Four little warrens = 12 rabbits

[Blue one 89]

Great outing their Stroller, your kelpie cross looks well, i was tempted in this cross in the future, but have thought about it and might leave it for a while yet.

[wild rover 548]

 

 

 

Got to the site and it was just light enough to net up, maggie had marked a warren of about 20 holes which used up pretty much all of my nets (I had hung up a load of nets last time out and just grabbed the bag with what was left)i used the old silver and the young albino hob who is getting that big i can hardly get my hand around him to pick him up.i had brought the young silver bitch from the late litter i had just to give her a run through but as the rabbits turned out to be fast and furious i didnt get her out of the box.

 

It wasnt running dog ground a thick carpet of flattened bracken on a hill side covered in tall hawthorn but the little bitch did well and she is showing varying degrees of mark. if there is a rabbit at home its a lifted paw and a cocked head but if there are a few rabbits she is trying to dig at the mouth of the hole im not really worried by this as a click of the finger puts her right and calms her down.

 

She did get a run at a bolted rabbit from a missed bolt hole and she turned it back to the set where it back netted apart from that she held them in the nets as they bolted which was just as well as i was on my tod and they were bolting hard.

 

i dont think we moved further than 100m over the 3 hours we were out but the sport was good and steady.

 

All of the rabbits caught were in top condition well nourished with a healthy deposit of fat as this was in horse country i wonder if they eat the haylage thats put out for the horses?

 

Very pleased with mags today we had an ownership issue of a rabbit that she caught that had slipped the net but in the end she brought it in.

 

Managed to shove the knife through my finger at home when i was preparing four rabbits for the oven. a couple of steri strips later and a good dosing of cut heal and i was fine. however due to the loss of blood and the pain i have slept all afternoon and im now having a couple of jack daniels to soothe my fevered brow

 

 

 

 

and by the way im not fat just big boned

 

Good write up as usual mate, I can relate to the problems with Kelpies as some of the traits are similar in some ACD, but great workers, by the way I'm not big boned I'm fat !!!!

Edited January 3, 2011 by wild rover

[Marsh Lad 321]

Nice little ferreting bitch ,happy hunting

[johnrthrfrd 223]

well done keith looks like you had a good few hours havent been out over the holidays had a dodgy belly (think its her indoors cooking) :sick: :sick: trev was thinking about going yesterday but havent herd from him yet. the dog looks well trying to get some of the weight (puppy fat) off mine.

atb john.

[always hunting 3]

those kelpie x r good all round dogs my uncles got one he is unbeliveable ferreter,lamper,shooter and even guard dog we take ferreting hes good with the ferrets and exellent marker when we take him lamping in the land rover he watches the beam looking for rabbits and wont go untill my uncle says.

[lanesra 4,007]

I always look like that mate im a f*****g horrible b*****d, every body hates me

 

 

Hahahaha like your sense of humour or honesty . Good post .

[whippet 99 2,613]

well done phil mitchell

[The Happy Ferret 6]

Great write up.

 

[KittleRox 2,147]

Aye,good stuff

[atomo 19]

[Maximus Ferret 2,063]

Great post and pictures Stroller.

Hope your son's saluki mends soon.

[Guest thebigdog]

[undisputed 1,664]

You might not be fat fellah but the ferret is fekin huge looks like you had some sport well done