stevethefish 80 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) I was pleased when the lads phoned and asked when we were going to set fear into the local rabbit population. It seems like ages since we had a day out and I was really looking forward to it. I had been suffering with a toe problem for the past few weeks that left me almost home bound and to top that off I started with a cold a couple of days ago. The best thing for a cold is fresh air and some graft and sweat it out, so ferreting was the ultimate cold cure. We arranged to go across the road on the local farm because Steve the keeper was having problems with rabbits on the rape, lovely! The guys turned up for me first light to find me sweating and cursing, I was having a problem in my garage. I opened the door in the morning to get my gear out and OH SHIT....2 gallon of maggots had sweated and escaped all over the floor. Now my garage will hold about 4 cars, has a large pit and full of stuff, so this was not just a case of getting a brush and pan out. They offered to give me a hand but I said not on your nelly were off ferreting, so I went upstairs and asked the missus to get up and clear them up for me. This went down like the titanic but she agreed, a text message an hour later was not so calm and collected. Back to the ferreting. we started off by the roadside and worked our way up the field hedgerow, things were looking pretty good as we had over 20 in the first hour and half but a lot of these had been previously infected with mixy but overcome it. When we reached the top of this field they suddenly were all ok, strange. We stopped for a brew and a sarni before moving along the next field hedgerow, now these hedgerows are pretty savage, all hawthorn and blackthorn. The amount of swearing through thorns piercing the wax leggings and gloves would put a few to shame but its all part of the excitement. At one stage the 2 new young recruits we took were looking a bit tired so we gave them a bit more work to perk them up. ahh shame. Back down the other side of the field the hedgerow bounds a spinney, this was excellent last year and one set produced 13 rabbits. We didn't expect those numbers but it looked good, and believe me you can't wipe them out here they breed really well. The last hour saw us having a couple of really hard digs, wrecker bars were needed to get through the rock and also a ferret totally disappeared for 30 minutes. This we took in our stride and when the ferrets were all back in the box we decided to call it a day, great stuff don't you agree. Its a pleasure having a day out with mates when the weather is not bad, and a bonus when you do ok. We had a count up and a chat before packing the van, the total today was a respectable 56, although we did loose a few 6 or 7 out of snagged nets and left 2 dead ones we couldn't get to, oh and Ray let one go, butter fingers. Mr Butter fingers Ray with his son Connor The Crew Edited October 30, 2011 by stevethefish 2 Quote Link to post
shaunpauls7 131 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Great write up bud and a cracking day with the looks of things. atb shaun Quote Link to post
ferret110 27 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 well done Great bag of Rabbits there mate all the best Quote Link to post
irish stevie 32 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Well done lads,great write up.. Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Good numbers Steve, and a good read. Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 well done lads good write up looks like you all had a good day Quote Link to post
Leeview 791 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Good day by the look of it did he keep a pup andhow are they doing? Y.I.S Leeview Quote Link to post
bobcullen79 1,495 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Nice one mate. could of done with a few more bunnies though,lol. Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 You always seem to have a cold you had one when i came over for the day . Good back there anyway nice way to start the season Quote Link to post
tegater 789 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Nice bag, and good little write up. Maggots! lol. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Good start Steve and team Quote Link to post
stevethefish 80 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Good day by the look of it did he keep a pup andhow are they doing? Y.I.S Leeview No mate they all went, if they turn out like Tilly they will be great dogs. Quote Link to post
stevethefish 80 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 Nice one mate. could of done with a few more bunnies though,lol. There are good signs for this year, I have been on my rounds and its heaving again even after taking over 1000 last year, Quote Link to post
stevethefish 80 Posted October 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 (edited) Nice bag, and good little write up. Maggots! lol. Dont go there, I have a full days work clearing the garage tomorrow. That will teach me to use maggots instead of pellets and paste. Edited October 30, 2011 by stevethefish Quote Link to post
Guest thebigdog Posted October 30, 2011 Report Share Posted October 30, 2011 good stuff pal Quote Link to post
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