proper22 5 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 i lost my oldest jill 'fleet' on sunday.. i'd been going back every day to check for her but nothing, on monday i found a very big hole where we had been ferreting that either a fox or sniffer dog from the land oowner had dug which had retrieved the rabbit that the ferret was layed up with but the ferret was no where to be seen .. so three days had passed and i continued to been check every day. and now im sitting here having I just got in from looking for her. went out with the lamp a took a food bowl to shake, searced for about hour and a half all over the fields and moors around.. it started tooo rain i was just about to give up and look for her tomorrow when i picked up her red eyes on the lamp I was soo relieved started whistling her in and shaking the food bowl and she came straight too me starving and soaked. such a relief She is now safely back in the hutch drtying off and putting the younger jills back in their place I would just like to piont out she went missing due to a silly embarising mistake by me that i'll never make again. i decided to work her with out a coller becuase my ferret finder was f*ck*d up and my ferreting partner had just bought a new quik set longnet so we wanted to still try it out.. it wasnt worth it will never make that decision again anyway got her back and stress is over Ben Quote Link to post
JoshAdams 0 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 Glad you got her back you were very lucky there mate !! Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 glad you got her back mate but let that be a lesson learnt Quote Link to post
kevin from bristol 95 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 (edited) i lost my oldest jill 'fleet' on sunday.. i'd been going back every day to check for her but nothing, on monday i found a very big hole where we had been ferreting that either a fox or sniffer dog from the land oowner had dug which had retrieved the rabbit that the ferret was layed up with but the ferret was no where to be seen .. so three days had passed and i continued to been check every day. and now im sitting here having I just got in from looking for her. went out with the lamp a took a food bowl to shake, searced for about hour and a half all over the fields and moors around.. it started tooo rain i was just about to give up and look for her tomorrow when i picked up her red eyes on the lamp I was soo relieved started whistling her in and shaking the food bowl and she came straight too me starving and soaked. such a relief She is now safely back in the hutch drtying off and putting the younger jills back in their place I would just like to piont out she went missing due to a silly embarising mistake by me that i'll never make again. i decided to work her with out a coller becuase my ferret finder was f*ck*d up and my ferreting partner had just bought a new quik set longnet so we wanted to still try it out.. it wasnt worth it will never make that decision again anyway got her back and stress is over Ben well done for looking,work is work with or with out a collar and never a mistake i only use bells myself have used locators but i dont get on with them and ive never lost on yet ,had a few very long waits but thats about it ,heres a tip if you aint got a locator use a fox call i use one to call mine up if there in to long never fails ,all the best hope this helps Edited February 9, 2011 by kevin from bristol Quote Link to post
bert the fert 28 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 I'm right chuffed for you, mate Quote Link to post
web22 27 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 lost one of mine for a couple of nights last weekend(from the hutch though not out in the field)so i know the worry etc you felt,it's not good but at least she's back in the warm now!! Quote Link to post
ferretracer 24 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 allways glad to hear a happy ending in the end, exellent Quote Link to post
heritage 202 Posted February 9, 2011 Report Share Posted February 9, 2011 You never realise just how good ferret locators are until things go pear shaped....glad you got a happy ending mate....atb Quote Link to post
tote 856 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 i lost my oldest jill 'fleet' on sunday.. i'd been going back every day to check for her but nothing, on monday i found a very big hole where we had been ferreting that either a fox or sniffer dog from the land oowner had dug which had retrieved the rabbit that the ferret was layed up with but the ferret was no where to be seen .. so three days had passed and i continued to been check every day. and now im sitting here having I just got in from looking for her. went out with the lamp a took a food bowl to shake, searced for about hour and a half all over the fields and moors around.. it started tooo rain i was just about to give up and look for her tomorrow when i picked up her red eyes on the lamp I was soo relieved started whistling her in and shaking the food bowl and she came straight too me starving and soaked. such a relief She is now safely back in the hutch drtying off and putting the younger jills back in their place I would just like to piont out she went missing due to a silly embarising mistake by me that i'll never make again. i decided to work her with out a coller becuase my ferret finder was f*ck*d up and my ferreting partner had just bought a new quik set longnet so we wanted to still try it out.. it wasnt worth it will never make that decision again anyway got her back and stress is over Ben well done for looking,work is work with or with out a collar and never a mistake i only use bells myself have used locators but i dont get on with them and ive never lost on yet ,had a few very long waits but thats about it ,heres a tip if you aint got a locator use a fox call i use one to call mine up if there in to long never fails ,all the best hope this helps Kevin it won't matter what you use to call a ferret out if it's stuck on the wrong side of a rabbit or rabbits in a block end. Just out of interest why don't you get on with locators? Good to hear you got your ferret back proper22. Quote Link to post
The one 8,511 Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 You live and learn mate glad you got your jill back Quote Link to post
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