nice little earner

[Guest JDF]

i do alot of maintenance work for the heritage end of the doe through the company that i work for but this morning brought up something unusual.

a nature resevre has a wildflower garden that is taking a bit of a hammering from rabbits so the warden asked would i be interested in a spot of ferreting.arrived at seven to have a look around,all the holes are dead bar a little one holer under a shed,had the pup along for his first trip also.netted up the hole and a quick in and out from the ferret showed nothing at home,in all took one hour but i'm booked in for four

mentioned that as there's plenty of cover around and it's very warm at the moment the rabbits are probably above ground so now i've got to go back with the lamp and rifle,should be good for six hours there

 

 

 

ps now i'm getting paid does this make me a pest controller

[Guest Frank]

Great stuff, let us know how you get on JDF

 

Frank.

[devvo 0]

good look mate :thumbs-up:

 

 

 

cheers devvo

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

ps now i'm getting paid does this make me a pest controller

 

'Fraid not, mate. But it Does make ye a jammy sod!

[Guest little_lloyd]

If there above ground walk around the patch and they should bolt into the warrens, then net em up

[Kay 3,709]

Nice one & good luck

[OldTrapCollector 377]

If there above ground walk around the patch and they should bolt into the warrens, then net em up

 

LL - Surely it would be easier to net the holes and then walk the rabbits into the nets? Going in rather than coming out . . . backnetting I call it.

 

I doubt it would work in this particular case as the rabbits don't appear to living underground, but I have used it hundreds of times myself, especially when a large strip of game cover flanks a large woodland bury - a walk in before ferreting gives the bury time to quiten down after netting up and gives a few bonus rabbits before the ferrets are even out of their boxes. You have to make sure that you see them go though otherwise all there is left is a peg and tight drawcord disappearing down the hole - easily missed.

 

OTC

[Guest JDF]

spot on OTC,it looks like the only option is lamp and rifle,just to much cover for them. the burrows look like they haven't been used in years.

[Guest little_lloyd]

Backnetting my mate and myself where going to do this at night in this situation where the rabbits are above ground!

 

I think you should get out there with the lamp and rifle and good luck :thumbs-up: