Water Badger 26 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Had another person on at me asking me to get on top of his rabbits, Been held up with my main areas of permission and family but thought I should put in an apperance before height of summer arrived ! dont like ferreting with young about but some of us have to do it to keep landowners happy. was knot that easy to find this place check out this sign anyway I finaly arrived with Scrapman and we were shown boundarys and got the relevent permission slips signed, we took the 410 2 whippet crosses and a terrier along with purse nets long nets and a recentley knitted stop net, The first burry looked promising but produced nout!? moving on we made a start on a large burry under some holly bushes, rather than net all the holes we ran a long net 5yrds into the wood leaving the dogs garding the field side. the clients arrived to watch proceedings and after a short wait number one hurteled into the net the dogs arrived first with me in hot pursuit. quickly dispached a second made a bid for the open field, once again the dogs did there job this was followed by a quick hole hopper. I removed my best albino jill whom had surfaced and entered her behinde the hole hopper, a short wait and number three was claimed by the net. With loss of intrest from the ferrets we moved on to a long hedge row. The plan was simple with rabbit fencing on the back side a stop net would be run through the hedge to stop any retreat and any foward runners would be claimed by the tools we had picked. with the sun high layers were removed and we worked our way up the hedge with net, dogs and 410 claiming rabbits one dig to the albino gill who had a doe in a stop end. What a day satisfied clent bit of grub for the frezzer and som happy clients dogs and ferrets very pleased with the performance of my first stop net Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Nice read mate pleased to see somebody else still doing a bit Quote Link to post
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 fab right up. Sounds like you had a fab day Quote Link to post
ferrety f 23 Posted March 19, 2011 Report Share Posted March 19, 2011 Photo says it all.. good write up Quote Link to post
rascal_2005 79 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 well done lads Quote Link to post
russellpt6 5 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Thats a few less to breed this year. Well done Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 Nice read mate pleased to see somebody else still doing a bit Your lucky being up there mate, we are onto our second generation of young already from this year (i.e the first lot of kits are now breeding themselves). Little ones literally everywhere, above and below ground, ferretings a total waste of time. Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted March 20, 2011 Report Share Posted March 20, 2011 good job mate Quote Link to post
JoeD 24 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thats a few less to breed this year. Well done Just because they are breeding where you are, doesn't mean they are breeding near him, or maybe he wants to keep permission and ferrets till it just isn't possible anymore. Rabbits are the master of survival, you will NEVER be able to wipe out the rabbits, maybe thin them but never get rid of totally! Joe Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Thats a few less to breed this year. Well done Just because they are breeding where you are, doesn't mean they are breeding near him, or maybe he wants to keep permission and ferrets till it just isn't possible anymore. Rabbits are the master of survival, you will NEVER be able to wipe out the rabbits, maybe thin them but never get rid of totally! Joe uhhhh. . .. i think he meant what he said, lighten up. Where its pest control its a good thing to hit the does late season as they are pairing up to breed. As for NEVER wiping them out. . . . . . .not true. . . . there is ALWAYS a way. Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Its going to be a long summer if you dont chill out a bit some guys can ferret a bit longer than others its no worth bitching about though Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Its going to be a long summer if you dont chill out a bit some guys can ferret a bit longer than others its no worth bitching about though f*****g right matey Do you want a fight? Meet you at the border? Your a lucky bstard up there, if its like this next year ou might find me camping on your drive from end of feb till april! Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Its a hard life mate taking all of september off to make a start on the buns then two weeks in April to wrap up the ferreting it's tough in Gods country and theres only two types of people Scots and those who want to be Scots LOL . Its going to be a long summer anyway wait till the schoolies are off and see the posts on here Its been a good season up to now hope every body else has been the same Quote Link to post
Water Badger 26 Posted March 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Its a hard life mate taking all of september off to make a start on the buns then two weeks in April to wrap up the ferreting it's tough in Gods country and theres only two types of people Scots and those who want to be Scots LOL . Its going to be a long summer anyway wait till the schoolies are off and see the posts on here Its been a good season up to now hope every body else has been the same Just picked up some permission up your way the Bulmers (cider) family estate thousands of acres need to take some time off to visit it mountain hares too! what are buns Quote Link to post
The one 8,467 Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 Bun's =Bunnies rabbits LOL Just thinking the only thing that's bugging me is the fuel prices the amount of miles we cover for rabbits it scandalous that might stop me before the rabbits breeding does Quote Link to post
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