How's The Ferreting?

[DKGPestControl 22]

How's the ferreting going? In the south (Berkshire area) the rabbit numbers seem very very low? I usually have farmers calling up left right and center this time of year to try and get me ferreting but so far only a handful off calls. The have all said there haven't been many rabbits about this year but they also said there wasn't much Myxomatosis!

 

I have my first day booked in for tomorrow as it's ment to be chilly. But don't hold out much hope for more that 50 to be honest and that's from a 3,000 acre farm!

 

I havn't seen many rabbits on any of our contracts from garden centres, golf courses or farms!

Is anyone else seeing a lack of bunnies?

Maybe we are just controlling the numbers well but I don't think that's the reason as we have been looking after some of the contracts for many years.

[fitchet 788]

Im from berkshire area (newbury) ferreting abit shit here to be honest but we are still getting a few.

[The one 8,482]

still struggling with the cover been round two permissions and im doubting about travelling to the further out permissions just yet till we have had a good couple of weeks of frost as we are getting a few but a lot are bolting out of cover where you cant see the holes

[DKGPestControl 22]

The ones in ferreting tomorrow are Thatcham on open grass land. Hardly any rabbits about though

[DKGPestControl 22]

The ones im ferreting tomorrow are in Highclere on open grass land. Hardly any rabbits about though.

[DKGPestControl 22]

Not Thatcham. Wrong estate

[jimster68 123]

ferretings been crap,im in yorkshire and my permission has been hit hard by mixy,a big drop in numbers and theirs not many about .

even had to put a post on this site to try and get out and catch a few more .

feels like the seasons over before its started .........gutted.

jim

[steveb 3]

i recon the numbers are down mainly to a very wet summer,the kits just hav'nt survived ....here in somerset the grounds still soaked with many burrows full of water.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

In one word, Shite. Picking odd ones up mooching. I spotted 2 up my permission in Romsey, Hampshire which last year was crawling.

[BS40liam 203]

i recon the numbers are down mainly to a very wet summer,the kits just hav'nt survived ....here in somerset the grounds still soaked with many burrows full of water.

where abouts in somerset are you bud? I've had a few round my area but got took out a couple of times in somerset and had a few good numbers

[Jamie m 668]

RHD prevalent in the south east

[Sirius 1,391]

Not too bad so far, same size tallys as the same places last year according to my diary. Time to get out there and crop them now before any mixy raises its head.

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Not too bad so far, same size tallys as the same places last year according to my diary. Time to get out there and crop them now before any mixy raises its head.

Happys days, you might be ok on the mixy front now that Winter is on its way.

[davius74 0]

its the same up in scotland i live in glasgow and travel around a 50 mile radius not many rabbits about ive been out 5 times this season and have 2 rabbits to show for it .i have went to places that were moving with rabbits a couple of years ago now there isnt even any signs of rabbits . and the places i know there is rabbits the farmers wont give me permision

[stealthy1 3,964]

Steady here at the moment due to thick cover, raining hail stones now, so the frosts should'nt be far behind