what's the deepest you have dug for your ferret ?

[Meroman 105]

Five or six feet, once or twice but the norm is about 2/3ft for me, thankfully.

A few times I lost the signal at eight feet, a matter of sitting and waiting.

[mattydski 560]

 

 

I have had a few deep digs, but these are the deepest I've photo'd

[shooter2000 0]

14 ft the deepest 6 hours later we found the collar but no ferret then she poped her hed up coverd in blood

[gnipper 6,484]

I've dug 5/6ft regularly but normally their about 3ft. Had a 6ft dig to my mates 3 legged hob last week through a mound of soil which turned out to be the old farm tip, netting, baler twine, plastic 5 litre oil drums, cobbles, asbestos, greenhouse glass you name it it was fecking in there .

[Ideation 8,216]

No digs all season.

[Ideation 8,216]

Looking at Mattydski's second photo - that ferret hes got his hands around looks the size of a cat!

 

Jai.

[mattydski 560]

Looking at Mattydski's second photo - that ferret hes got his hands around looks the size of a cat!

 

Jai.

 

 

 

Its an 8 year old child holding 6 month old kit mate..

[saxonmaster 74]

I had a 9 ft dig over christmas (on me own ) and a couple of weeks ago a 5/6 ft, again on me own . Just unlucky . John

 

alright mate just incase i have to dig 9ft which thank feck i havent yet but how did u get your ferrets out because im only 5ft 8ins. i carry some barbed wire when im out just in case i cant reach a dead rabbit but thats only about a ft long. cheers mate

[masmiffy 82]

had a nice 5ft last year thru flint

 

 

Seem to remember that dig was for just a collar

[gnipper 6,484]

I had a 9 ft dig over christmas (on me own ) and a couple of weeks ago a 5/6 ft, again on me own . Just unlucky . John

 

alright mate just incase i have to dig 9ft which thank feck i havent yet but how did u get your ferrets out because im only 5ft 8ins. i carry some barbed wire when im out just in case i cant reach a dead rabbit but thats only about a ft long. cheers mate

 

When you start digging you'll need a wide hole then as you get deeper leave a ledge then carry on till breakthrough.

[jclay91 12]

me and a mat have had a few 9feet digs in the sandy land here.

dug deeper for the terriers!

[saxonmaster 74]

I had a 9 ft dig over christmas (on me own ) and a couple of weeks ago a 5/6 ft, again on me own . Just unlucky . John

 

alright mate just incase i have to dig 9ft which thank feck i havent yet but how did u get your ferrets out because im only 5ft 8ins. i carry some barbed wire when im out just in case i cant reach a dead rabbit but thats only about a ft long. cheers mate

 

When you start digging you'll need a wide hole then as you get deeper leave a ledge then carry on till breakthrough.

 

cheers

[dpb82uk 138]

i only got a MK3 not long ago 1st dig was 2ft to dead rabb deepist dig up to now as bin 4 ft to a small jill had a live rabb traped in a stopper

[mally 832]

My deepest dig is 9 feet, fortunately most of my land is sand so digging is relatively easy although you do need to dig a wide hole to avoid cave in's. In nearly 30 years of ferreting i've never lost a ferret thankfully.

 

If a ferret does lie up and it's deeper than i want to dig i'll wait and 90% of the time the ferret will appear. However if it doesn't and digging is the only option then i'd sooner dig than block all the holes up and leave it til the next day. All it takes is you ferret to dig itself out during the night and charlie pick it up along with it's locator collar. I've heard this happening on a few occasions, just look around the rabbit warrens and you'll see where a fox has marked the set, he/she will visit the warren every night to mark there territory.

[Tyla 3,179]

Last year we dug 8 foot to a trapped ferret through an old farm tip, wire, concrete, masses of balertwine - twas lovely! Got the jill back though and thats what counts, she was in a caved in stop end and would've never got out on her own.

 

Digging for rabbits i limit myself to 4 or 5 foot max, any deeper and i'll either wait or squeak them out.