jambay5 191 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 well am sat here hungover counting the cost of yesterday lol, 8am start all going well so far! gets to our location first set, netted up first one slipped the net second one out of a missed bolt hole!!! nets off next set ferrets in 10 mins go by! out comes the locator get a mark under a big tree stump!!!!! start digging from the side, one by one the ferrets come out, but last one had slipped it collar!!! dug round for 40mins more before giving up!! (gutted plus no rabbits yet) moved on to next set nets on ferrets in quickly one bolts! but slips back down same hole time passes and again out comes the locator dig down ferrets move on but we see 3 rabbits run though the hole we dug!! one bolts first one in the bag!! get the ferrets out but guess what? last one no collar!!!!!!!!!! locate it and start digging!! while were digging pull out a live rabbit (2 in the bag) carry on digging these collars are easer to find when still on the ferret lol!! times passing with no luck!! but then we find a dead rabbit and the collar was there with it (thank god) moved on to last set of the day bolted 3 and no problems lol, so ended the day with 6 hard won rabbits and a lost collar and just to top it off lost my phone while out boozing last night!!!!!!!!!!! Happy Hunting! Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Bugger. Never lost a collar but did have to dig six foot to get on back once. The wide mk3 collars are the worst for it Quote Link to post
jambay5 191 Posted January 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 yer thats what is the wide one!! on the plus side found my phone lol Quote Link to post
stevethefish 80 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 Ouch it happens mate, we all have those days but hopefully not too often. 1 Quote Link to post
Guest vin Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 my mates lost 2 collars in 2 trips..so far this season...lol.. he,s gutted.. Quote Link to post
Moe 108 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 those wide nylon collars are sh#t,changed all mine to the thin leather ones. 1 Quote Link to post
NEWKID 27,684 Posted January 15, 2012 Report Share Posted January 15, 2012 You'll have to put those collars on a bit tighter Baz....... sorry mate sounds like you had a nightmare Quote Link to post
jambay5 191 Posted January 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2012 yer its only money kev only picked the set up on Thursday could be worse could have lost them both!! lol 1 Quote Link to post
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