Digging for ferts

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

feild craft is learnt on the feild ! not on a pc ! but i suposse i could give ye some pointers !

i always give burrows time to settle after i have netted all the holes, quite often i will go and nett another set of burrows after netting the first because no matter how quiet ye try to be the rabbitts will hear you walking about on top !

 

I always whistle when i'm feeding the ferrets or whistle and give them treats (ferretone and such like) so if ye do think ye have a kill in then ye can just whistle them out, ,my two older jills are 3 yrs old now and have never laid up once ! touch wood

 

or if yer working burrows in alot of cover it helps to set a day aside before ye start ferreting on permission to clear the cover back.

 

we never smoke/piss or talk whilst over the burrows we are ferreting either !

 

alwys use tent pegs instaed of wooden ones as they are easier to get in on frosty mornings, no need to stamp pegs into the ground ect ect ect

 

hope this helps

[Guest foxtrack]

you only seem to dig to the good ferrets

the bad ones dont work so deep and avoid getting stuck

but dont be hasty with the spade

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

you only seem to dig to the good ferrets

the bad ones dont work so deep and avoid getting stuck

but dont be hasty with the spade

 

 

my two older ferrets are some of the best i'v ever seen and they have never been dug to !

[Guest foxtrack]

well al i can say mate is your either working small places or your

leaving a lot off rabbits under ground.

bad ferrets will not go down the vertical drops that most decent

places have.

i dont think they have the balls to do so

thats why you only get the good ones stuck they drop down and cant get back out

[Hywel 53]

you only seem to dig to the good ferrets

the bad ones dont work so deep and avoid getting stuck

but dont be hasty with the spade

 

 

Couldn't agree with you more Foxtrack....

[Guest foxtrack]

you only seem to dig to the good ferrets

the bad ones dont work so deep and avoid getting stuck

but dont be hasty with the spade

 

 

Couldn't agree with you more Foxtrack....

thank god theres someone else on hear with a bit of sence

[spade 224]

Can't emphasise enough the point about not being too hasty in getting the spade going. Not l;ong after I started ferreting I though I had a lay up and was getting a reading of between 6 and 7 feet. After about 40 mins got digging. Got to about 3 feet and out shot bunny into a net with ferret close behind.

You will learn with experience but you will never know it all.

[micky 3,325]

feild craft is learnt on the feild ! not on a pc ! but i suposse i could give ye some pointers !

i always give burrows time to settle after i have netted all the holes, quite often i will go and nett another set of burrows after netting the first because no matter how quiet ye try to be the rabbitts will hear you walking about on top !

 

I always whistle when i'm feeding the ferrets or whistle and give them treats (ferretone and such like) so if ye do think ye have a kill in then ye can just whistle them out, ,my two older jills are 3 yrs old now and have never laid up once ! touch wood

 

or if yer working burrows in alot of cover it helps to set a day aside before ye start ferreting on permission to clear the cover back.

 

we never smoke/piss or talk whilst over the burrows we are ferreting either !

 

alwys use tent pegs instaed of wooden ones as they are easier to get in on frosty mornings, no need to stamp pegs into the ground ect ect ect

 

hope this helps

ricky extreme hunter? your playing at it.

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

so because i dont have to dig up half the country side when i go ferreting i'm playing it it ??

 

silly me

 

 

I hope to be as good as you one day !

 

[micky 3,325]

so because i dont have to dig up half the country side when i go ferreting i'm playing it it ??

 

silly me

 

 

I hope to be as good as you one day !

 

if were to you use a locator, that could possibly happen.

 

FIELDCRAFT MY ARSE

[richie 1]

I always leave a box with a hole in one end(with some straw and some milk and food in it

 

 

i know its each to their own but if i ever had a ferret lay up, i would leave a trap by the last hole i entered it down and block all the others to get the ferret back but i wouldnt leave any food inside just incase it attracted an unwanted visitor to set it off. i would just leave some of my ferrets bedding inside and cover the cage with a bit of old sack to protect it from the weather. luckily enough i have never had a ferret lay up as i always free feed them so they are never hungry and have no need to eat under, but they always kill under ground as i either hear the rabbits screams or see the blood on there faces .

 

 

richie

Edited June 30, 2007 by richie

[Ricky-N.p.p 0]

so because i dont have to dig up half the country side when i go ferreting i'm playing it it ??

 

silly me

 

 

I hope to be as good as you one day !

 

if were to you use a locator, that could possibly happen.

 

FIELDCRAFT MY ARSE

 

 

you're sentence doesnt make sence !

[Guest The Big Fish]

you only seem to dig to the good ferrets

the bad ones dont work so deep and avoid getting stuck

but dont be hasty with the spade

 

You may be onto something there Foxtrack

 

Personaly, i want ferrets that stick with the rabbit and are capable of actually killing the thing if it wont bolt.

On some of the ground that we have in Hampshire, the warrens are fairly deep, and even some of the shallower ones are near impossible to dig due to the make up of the ground, with the compact chalk and flint.

 

At the moment i am blessed with some fairly impressive ferrets, but ive had some "stinkers" in the past, that just skulked about never realy doing much apart from being a pain in the arse. If your a ferret and you want to be in the 'A team' you got to be able to find and deal with the coney in question, no matter how deep he might go.

 

[jumby 11]

i nearly always end up digging

and here is the ferret working the rabbit

i would be lost with out my spade it will never get rusty

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

i nearly always end up digging

and here is the ferret working the rabbit

i would be lost with out my spade it will never get rusty

 

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