Digging is just a part of ferreting

[stevethefish 80]

Well we had a few hours ferreting yesterday, but it seemed like a long time. We decided to give some rough ground a bash that I had reccied a few weeks ago, at that time it was heaving with bunnies but the cover was high. With all the snow and ice the cover was almost completely gone, amazing considering how bad it was. We started immediately as we got out of the van, the dogs jumped out and marked at the side of where we had parked. A good start as 2 bolted immediately putting a grin on our faces. The area is a mass of mounds of soil and rubble that has been tipped when the lakes were excavated leaving a rabbit paradise. Moving on to the next mound we had a dig within a couple of minutes, the ferrets had nailed one and with no movement on the box it would have been stupid to wait. We actually dug 2 from that set but that seemed to be the order of the day as we moved down the mounds.

 

For some reason they were very reluctant to bolt which left us with no other option but dig. It does slow you down tremendously and obviously the result is fewer rabbits in the bag. We got down to the bottom banking where the quarry starts and this was deep, you could see some of the bolt holes drop over 3 feet straight down immediately.

 

We set about dropping a few ferrets in, there were over 30 holes but the rabbits could take some finding in such a big set. As one of the ferrets re-appeared close to me I picked it up and lifted the bottom of another net and dropped the ferret in. Just as I did this a rabbit bolted, and as the draw string tightened it flew past my eye and caught the side of my face, that was almost a black eye.

 

We managed a few more before we had a couple more digs, one on the top where it was really rocky at 4 foot and another down the side at over 5 foot.

 

It was like trying to dig to Australia I can tell you, not too bad when the ground is easy going but thats never the case.

 

We had a scout around and had a couple more before heading back, a tally of just 18 was all we could achieve this time, all because of the digging but we still enjoy it and its a few less chewing crops.

 

 

 

 

[metallica fish 0]

Very nice mate

[KittleRox 2,147]

Sounds like hard work mate,good stuff though,

[air gun ant 1,666]

Still sounds like a good day mate, and also well done on the new web site:-)

Ant;-)

[stevethefish 80]

Cheers mate ATB

[fensaluki 35]

Sounds spot on fella.cant beat a bit of spade work on a cold day to keep you warm bud.

 

ATB

[metallica fish 0]

Just wondering why you call yourself fish? My surname is fish so just wondering

[kevin from bristol 95]

fairplay

[bouncer 51]

cracking bag buddy.

[The one 8,479]

I find some days the spade makes up a good quarter to half the bag ,if your on a new piece of ground and the rabbits havent seen ferrets before they fly out but try tidying up a bit after its been ferreted nearly every rabbits a spade job

[stevethefish 80]

I am a fisherman, I fish at a high level in matches, I am the 3 times uk match record holder and its just a name that I got that stuck, they say I can catch a fish from a puddle.

Just wondering why you call yourself fish? My surname is fish so just wondering

Edited December 17, 2010 by stevethefish

[KittleRox 2,147]

I am a fisherman, I fish at a high level in matches, I am the 3 times uk match record holder and its just a name that I got that stuck, they say I can catch a fish from a puddle.

Just wondering why you call yourself fish? My surname is fish so just wondering

sounds a bit fishy to me,

[stevethefish 80]

I am a fisherman, I fish at a high level in matches, I am the 3 times uk match record holder and its just a name that I got that stuck, they say I can catch a fish from a puddle.

Just wondering why you call yourself fish? My surname is fish so just wondering

sounds a bit fishy to me,

 

Fishing not an option at the mo, everywhere frozen solid

 

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