

[inan 841]

Hi All,

 

Just wondering what everyone considers as the end of the season?

 

Many thanks

 

Edd

 

Magwitch and I had our last ferreting foray today.