ferreting without locator

[Malt 379]

Nothing wrong with using a locator, but there's nothing wrong with not using one either..

[liam2009 0]

i would never go out with out my locater and as soon as ferret ant showed for 10-20 mins i serch about find it dig it out and get on with it no point wasteing time atb liam

[Ideation 8,216]

Nothing wrong with using a locator, but there's nothing wrong with not using one either..

 

Very true Mal. I use locators just in case but never have to dig, my jills only kill when they have to which is very rare and come straight out as soon as they have killed. I think the locator has led or derived from (in some ways) a lack of patience. Many folk whip out the locator too soon. . . . . if they waited the ferret would work the rabbit out often, or a second ferret would shift it. I wonder how it effects a ferrets working ability or style always digging to it. As i always wait mine do usually shift the rabbit out, even if they have to drag it out of a stop end by its arse so that it turns and bolts or dig over the top of it to push it out. I get VERY few underground kills each season. Maybe a handful. Those who i ferret with don't use them and to be fair they don't lose ferrets. I like to keep them on just in case but the locator stays at the bottom of my bag for that one occasion when they just don't come back up and have got themselves stuck. Just my opinion.

[the lamping ferreter 160]

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

[8shot 192]

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

 

 

thats right banging on the floor is really going to help ur ferret

when stuck in a stop end

ive lost a ferret with a collar on

went deeper than 16ft...took me a week to get him back in my trap

 

so yes imo you do need them

 

i was gutted when it went dark and still couldnt see my furry friend

[Ideation 8,216]

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

 

 

Ferret gets stuck in a crack down there or something or behind a dead rabbit and banging gets them out how? They have a place, just shouldn't replace all the old methods. . . . like having patience!

[Ron Weasley 83]

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

 

 

Ferret gets stuck in a crack down there or something or behind a dead rabbit and banging gets them out how? They have a place, just shouldn't replace all the old methods. . . . like having patience!

 

Well said. I use locators, but it's not often I'll dig. There's no point running around with the receiver bleeping as soon as you enter the ferrets is there? I give them a good while to work before I think about switching it on.

[the lamping ferreter 160]

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

 

 

Ferret gets stuck in a crack down there or something or behind a dead rabbit and banging gets them out how? They have a place, just shouldn't replace all the old methods. . . . like having patience!

 

Well said. I use locators, but it's not often I'll dig. There's no point running around with the receiver bleeping as soon as you enter the ferrets is there? I give them a good while to work before I think about switching it on.

no i dont do big deep warrens just shallow ones and a big bramble stick can tell ya wear you rabbit and ferret is and so can just putting ur ear to the hole and lising a small folding spade dose the job

[The one 8,486]

='the lamping ferreter' timestamp='1288303514' post='1772644']

nah f**k locators theirs age old methords and their the best ferreting is a cheap sport and 2 go get a few rabbits for the pot wats the point why spend 150 on a loactor when the waiting a little while and banging down a hole gets them back

 

 

 

Ferret gets stuck in a crack down there or something or behind a dead rabbit and banging gets them out how? They have a place, just shouldn't replace all the old methods. . . . like having patience!

 

 

Well said. I use locators, but it's not often I'll dig. There's no point running around with the receiver bleeping as soon as you enter the ferrets is there? I give them a good while to work before I think about switching it on.

 

no i dont do big deep warrens just shallow ones and a big bramble stick can tell ya wear you rabbit and ferret is and so can just putting ur ear to the hole and lising a small folding spade dose the job

 

Real handy if your ferreting for coin or pest control , Nah im no doing that deep burrow ive no locator but i will do that one .I wouldn't last a week

[Moe 108]

locator every time for me,if they are not needed why are there so many ferals about.never lost a ferret since i started using one,lost a few back in the day though.move with the times they are there to help.

[buckshot 53]

your right there mate move with the times, when they killed in up them owld lines

it was a waiting game and sometimes a long wait and fecking cold

[stealthy1 3,964]

So its another landslide victory for locator users again then

[Malt 379]

So its another landslide victory for locator users again then

 

The thing is though pal, why should there be a victory for either? There's no competition, we're all ferreters no matter what kit we use or don't use

[jackwhippet 3]

I went out and bought a locator after being stood waiting for nearly two hours for ferret to surface it was more for the fact that I cant afford to lose the only working ferret I possess at the minute

[Mick C. 229]

hAD EIGHT rabbits last weekend and fourteen this week with no digs.

 

Idont collar up but i do use small ferrets.

 

I have a locator and another ferret at the ready but to be honest i havent needed to use it .

 

When they work free they can slip through thenets and into another hole without tangles and snags.

 

Nothing worse for spoiling a ferret