day out ferreting

[falconer 3]

was doing my work experience with a gamekeeper not far from me this week. we were doing a bit of rabbit gassing and i mentioned if he wanted i would come down at weekwnd and ferret a few. he accepted and off we went. got into wood at about 8am did a few sets to no joy then it all started. ended at about 4pm with 32 in the bag 7 of them being young. there is one missing from the photo as there wasnt much left of it after a 32gm no.6.

[The one 8,535]

I had a wee go during the week and got 21 and i was surprised how well they bolted

[Jamie m 668]

gasing what a waste , what do they use to gas them anyway , do they bolt or just rot away in the ground cheers

[falconer 3]

it just kills them he mainly does it in areas where it wuld be difficult to ferret and he doesnt have time to ferret himself plus crop protection is part of his job and gassing is cheaper than rabbit fencing so i do agree it is a terriable waste but those are the reasons he does it. ive told him if he needs anymore doing ill do them for him.

[jenksi87 3]

get into him to let you do it mate. you could end up with plenty to go at by the sound of it

[Jamie m 668]

get into him to let you do it mate. you could end up with plenty to go at by the sound of it

i agree you have more than got your foot in the door , sounds like you have got both slipers on as well

[stealthy1 3,964]

I have a couple of busy roadsides that get gassed regular, they're to busy to ferret, and dangerous due to rubber neckers, but they will be re-populated later in the season