rooster george 2 Posted February 6, 2011 Report Share Posted February 6, 2011 Hi all just a quick question for you i know its hard to say but how long do you think a ferret should take to do a good size warren done some today 15 to 20 hole warrens and he was under for 45 minutes before he came back out and i was only working one ferret. Cheers Andy Quote Link to post
twiggy 12 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 do you own a locater have a sweep about give a couple of mins if hes in the same spot get digging Quote Link to post
The one 8,483 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 sounds about right as thats too many holes for one ferret and if there deep ?. should have put at least another one or two in . Even with right numbers of ferrets if the burrows are deep it still take a lot of time to get the rabbits moving Quote Link to post
rooster george 2 Posted February 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Thanks for the feedback the place we went was over run with the things holes all over the place not been ferreting for some time it was just someone asked me on due to no one in this shoot having a ferret and i only have 1 hob so it looks like i will be getting some more got 400 acres to cover. Which are the best locators after yesterday i wont be going out without one again thanks for the comments lads Cheers Andy Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 Depends on depth of warren, lay out of warren, number of rabbits, how experianced the rabbits are, how experianced the ferrets are, how much noise you have made, the weather and other factors. Quote Link to post
kevin from bristol 95 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Share Posted February 7, 2011 with just one ferret in a large bury theres a good chance of them getting the run around with the rabbit bottling itself up somewere instead of bolting allways best to use a few ferrets on larger burys ,theres no real answer to a time limit as it takes as long as it takes by using more ferrets you will clear burys faster with more bolts ,hope this helps ,also if you only have one ferret like i did when i was a kid i just used to stick to the small burys along country lanes anything from 1-6 holes quick and easy work for the ferret and not to much time in each bury and had great results use to love a stop end and a hand catch great fun Quote Link to post
2bob 9 Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Hi all just a quick question for you i know its hard to say but how long do you think a ferret should take to do a good size warren done some today 15 to 20 hole warrens and he was under for 45 minutes before he came back out and i was only working one ferret. Cheers Andy i had a gill down a warren for an 1 hour 15 minutes on sunday had a collar on her could'nt get a mark on her she showed in every hole an that was a 16 holer. for some reason she would'nt come out everytime i tried to grab her she kept running back down Quote Link to post
rooster george 2 Posted February 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Bob thats what mine was doing but they are big warrens so it seems he was working and not just giving me the run around Quote Link to post
2bob 9 Posted February 8, 2011 Report Share Posted February 8, 2011 Bob thats what mine was doing but they are big warrens so it seems he was working and not just giving me the run around she's not usually like that she's usually in work the warren an out if nothing's in there..she's three year old now. i've had it from young ferrets just starting out Quote Link to post
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