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[FUJI 17,288]

Hey up folks....just wondering when you will be hanging up the lamp/slip leadand giving the dogs a wee break now we are heading towards the seasons end? Do you have a set date when you call time each seasons end or do you wait until you come across your quarry carrying young etc? ATB Andy.

[reddawn 2,173]

my season just starts as the tshirt weather gets here

[collie/grey 238]

I usually stop when i find young inside the bunnies, but will be out a few times during the summer to bring pups on and keep them ticking over

[old real tree 92]

There is young about now mate, had a few recently carrying young,

[weasle 1,119]

Last couple of years been getting rabbits with young since xmas.To give up then would make a short season.I will give up ferreting when little young rabbits start bolting.But will lamp were the rabbits can take it till march.Normally glad of the rest then.

[FUJI 17,288]

I'm just about ready for a break myself Weasle lol...still ain't had a bunny carrying young YET..hopefully a few more trips out for me and that'll be my season done? ATB Andy.

[mick c 411]

ive had a few carrying young already so my ferreting will sound end

[rapidjenky 97]

we got 12 today,3 full of young.

 

this morning was the first HARD frost weve seen. ive only had about 4 trips out with the ferret as waited till the cover died back. short season for me. only got a couple of trips left and there ones that i have to do for a guy to clear certain hedge rows, which ive been putting off till the proper frosts get here!

 

as for lamping, ill still be going out for a while yet as the dogs dont take that many if im honest but not while the ground is frozen solid like the last couple of days.

[bendrover 556]

Hey up folks....just wondering when you will be hanging up the lamp/slip leadand giving the dogs a wee break now we are heading towards the seasons end? Do you have a set date when you call time each seasons end or do you wait until you come across your quarry carrying young etc? ATB Andy.

last day in fe b

[MOO 730]

dont have a set date as every season is differant ...you just know when the air has a touch of spring about it ...and by then the dogs need a well deserved rest to heal

[whin 463]

get fishing head on march dogs start getting just walked or behind jeep but got apup on the go so will lamp afew rabbs with her on her own and then once feilds are cut , pre ban if i saw anice big buck would try and get him sometimes but summer for fishing working hard stoking up for winter

[chartpolski 23,516]

I don't realy "finish" as such. I'm always up to something, even if it's just running a rabbit or two when I'm fishing. Obviously , nothing like the work the dogs do in the "normal",winter season, but there's always something to keep them occupied !

 

Cheers.

[123456 146]

My season ended a few weeks ago as I had to get rid both my dogs but had a few trips out with mates but won't be out again until the pups ready so that will be 6-7 months minimum

[FUJI 17,288]

Yep some sound replies here..if the dogs have seen a bit over the past few months they as much as anything need a wee break to heal the knocks and tears they've aquired over the winter months whilst running...part and parcel of good dog maintainance is knowing when to give a dog it's break as its as important as the running when it comes to good stockmanship in running dogs? ATB Andy.

[Moll. 1,770]

As Moo said really. But i do have one single piece of land i go at for longer. I am only allowed on when the shooting season has finished, it is a rough field managed for the game birds. So from the end of Jan, till they start planting the new game cover i will be at it, slowly but surely.

Other than that, just general mooching about the place, no deliberate hunting.