Getting pegs in hard ground?

[lksopener 105]

The ground here is frozen solid.

 

Cant even break the top with a spade!

 

Anyhow, anyone got an ingenious way to get the pegs in? I thought about using a hammer or rubber mallet, however I thought it may alert the rabbits to my presence? Then they may be reluctant to bolt.

 

Any ideas chaps or will they bolt regardless?

 

Liam

[dh90 6]

 

 

It is not exactly kosher,..but, try pushing your purse net pegs, into the top of the burrow,..on the inside....

 

The net will still purse,.but, you want to be onto them asap,.just in case..

 

Agree, Definately softer inside the hole, probably your best bet

[lksopener 105]

Good tip lads I'll have a look next time out.

 

I was thinking of trying screw tent pegs like I use for my fishin bivvy.

[Jamie m 668]

Pee on the ground ha ha ha ha ha

[AL BUNDY 45]

try a screwdriver.

[stroller 341]

if the grass is long and clompy try threading the peg through the clump and around the base and through the string, same near hedges and dry stone walls or put stones or logs on top of pegs or just dive on the nets asap or have a catch dog the net slows them down a second or two long enough for even a terrier to be on them. you can only do what you can do

[Aaron_butcher 17]

I got some plastic ones off ebay, really thin they are but strong as f**k. £4 for twenty. They look really flimsy but now I use them on all my nets. They go in any ground fairly easy because of how thin they are.

[midnight walker 8]

The ground here is frozen solid.

 

Cant even break the top with a spade!

 

Anyhow, anyone got an ingenious way to get the pegs in? I thought about using a hammer or rubber mallet, however I thought it may alert the rabbits to my presence? Then they may be reluctant to bolt.

 

Any ideas chaps or will they bolt regardless?

 

Liam

i use steel tent pegs

[bush wacker 77]

The ground here is frozen solid.

 

Cant even break the top with a spade!

 

Anyhow, anyone got an ingenious way to get the pegs in? I thought about using a hammer or rubber mallet, however I thought it may alert the rabbits to my presence? Then they may be reluctant to bolt.

 

Any ideas chaps or will they bolt regardless?

 

Liam

i use steel tent pegs

 

i cant even get steel pegs in

 

iv been draging branches to the holes and raping the cord around them

[martnmagik 68]

Pee on the ground ha ha ha ha ha

done it many times

[midnight walker 8]

The ground here is frozen solid.

 

Cant even break the top with a spade!

 

Anyhow, anyone got an ingenious way to get the pegs in? I thought about using a hammer or rubber mallet, however I thought it may alert the rabbits to my presence? Then they may be reluctant to bolt.

 

Any ideas chaps or will they bolt regardless?

 

Liam

i use steel tent pegs

 

i cant even get steel pegs in

 

iv been draging branches to the holes and raping the cord around them

i was doing the same last weeh its hard going good luck i am off out tommorow morn

[Neal 1,873]

Or save your back and leave the nets at home...and let the dog have some fun.

[jedandlevo 8]

my friend works in a metal fab place and simly drilled a hole in a peice ov 20 mm flat bar and just welded a halfed tent peg in the hole so its a T shape and easy to force through the frozen ground and easy to pull out when yer fingers are freezing

[peeps_76 17]

never tried this with nets but it works real well with the snares.

 

i was taught it by my grans brother many years ago. he called it brick or stone snaring. it was used on very hard and frozen ground and rather than use a peg we just used bricks or heavy stones! the bricks with the holes in them are the easiest as you just tie on through the hole or otherwise secure the snare/net to a heavy stone. we have also used old lumps of steel/heavy branches etc anything that a bunny cant pull away! always remember (if snaring) foxy can pull a fair weight (much more than bunny)!

 

there was a thread in the trapping section with pictures not to long ago!

 

regards P

[peeps_76 17]

found the thread try this link!

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/60545-snaring-on-iron-slag/page__view__findpost__p__621854__hl__%2Biron+%2Bslag__fromsearch__1

 

regards P