big hobs

[whin 463]

ive got a big to meduim hob its surprising the holes hees sqeezed, into when hees not been in a hole for a while and hees keen , better than any small weedy thing , he stays when hees on something furry and lively all the best to big strong hobs with stamina and can work in most conditions all the best ahah

[jigsaw 11,863]

Whin where were ''small weedy things''mentioned in any reply .If ever theres a disscussion on small ferrets it turns into weedy things or half starved animals,all my ferrets are well fed and have the best of treatment as with most if not all on here.They have plenty of stamina and we get a full working day out of ours,with good results which I think speaks for itself.I personally prefer a smaller version as it suits our type of country and works well,

[whin 463]

Whin where were ''small weedy things''mentioned in any reply .If ever theres a disscussion on small ferrets it turns into weedy things or half starved animals,all my ferrets are well fed and have the best of treatment as with most if not all on here.They have plenty of stamina and we get a full working day out of ours,with good results which I think speaks for itself.I personally prefer a smaller version as it suits our type of country and works well,

a wind up ya eejit

[Hywel 53]

Whin where were ''small weedy things''mentioned in any reply .If ever theres a disscussion on small ferrets it turns into weedy things or half starved animals,all my ferrets are well fed and have the best of treatment as with most if not all on here.They have plenty of stamina and we get a full working day out of ours,with good results which I think speaks for itself.I personally prefer a smaller version as it suits our type of country and works well,

 

Without doubt (on my land anyway!) I'm in favour of the smaller ferret every time......

[Branch 0]

i have 4 adult ferrets,3 jills and 1 hob.All are on the smallish side.Last season you could count on both hands how many times we had to dig.Branch what exactly is ''looking the biz''about.I'd be more interested in ''doing the biz''A big strong ferret is a handy tool on light ditches and small stone walls,but a hinderance in most other places,thats just my opinion,but I had a mate that came out with us for a season with his ''jaws of death''as he called him.He went one time to a hillside we were clearing for a farmer.My other mate and I did the ditches and Jaws of death did the ground setts.Well we started at 8.00a.m and by 11.30 we had 15 rabbits and jaws of death had 6 ,4 he had to dig to By 3.00p.m.we had 32 rabbits and the hob had accounted for10 as his owner decided to go for a stroll,he had enough shovel work to do him for some time.Surprisingly he failed to continue his jaws of death escapades.Big hobs can have their uses but would not justify having one out every week.I gave 3 big hobs to a mate that was into them and truthfully he never has big bags with them,they spend too much time scraping and farting about diging to them.Not for me thanks,

 

 

Jigsaw I was answering two questions in one in my last reply.

I tend to use Hobbs for most of my ferreting as I find jells kill more but……..a big Hobb looks good I think not fat just a nice wide strong back.

My working Hobbs are all medium to large size but if you can be arsed digging a Jill does get 'em one way or another!!

[jigsaw 11,863]

Sheeze Whin re read my own post and looks like I jumped in at the deep end If yer happy with what you use drive on I say,now wheres me valium

[Squirrel_Basher 17,100]

The hobs we own are only used to bolt rabbits when no nets are required ie-lurchers or shotguns .The bigger hobs do play havoc with nets which is where the jills are used as they usually walk through them .Personally digging has never been a problem for me as i love it .Just as an added extra -we recently used a large hob for dealing with fox cubs to good effect ,bolting them into rabbit nets .

[jigsaw 11,863]

That adds a new use for big hobs I have a very small jill at the moment rearing 10 young uns,shes a little scatty where the kits are concerned and not the best mother in the world but I am looking forward to working 1 or 2 in the future as she was mated to my silver hob which was mustard at his job as is the jill.hopefully the young will be as good

[Irish Lurcher 1,013]

Whin be careful of that JS lad, cork boy you know.

[gibby 0]

If you dont like digging... Dont get ferrets. Sooner or later a ferret of any size will meet a rabbit that does not want to bolt, or is trapped in a stopend. Then the rabbit will pay the price. I would prefer my ferrets to kill said rabbit and force me to dig than leave it there alive.

 

As you can tell I dont feel there is much correlation between the size of the ferret and the amount of digging you have to do, I know someone who had a really small jill who was a farkin demon and had to be dug to all the time she was so quick. My medium sized jill is the same. Kills them whenever she can. Although I agree a big hob can upset nets pretty quickly!

 

Cheers

 

Gibby

[COMPO 54]

I only work medium sized jill's, not small jill's who dont have the stamina or large ferts that cant get down a rat hole when needed, the only hob i own is the vasectomised one, i have 4 medium sized jills and they very rarely lay up and dont leave rabbits below ground either and are also used for rats when the need arises.

 

I have worked hobs and have to say a ferret is a ferret below the ground but hobs do struggle through nets and are no use for rats, plus they are more capable at killing a trapped rabbit where as my jills (this is all assumption we dont see what happens below ground) can get over and bolt a rabbit from a stop end where the hob is too big to climb over?

[gus gray 0]

iv been thinking about getting a ferret for a spot of rabbiting and a freind offered me his big hob that he used for rats, and im just thinking will i be constantly digging to it after its killed in on rabbits or does it not work like that, just it is a big hob or will it be ok for rabbits?

my hobs are big and work realy hard .Idont dig them out to often

[jigsaw 11,863]

Irish lurcher,ya messer,hows the craic

[gibby 0]

my jills (this is all assumption we dont see what happens below ground) can get over and bolt a rabbit from a stop end where the hob is too big to climb over?

 

Not trying to be funny mate, because I used to believe this myself too. But have you ever tried to get a rabbit out of a stop end after digging about a foot away from it? As you know the stop end 9 times out of 10 fits the shape of the rabbit perfectly. Trying to get even a couple of fingers in around the arse of the rabbit to grab a leg to pull it out with is hard enough. It would take a really small ferret to get all the way round to the front of the rabbit and push it out backwards dont you think?

 

Not trying to start an argument, just some food for thought (and maybe discussion) is all