Finished or not ??

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

Ok lads on the last two outings i have had a rabbits full of young, normally i would call that the end of my season but i cant help feel that the season has been verry verry short, do you think that with climate change we just have to accept that we are gonna get pregnant does or a shorter season ?

 

opinoins please

[Guest Bigbob]

The seasons deffinatly are getting shorter there places you cant get into to ferret because there no frosts to kill the cover . Last year we took more rabbits in the summer months with the rimmy than ferreting during the autumn and winter months .Even if i have to stop ferreting i will still run the fenn mk6s or snares till about april .A small rabbit is just a nice sized meal for a ferret bitch on her own to eat in one go so reduces the waste and flies so i dont feel guilty about killing them

[beagles 0]

i agree ive got to more outing pland and thats it

[SeanTheHawker 0]

climate change will make a winters colder...... summers like spain, winters like canada

this is just a mild winter this

[mole trapper 1,693]

sean that sounds like wishfull thinking, but you sure wouldnt find me complaining. :thumbs-up:

[staffy-1 0]

Seans true mate, the gulf stream is getting slower....and without that..very cold winters. this is dur to one of the worlds 'engines' what moves the gulf stream. Something to do with the warm water rising to the top and cold water going to the bottom of the oceans. So as the cold water is running out, the warm water 'Conveyor belt' of the gulf stream is slowing down....and with the gulf stream usually bringing us5-8 oCthan we should have........if it stops we will be very cold in the winter and very warm in the summer.

This would be chaos for britains wildlife.....Not bad for a fifteen year old???? well if you get it

[the fezz 44]

climate change will make a winters colder...... summers like spain, winters like canada

this is just a mild winter this

 

 

i could live with that

 

i havint seen any young as of yet so il keep going till i do

[juckler123 707]

Loads of rain though

[devvo 0]

climate change will make a winters colder...... summers like spain, winters like canada

this is just a mild winter this

 

 

i could live with that

 

i havint seen any young as of yet so il keep going till i do

 

 

Same here mate, when ferreting (touch wood) we havent seen any younguns yet, but on the idustrial estate where my brother works, we saw about 10 half grown ones whilst driving around

 

Out on Sunday, we shall see what goes on then

 

Devvo

[Guest Bigbob]

We where out yesterday picked up 6 and no sign of youngsters or young in them see what next sunday brings

[woodchip 2]

when i get a bunny ill let you know out again sunday 2nd outting

[blakfut 0]

Last few trips out we've been getting more & more with a belly full of young, if we stop ferreting now that would make breeding season longer for the rabbits resulting in a population exploion, the farmers would not be happy and start looking for alternative method of control.

 

Bob

[IanB 0]

The young around me are ready for young now , plenty of fist sized and half grown rabbits around.

[tote 856]

Up here we have young rabbits in most of the buries so I think the games a bogey

 

The way I look at it is if I stop early i'll get started early as well,the begining of August should

find the buries full of full and 3/4 sized rabbits,if the myxy keeps away.

[Clipper 207]

next weekend will be my last of the season, will still lamp etc but no more ferretting, to much young about :)and the rabbits need a good breeding season round here or there will be nowt next year

Edited February 3, 2007 by Clipper