Rabbits in a drain

[comanche 2,948]

The baby dog was pretty certain that this drain under a gateway was concealing goodies .

 

Unfortunatly it was full of water and not having an otter handy I had to lower the water-level by clearing the ditch on the down stream side to have any chance of persuading a ferret to enter .

 

Nets down ,ferret in and ping !

 

I have to come clean and admit that there turned out to be two bunnies up the pipe and the second one having waited for his mate to fill the net made good his escape from the open hole . He managed to evade the lazy-net stretched over the track but made the mistake of diving into a blind hole from which extraction required but a few minutes work with the spade .

Not quite ferreting at its purest but it added interest to the day and the baby dog was very proud of himself .

Edited October 17, 2010 by comanche

[stubby 175]

good truthful story mate, nice pics too, not the one of your arse though

[stealthy1 3,964]

It may not have been ferreting at its purest, but it still put you two in the bag

[Leeview 791]

neither rabbit look very wet in the pics Good mark from the dog

Y.I.S Leeview

[The one 8,469]

Nice all the same mate they still fill the bag

[comanche 2,948]

neither rabbit look very wet in the pics Good mark from the dog

Y.I.S Leeview

 

Well spotted Watson . But. The rabbits-cunning devils - were utilising a small raft. Originally built for their now -aborted attempt to be the first rabbits to reach Iceland on a boat powered by a sail made of dock leaves this craft now resides in the Ray Mears Museum as an illistration of the traditional skills lost by modern rabbits through watching television and working in the cosmetic research industry .

I guess the bunnies were up the dry end which meant I had to put the ferret in the wet end (I know what I mean ) so as to get behind em.

Edited October 18, 2010 by comanche

[comanche 2,948]

good truthful story mate, nice pics too, not the one of your arse though

 

 

Yeh .I know .Those combats do nothing for the figure . It's moments like that -when you are stuck with your head down a hole and backside in the air that you pray you hav'nt misjudged your ferreting companions !

[the ratcatcher 1]

nice mark from the dog and if all we did is field burries it would get boring

[Leeview 791]

neither rabbit look very wet in the pics Good mark from the dog

Y.I.S Leeview

 

Well spotted Watson . But. The rabbits were obviously up the dry end which meant I had to put the ferret in the wet end (I know what I mean ) so as to get behind em.

my point was the rabbits did nt go in the wet end and would of come out the same way they went in as your picture shows

Y.I.S Leeview

[Bushwacker 13]

When I was a kid there was a drain, similar to that one, in the field behind our house. There were often a few rabbits in it. We used to peg a large sprout sack (the green net ones that sprouts go to market in) over the end of the pipe. The most rabbits out in one go was 4.

[The one 8,469]

Stick a lenght of fence wire threw the pipe and leave it there and any time you see a rabbit in it stick on some twigs etc on one end of the wire and pull it threw from the other end easy way to bag a rabbit and it always in the pipe till you need it

[runforyourlife 361]

neither rabbit look very wet in the pics Good mark from the dog

Y.I.S Leeview

 

Well spotted Watson . But. The rabbits were obviously up the dry end which meant I had to put the ferret in the wet end (I know what I mean ) so as to get behind em.

my point was the rabbits did nt go in the wet end and would of come out the same way they went in as your picture shows

Y.I.S Leeview

 

 

no it wasnt... you do it all the time, theres not only you who ferrets.

 

 

 

Good post that mate, and like they have said, extra rabbits in the bag...

[alexcjacko 1]

well done mate. hows the dog bred? nice looker

[caterpiller 10]

It's moments like that -when you are stuck with your head down a hole and backside in the air that you pray you hav'nt misjudged your ferreting companions !

 

 

No need to panic until you hear the sound of there Zip

[comanche 2,948]

well done mate. hows the dog bred? nice looker

Thanks .He is a handsome little chap but just a mongrel.