j davies 8 Posted December 28, 2010 Report Share Posted December 28, 2010 There are a number of possabilities. You said your 2 ferrets. Do you put them both to ground? On a small warren you shouldnt because they can trap a rabbit. A ferret behind and another in front of the rabbit guarantees a kill. As watchman said, you should leave the warren alone after netting up. Let things settle. The rabbits will of heard you upstairs and though to themselves "lets stay home for the time being shall we?"! Worst of all is a dog sticking its head down the hole as the rabbit bolts. My beagle x does that. He hears a rabbit thumping along the tube and runs in to soon. The answer is to stand the dogs further back so it takes longer for them to reach the warren and hopefully the rabbit will of cleared the tube by the time the dog gets there. If that dont work, tie the fecker to a tree untill the ferrets are out. My ferrets always have food in the cage so they are never hungry. I dont get lie ups. The last time i thought i had a lie up was last week. I dont know why but this rabbit really didnt want to bolt. Locater showed the position. 10 mins later its still there. Off to collect shovel. Get back and locaters silent. Do another search, find it again etc etc. But as its moved obviously the rabbit aint dead. Ground was rock hard so no chance of digging. After about an hour the rabbit finally emerges with no fur left on its arse, its right eye gone, its right cheek bleeding a lot and its right ear shredded. Where do you stand when ferreting? You need to get right back from the holes, you dont want the rabbits to see you (or the dogs!). Also make sure your upwind. If they smell you as they approach the entrance they will sometimes sit in the entrance and sometimes go back down to face the ferret again. A few times iv grabbed a rabbit by its head and dragged it out when its just been sat in the entrance and because the ferrets behind it it didnt go back down. And lastly.........be quiet! you have hit the nail on the head there mate every thing you said is true the dog is the worst when i was training my cocker he was always in the way and the first year i only got 60 rabbits and about 30 kills now he is fully trained m=never or its rare to get a kll in hope he reads what you put Quote Link to post
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