120-2 8 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Now the ferreting has finished its time to start trapping, made a start yesterday evening and got the first 15 in the ground, only another 85 to go ;D 1 Quote Link to post
jayjay 264 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 good going mate,are those traps the mk4,or mk6,cheers, jay. 1 Quote Link to post
trapper123 7 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 great set of pics mate,keep them coming Quote Link to post
DUCKWING 302 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 NOT FOR ME IT ISNT ! ............ I CONTROL THE RABBITS DURING THE WINTER AND GET THEM DOWN TO LEVELS WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE FARMER EVEN WITH THEM BREEDING ........... TILL IAM BACK IN SEPTEMBER EVEN RABBITS NEED TIME TO BREED ............. DUCKWING Quote Link to post
JackWard 0 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 NOT FOR ME IT ISNT ! ............ I CONTROL THE RABBITS DURING THE WINTER AND GET THEM DOWN TO LEVELS WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE FARMER EVEN WITH THEM BREEDING ........... TILL IAM BACK IN SEPTEMBER EVEN RABBITS NEED TIME TO BREED ............. DUCKWING exactly, shit when people are shooting/trapping them this time of year. give them some peace and allow next years sport to grow. Same with people shooting young this time of year, people who cant help themselves. Quote Link to post
120-2 8 Posted April 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 You tell that to the farmers who are paying you to kill rabbits as they eat thier way through the crops, Oh I am not going to kill your rabbits as they need time to breed. Yeah right, contract lost along with rats on the farms and given to another company. Fair enough leaving a few on your own ground where you have permission but not if you are being paid to stop crop damage. Quote Link to post
trappa 518 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 NOT FOR ME IT ISNT ! ............ I CONTROL THE RABBITS DURING THE WINTER AND GET THEM DOWN TO LEVELS WHICH ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE FARMER EVEN WITH THEM BREEDING ........... TILL IAM BACK IN SEPTEMBER EVEN RABBITS NEED TIME TO BREED ............. DUCKWING Some of us do it for a living not for sport. If a farmer asks you to cull rabbits this time of year and it pays the bills you do it im afraid. I was shooting yesterday, and will be continuing to do so throughout the year. I feel physically sick when i gut a rabbit and its full of young but its one of those things im afraid. Quote Link to post
DUCKWING 302 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 YES MATE , I KNOW SOME OF YOU LADS DO ........... BUT I DONT ......... AND NEVER WILL ........ I HAVE NETTED RABBITS BEFORE DURING THE SUMMER AND MOVED THEM TO A SPOT THAT HAD VERY FEW ..... AND SNARED THE ODD TROUBLESOME FOX ETC .......... BUT .......... WHAT .. SETS MY TEETH ON EDGE .... ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NO NEED TO " CONTROL " ANYTHING ... YET CANNOT HELP BUT GO OUT AND KILL SUMMER GAME .................. I THINK THEY NEED A SUMMER HOBBY ! ... OR A WINTER COAT ...... COZ THEY SEEM TO GO OUT MORE IN THE SUMMER THAN THE WINTER THARS FOR SURE !!! DUCKWING Quote Link to post
Dakaras 3 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Same as trappa if Im asked I have to do it.....Had 13 rabbits in the last week from a big garden, and shot one this evening, not one of them big enough to make a meal, all went to mates ferrets. Quote Link to post
kevin from bristol 95 Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 as soon as i saw this post earlier i new people would not like it but that is pest control its not sport it needs to be done in some cases Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Nothing wrong with the post, in my eyes... Rabbits are vermin and need controlling, regardless the time of year, I've lost count of the amount of gutted rabbits that have held young in winter, theres keepers that run 1000's of acres and cannot keep on control of the rabbits through, shooting, trapping, gassing, snaring , they always come back from surrounding areas, especially were higly populated.. I've just put some hoop and fence snares out to drop some rabbits in some red shale yesterday, an area that was mined over 100 years ago, the rabbits have dug in and to be honest, its not the best place for lamping to control numbers... I'll be taking some pegs out as well and some fence snares today to place in an area the farmer uses for haylage, I control the rabbits all year round, covering a large area.. one place I was shooting over 150 every night and I could of turned round and shot the same again and done the same for weeks and weeks... How can you effectively control high populations covering hundreds/thousands of acres, its a continuous job... I have the rimfire with me everywhere when driving around land and I shoot rabbits on sight all year ... Foxes well, I'll shoot or snare them if there causing problems all year round, I don't enjoy killing milky vixens or cubs, but they need controlling end of... I snared 13 in a week off one field last year that were slaughtering chickens, cubs too..its not nice, there a beautiful animal, but they are vermin.... Anyway off to fix a quad this morning, think its the starter motor, old farts been battering mine all over, good job I like him.. Finish them snares off too.... Duckwing, ask Butler if he thinks I hammer the farms, messer that he is Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 its not the killing of any animal its what you do with it after its dead,,in the scottish borders its a an allout yearly thing on the grouse moors sheep country arable land to keep rabbits foxes and other things down to an aceptable lever ,lucky this year i got my permision down to an aceptable level so can leave them be at moment , and get on with makeing hay when the sun shines , localy we box trap shoot then snare them , dog them ferret them ,but i only do it to get food and sport as a rabbits are worthless to sell, most hill keepers shoot and leave to let the buzzards and pests eat them to leave the hallowed grouse , Quote Link to post
IanB 0 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 Nothings wasted whin, they either get sold to a dealer, gave to friends, or go for ferret/dog/hawk food... Quote Link to post
waidmann 105 Posted April 29, 2010 Report Share Posted April 29, 2010 good clean catches all round by the look of it, good job waidmann Quote Link to post
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