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This is about the most i've moved to get the monkey back, but had a few similar depth in the past but no photo's sorry.

 

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Not really deep, but at 6ft is was out of arms reach, and blocked in.

 

Most are around arms depth, like these, but usually around 20 plus a day.

 

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f**k me bet the farmer was happy wiyh you :blink:
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Jaysus if I had to dig like that for ferrets Id pack the ferkin game up.It must be a year since I had to dig deeper than 2-3 feet for a ferret,and I do a fair ammount of ferreting.A wild boar wouldnt uproot the ground as bad as some of you lads :laugh:

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"20 plus a day"!!!is that 20 bunnies or 20 digs??

I also have never had to dig more than a couple of feet in 5 years ferreting and in most cases my ferret has emerged next to my ear somewhere to see what all the noise was.

We certainly all do it differently! :blink:

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"20 plus a day"!!!is that 20 bunnies or 20 digs??

I also have never had to dig more than a couple of feet in 5 years ferreting and in most cases my ferret has emerged next to my ear somewhere to see what all the noise was.

We certainly all do it differently! :blink:

 

Yep 20 plus digs a day sometimes if things are not going to plan, not bunnies, usually a few more than that.

In my 34 years of rabbiting, (I'm 38 now) have seen things progress from bolting rabbits with jills, no locaters when i was a youngster and creeping around on the holes quietly netting up, to not worrying one bit whether they lie up behind a blocked in bunny, and in some cases, entering a killer hob to pin the rabbit and not netting up, if it bolts the dogs are always there, knowing i can have dug out the kill long before a dozen nets could be even set.

 

It works for me, and i know in different areas with very deep warrens it wont work, sometimes i have to do things the old way. Usually ends up with a lot less rabbits though, and a lot of wasted time.

 

Digging em out gets results on the land I work.

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"20 plus a day"!!!is that 20 bunnies or 20 digs??

I also have never had to dig more than a couple of feet in 5 years ferreting and in most cases my ferret has emerged next to my ear somewhere to see what all the noise was.

We certainly all do it differently! :blink:

 

Yep 20 plus digs a day sometimes if things are not going to plan, not bunnies, usually a few more than that.

In my 34 years of rabbiting, (I'm 38 now) have seen things progress from bolting rabbits with jills, no locaters when i was a youngster and creeping around on the holes quietly netting up, to not worrying one bit whether they lie up behind a blocked in bunny, and in some cases, entering a killer hob to pin the rabbit and not netting up, if it bolts the dogs are always there, knowing i can have dug out the kill long before a dozen nets could be even set.

 

It works for me, and i know in different areas with very deep warrens it wont work, sometimes i have to do things the old way. Usually ends up with a lot less rabbits though, and a lot of wasted time.

 

Digging em out gets results on the land I work.

 

Spot on Brimmer I've had as many as 6 out of a stop end. :thumbs:

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