ferreting to night

[pigeonphill 69]

just got back from doing a field warren ive had my eye on to do at night for a few weeks. so after laying some 35- 40 nets , down went the two big hobs i choose to use, standing there at night ferreting felt strange but it was so light with the snow you could see easy . the ferrets went to work and at a steady rate the rabbits were bolted. in a 45 minute period 10 rabbits were bolted missing one and i blame the snow freezing the net for that one . any one who hasnt done ferreting at night and got the right ground should have a crack as it was fcuking amazing. out tomorrow with steve and roy to do a bit of ratting and ferreting all the best phill

Edited December 18, 2010 by pigeonphill

[ferretsandhawks 47]

just got back from doing a field warren ive had my eye on to do at night for a few weeks. so after laying some 35- 40 nets , down went the two big hobs i choose to use, standing there at night ferreting felt strange but it was so light with the snow you could see easy . the ferrets went to work and at a steady rate the rabbits were bolted. in a 45 minute period 10 rabbits were bolted missing one and i blame the snow freezing the net for that one . any one who hasnt done ferreting at night and got the right ground should have a crack as it was fcuking amazing. out tomorrow with steve and roy to do a bit of ratting and ferreting all the best phill

was out last night just mooching with the dogs thinking it was bright enough to ferret in,glad to see i am not mad thinking it and that it can be done,gonna give it ago befroe x mas,

pm me where in the s-e you are please

[DogMagic 461]

Ferreting at nights a good way to those warrens you cant in the daytime! Lol! A full moon is the best we can usually hope for. Snow is a good thing too. Or fog.

[albert64 1,882]

not done it for a good few years, walking off the field with a bag off rabbits

that you dare'nt step foot on in the day it's a great feeling

[KittleRox 2,147]

Aye,done one place at night if you done through the day the polis would be there in minutes,

[TOMO 26,222]

done loads of night ferreting in my time,,, as the others have said, get on that park land you cant go on in the day.. had some good bags in the right places..... we also yoused to do a field next to a power station,,, you could do without a moon,, cos of all the light polution from the power station.

 

just have a walk round first , to get them to ground

[pigeonphill 69]

a carry on from last night saw steve and myself out with out roy what with the weather, drove past a warren at the side of the lane and steve saw a rabbit sitting out side a hole so we pulled over and thought we would give it a go . started to net up and as we did a rabbit tryed to bolt even before we were ready for the ferrets .with the ferrets in we had three more bolt then one ferret found below ground , i collared one of the hobs up and we [me] started to dig broke threw and pulled not one but two rabbits out but it was not even a dead end they were just in a tube , we then went to do a spot of ratting but drew a blank . we were then told of a small warren in the middle of one field and thought we would let bramble have a run , well a rabbit bolted and tryed to go straight down another hole but bramble was to quick and grabbed it one more rabbit tryed to bolt but saw us and done a u turn and faced the ferret .we collered up another jill and put her to ground . we got a mark and started to dig when both ferrets came up minus the collar . we did get the collar back but no rabbit . a quick pint in the local and back home for a early day

[DogMagic 461]

Love the pic with the beer! Lol!

[mully 6]

good idea i think i might have a go at that my self tonight

[KittleRox 2,147]

good idea i think i might have a go at that my self tonight

Good luck,

[ferrety f 23]

Good way to chill the tinies & nice bag.

[mully 6]

good idea i think i might have a go at that my self tonight

Good luck,

ahh not tonight now maybe tomorrow too tired

Edited December 19, 2010 by mully

[fatlad 250]

we did it about 10 years ago we were caught ferreting up near barnard castle got a 60 quid fine

so we were doing the place most nights we had a moon up it paid the fine off and was a really

good laugh we taped them fishing night lights to the collars just incase we missed one coming

out of a sett

[Jamie m 668]

Might have to have a mooch meself tonight as the freezers empty and my permisions are a fare way away on impasible roads poley jill and a few nets poleys come in handy with this snow

[comanche 3,025]

Nice one Phil. We were out yesterday ,probably not a million miles from you . We also had a couple of rabbits in the nets before the freds even left the box . My mate reckoned that it was his reputation as a rabbit catcher that had them surrendering. That was a silly thing to say as it was'nt long before one of the nets he'd set let let a bunny slip by . We did not of course take the micky .

Bet your little dog is coming along with all this work. All the best