is it me

[kev2010 8]

i go out now on my land but there is so meney rabbit's i can do and the fact my dog is still a pup,so we dont get that meney to be fair.We hit it in winter with the ferrets.But about 2yr ago there was not a thing on so it just got left for a seeson

The problem is though,some people dont leave it alone until they get fedup of going home empty handed & usually dont have permission anyway.Obviously have too much time on thier hands.

If the farmer wants you to thin them out during the summer because crops are being eaten away then theres not allot you can do about that,its a job that has tobe done.But thats a different thing alltogether.

i have to go in the sumer or i will lose my permisson,i go on a big liver yerd and they just [bANNED TEXT] them gone for good so it is a must that i go in sumer

 

 

Thats a fair point in a few rare cases but all too often people use it as an excuse - yes the farmer would be happy for the rabbits to be gone but then they will rarely give your permission away to some random they dont know if you have been doing a good, responsible job and are friendly and trustworthy. Most people like to claim pest control cos it makes them feel that it makes them a more 'serious' rabbit catcher. Also i DO have some patches i have to clear and also some of the estates only let me on when the shooting season has finished, but in this case the ferrets are usually not the best method, or the dogs, but trapping and snaring and shooting is the way to go.

 

Annnnnnnd to be honest if we just really hammer the rabs properly right at the end of the season there is such a small breeding nucleus left that the rabs are no problem till quite late in summer - by which time its close enough to season to wait.

 

If you work efficiently and properly then you really can clear 90% or more rabbits from the land during the proper season. If you cant - you need to up your game and look at where you can improve.

 

jmho

Jai.

I agree with what you say & i luv to watch the bunnys on the feild in summer getting all loved up.But job to do or not youve got to manage what youve got.If you take 90% through the season & then yourself & others take the other 10 through the summer that leaves you with chuff all next season.There are fields by me that have not had rabbits on for nearly 5years for this same reason.I spotted two rabbits on there about three weeks ago & already its been ferrited!I just dont get it.Just like i dont get cutting down fences & making holes in hedges.

[kev2010 8]

it could be the fact that not all people are lucky enough to be brought up with parents with lurchers or terriers like my self, so they dont no no different, if you dont have no 1 to show u right from rong then what difference do ya no. i was lucky enough to meet a lad when i was about 15 in school who owned lurchers he was a few years younger than me, i got on to him to get his dad to get me out lamping and day mooching just to see what it was like, went out with him about 3 times then i got my first terrier then a month later my first lurcher and 5 years later ive been hooked ever since and im sure ill be doing it till i die.

Im sure that you are right to a point.But as Stroller said earlier some pople just wont listen.Im glad to hear that you had somebody to point you in the right direction.Me personally i have never had a dog in my life until 5 years ago let alone hunted anything even though ive lived in the countryside for most of my life,so im no expert.I just think its common sense.

[genuine 81]

Some "lurcher men" just don't have a clue. They don't think about the future. When it comes to winter I wonder whose ground they will be poaching as theres wont have a rabbit on it.

 

ATB Mike

 

Completely wrong,i dont do this but its good advice! Rabbits are pests and can be controlled all year round so if your not out there someone else will be,seen it round my way people lamping and shooting all the way through spring,summer months what you said is right but wrong if you get me!

[hornet 0]

It would appear from the replies that most people on here hunt properly, the young and inexperianced hunters would hunt all year round.

Whats the point in letting a dog run a heavily pregnant rabbit? no sport there.

They will even hunt when there is mixxy about.

Everything has a season, and if you want to keep hunting you have to stick to the seasons, otherwise there will be nothing to hunt.

If its pest control then dogs are not the best solution and it has nothing to do with hunting, its pest control, two very different things.

Most of the all year rounders do not get that many and often slip far too early or when there is no chance for the dog to get a good run.

This inexperiance shows when I go for a walk about, they ask me the very same questions and are often surprised when I tell them I have not been hunting just walking.

[kev2010 8]

It would appear from the replies that most people on here hunt properly, the young and inexperianced hunters would hunt all year round.Whats the point in letting a dog run a heavily pregnant rabbit? no sport there.They will even hunt when there is mixxy about.Everything has a season, and if you want to keep hunting you have to stick to the seasons, otherwise there will be nothing to hunt.If its pest control then dogs are not the best solution and it has nothing to do with hunting, its pest control, two very different things.Most of the all year rounders do not get that many and often slip far too early or when there is no chance for the dog to get a good run.This inexperiance shows when I go for a walk about, they ask me the very same questions and are often surprised when I tell them I have not been hunting just walking.