simonrocco 175 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 well with the new year hear me and a couple of mates desided to have our first trip out in 2012 one of my mates that was coming had to cancel so my nephew filled his place which he was pleased about as he would get to use his brand new nets that i had made him for xmas anyway we were up at 7am and by the time id picked everyone up we were out in the fields for 8am we desided just to go local today and i was'nt expecting a good day at all rabbit wise we got to the first set it was a 6 holer we netted up and entered my jill it was'nt long before we got the first bolt and straight after it another they were'nt the biggest of rabbits about 3/4 grown but stil a nice start to the day ther was nothing more in that set so we picked the nets up and moved down the dyke to the next this one was a 7 holer so nets on again and ferret in about 3 mins later a rabbit bolts into one of my nephews nets needless to say he was really pleased the ferret carried on working the set but there was nothing more at home so nets off again and on to the next set only a five holer nets on and ferret in a couple of mins later the sound of bumping and one rabbit bolts this time into a net my daughter made so that 2 shes caught in it now she'll be over the moon when i tell her that was the only rabbit in that set we moved further down the dyke and found a 2 holer so we netted up and entered the ferret couple of seconds later we heard bumping then bang another rabbit pursed nicely in my nephews nets we picked up the nets and moved on to the next set which was a small 3 holer nets on ferret in about a min later bumping and them rabbit number 6 the ferret carried on working the set but there was nothing else at home so we moved furthe on and to quite a large set of about 10 or 11 holes to it we netted up and entered the jill it was about 5 mins or so before we heard bumping and then a rabbit bolts out of a hole at the bottom of the set and the net snagged on a root and didnt purse right and the rabbit ran into the next set down the dyke the ferret was still in and we managed to get a locate on it at 3 foot deep so we started digging as we were getting close to breaking through the ferret came out covered in blood so i think it had killed down the set we carried on digging and broke through but we couldnt feel the rabbit anywhere so we desided to move on to where the other rabbit had gone it was only a four hole and it didnt take long till it bolted so that was number 7 by this time i was thinkg that we were ferreting somewhere else as iv never had as many rabbits off this dyke we moved further down the dyke there was a couple of sets there but they looked like they were dead with leaves in every hole we found another set that looked in use so we netted it up and put the jill in and a few seconds later a rabbit bolts out of a hole my mate was standing on top of i turned to see him flying through the air only to grab the rabbit as it had kicked out of the net then it kicked out of his hands and got away it was that funny it could have been a you've been framed moment :laugh: if only id had the camcorder anyway we moved on from that set and to the next ferret in and another rabbit bolts so that was rabbit number 8 a brilliant start espesially for the area as it never holds this many rabbits normally just the odd one or two we desided to move to another place nearby we had some dinner and made a start again to cut a long story short we got another 5 rabbits from this place which took our total to 13 it should have been 18 but a few got away due to badly set nets by someone (not me) a really good start to 2012 i hope the rest of the season is as good. hope you like the right up theres only an end of day pic as the flash on my cameras gone and it doesnt take very good pics now atb to everyone for 2012 1 Quote Link to post
foxing machine 144 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 well done pal ill be thair next time. Quote Link to post
darbo 4,774 Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 well done pal.that nephew of yours sounds like a keen young lad.atb Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 well done pal ill be thair next time. cheers pal hope to see you there next time atb Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 nice one cheers pal Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 well done pal.that nephew of yours sounds like a keen young lad.atb thanks pal yeh he is keen he's never been off the phone since xmas day wanting to know when we were going ferreting so he could use his nets atb Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 great start matey...nice one. Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 great start matey...nice one. thanks pal atb Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 good write up, I was thinking about doing a dyke near me funnily enough but its a bit of a cnut, you may have just spurred me on lol atb Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 good write up, I was thinking about doing a dyke near me funnily enough but its a bit of a cnut, you may have just spurred me on lol atb thanks pal i was really surprized on how many rabbits were there normally i struggle to catch a couple off there and i was only there 2 months ago and caught 3 and tried every hole to. good luck ferreting your dyke hope you get a few atb 1 Quote Link to post
Cookie423 21 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Its always good when you have more than expected Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Its always good when you have more than expected yeh i know pal it turned out to be a really good day a good bit of banter was had by all to you cant beat days like that atb pal 1 Quote Link to post
Kile 21 Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 good and funny read mate i am going out thursday so lets see what happens atb kile Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted January 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 good and funny read mate i am going out thursday so lets see what happens atb kile thanks pal atb for thursday Quote Link to post
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