help :/ ferret missing

[shootingmadgeorge 6]

hi guys

i made the stupid mistake of going ferreting yesterday.

i put my hob down what i thought was a small warren whitch turns out to be about 500 yards long

we seen him pop up a couple of times but then he disapeared im not getting any response on my deben mark 3 locator it just keeps saying 16+ all through out the warren.

any help, ideas, of advice please ??????????

 

cheers george

[crozzo 23]

hi mate this is a long shot.Get a large hessian sack or blanket lay it on the floor near where u last saw him and put some food init then fold it over to hide the food, go back to it the next morning and your ferret should be asleep in the sack mate. this has worked for me in the past but bet he has killed in and gone to sleep

cheers john

[The one 8,486]

Use your ferret box as a mark and start working in clock ward circles a couple of yards at a time till you think you have covered the burrow then do a bit more to be sure . Take it ,its new batteries in both ?. Or get somebody else with a collared ferret to put theres in . But at this time of year he may have killed a young rabbit so wont have gone far

[shootingmadgeorge 6]

no wasnt new batterys unfortunatley i had used them a couple of times before :/ do you think anyone will be willing to do that if i ask them ??

[The one 8,486]

First thing i would do is replace the battery's then get a couple of mates over with a ferret and there boxes ,and as long as you can see all the holes whats the problem ?.

[shootingmadgeorge 6]

i had no luck when looking for him i have left his box out a couple of nights now and nothing but then yesterday i tied a pornched out rabbit to a steak just out side the hole i got there this morning and the rabbit was down the hole as far as the string would let it ...

do you think this is the ferret ????????

cheers george

[David K 172]

i had no luck when looking for him i have left his box out a couple of nights now and nothing but then yesterday i tied a pornched out rabbit to a steak just out side the hole i got there this morning and the rabbit was down the hole as far as the string would let it ...

do you think this is the ferret ????????

cheers george

 

Well it's not a rabbit dragging it down the hole so I reckon he is hanging around for the easy food and a lie in. Might be worth borrowing a cage trap and baiting it with some fresh meat.

Edited May 10, 2012 by David K

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Where in the country are you fella?

[shootingmadgeorge 6]

somerset, rabbits been dragged down twice now, but nothing this morning, his box and food are about and a live trap but no sign....

[Jamie m 668]

Get yourself a good hammer : ) and when it pops it's head out whack it one ??

[andy s410c 61]

Why are you ferreting this time of year A warren 500yds long will be teaming with young rabbits,your hob will be having the time of his life.Hope you get him back but for me the first sign of young the ferts are finished till the start of the following season(end of Jan for me this year).

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

Maybe pest control?

 

We were ferreting the other day.

 

Far from ideal. Lots of underground kills and young ones giving the ferrets the run about.

 

But the farmer wanted us on there reducing the numbers. It was go and do a few hours ferreting or lose the permission to someone else who will go and ferret.

 

Gaz

[Col_c88 41]

Maybe pest control?

 

We were ferreting the other day.

 

Far from ideal. Lots of underground kills and young ones giving the ferrets the run about.

 

But the farmer wanted us on there reducing the numbers. It was go and do a few hours ferreting or lose the permission to someone else who will go and ferret.

 

Gaz

 

this is the exact reason i was out yesterday.. it was pointless loads of young and got only one rabbit worth keeping but one of the farmers have been ringing saying the usual "were overrun by rabbits" .. as long as we show face they dont have a reason to complain....and if they cant see us letting the tennis balls go they cant say nout...we are very luky as 5 of our permissions we are the only ones allowed on and one of them he lets anyone on so we dont go to that much... they are all good permissions for shooting and ferreting so we would be daft to loose it just because its not the "ferreting season"

 

cant figure out why people dont understand this?

[rob190364 2,594]

definitely cage trap, hope you get him back bud!

[tomano1 80]

Try the smokey mate but not to much do do any damage