Quickset longnets and traditional ones

[Rabbithunter 456]

I would learn to set as I go if I was you...that,s what I did. Best of luck. Regards Mapreader.

 

setting as you go is quite a task when working on your own, most of my sets have quite a good backdrop, ie; woodland, thick hedgerow, so i have never found a problem with backpegging, except for on one or two sets i have.

 

As mentioned, it depends on the ground you are working

[moley 115]

I would learn to set as I go if I was you...that,s what I did. Best of luck. Regards Mapreader.

 

setting as you go is quite a task when working on your own, most of my sets have quite a good backdrop, ie; woodland, thick hedgerow, so i have never found a problem with backpegging, except for on one or two sets i have.

 

As mentioned, it depends on the ground you are working

walking back and forth might be ok for you youngsters , but us older lads have learned to conserve energy, its quite suprising how many rabbits you feel or hear hitting a net as you set it up, if they are squatting near where you are setting up your net , as you go past they will think you havn,t seen them and run for home , into the net, with the old method, you are missing alot of rabbits cos you have to walk back along and set your pegs

[whin 463]

when useing nets,ive always preferd two 50s than one hundred net even for netting fish it makes sense lighter to carry if it gets full of crap etc ,alright if your on a bowling green surface but its never like that localy , ive netted from early 80s hares rabbits phesis great sport , and now for lobstersetc all sorts of fish great fun etc , netting partridges phesis is gpood sport two even roe can be had in nets all the best

[Rabbithunter 456]

even roe can be had in nets all the best

 

 

i suppose if you have been asked to cull roe from the area then this could be a quick method to do so, obviously your net would be set for rabbits and you would "accidently" catch the roe.

 

But in any other case, isn't it just a waste of sport? unless of course you need food on the table

[moley 115]

even roe can be had in nets all the best

 

 

i suppose if you have been asked to cull roe from the area then this could be a quick method to do so, obviously your net would be set for rabbits and you would "accidently" catch the roe.

 

But in any other case, isn't it just a waste of sport? unless of course you need food on the table

 

i can remember someone advertizing roe nets in the shooting news, i think they were about 8 ft long and probably for putting on runs and driving the deer to them , never tried it myself

i know a lad that used to have a length of old sheep netting in a wood , he would set it up across a part of the wood and then get his mate to drive deer to it , when a deer was tripped up he would let the dog go from just a few yards away

[Guest Bigbob]

In days of old when knights where bold some guys here used to set the rides in the woods up and when the deer panicked and ran out let the dogs go .

[TOMO 26,868]

yes i remember those adverts moley TOMO

[moley 115]

yes i remember those adverts moley TOMO

 

don,t it make you feel old ?

[TOMO 26,868]

just a spring chicken me mate only 39 :11:

[moley 115]

just a spring chicken me mate only 39 :11:

i remember when i was 39, last year ,wait til you hit 40 , its like someone flicked a switch , aches , pains , incontinence, memory loss, weight gain and loosing patience with certain kid that think they know it all , even i don,t know everything at this ripe old age :11: