Frosty mornings?

[Sirius 1,391]

You often hear about these being the best mornings for ferreting? What are your thoughts and why?

Edited December 12, 2012 by Sirius

[Giro 2,648]

Personally there no good to me..

 

I dont enjoy ferreting with out a dog and its solid here..

 

So I just have a lie in and hope the sun can penatrate the iron like ground by mid afternnoon so I can at least have a walk and a skuttle up on something..

 

If its just a light sprinkling of frost first mm or so its fine but not better than if it was 6 degrees IMHO..

[fitchet 788]

The best thing about frosty mornings is hearing the rumbling of whats goin on underground. Thats why i like them. Atb

[spazzy paddy 127]

you cant beat them cold mornings

Edited December 12, 2012 by spazzy paddy

[patterdalejoel 669]

if i bolted anything to the dog on the feilds around me im guessing the dog would have no toes left. its difficult for me to walk it in my wellies as the ground has been poached by the stock and has frozen. so be super sure about my netting or leave dog at home.

[Sirius 1,391]

I know its sounds nice and generally is fairly Puurrrty to look at. But when the grounds frozen i sure think it makes things more noisy to the rabbits sat below ground. And like others have said not great for get net pegs in and dogs tootsies.

Saying that I would prefer a mild frost which clears to a still sunny winters day.

Edited December 12, 2012 by Sirius

[nighteyes 275]

You often hear about these being the best mornings for ferreting? What are your thoughts and why?

imo a good hard cold frost you know its gonna push more to ground , alot less on top in hedges,bushes, etc, well thats the theroy anyway

[Mick C. 229]

If yer can make a mark in the frosty ground with the heel of your boot and there is no wind then its just about perfect.

 

The dogs can hear most of whats going on around the set

 

Must admit had some very productive outings in these sort of conditions

 

 

[Country Joe 1,411]

In really hard weather like today, I ferret in woods,

Not as hard, you can get your pegs in, and the ground is usually not as hard allowing a dig if you have to.

[ferretville 69]

Love a frosty morning theres just summit about them .

[The one 8,456]

I was always told by my elders that when it was frosty the rabbits didn't eat the frosted grass and bolted better with a empty belly ?.

[cameron_d96 0]

I always find they bolt better in frost than when its wet. Theyre not keen on rain :-) and neither am i

[NETS 11]

Frosty or not its all good in my book when it comes to ferreting all conditions have there good and bad points with all but the heaviest of rain putting me off.The cold is good for killing the heavy cover back,also most rabbits will be below ground(as has been said) and if your out with out the dogs sometimes you can see well used warrens with the tracks the rabbits have made in frost/snow and the heat has kept the heavy frost or snow from holes compared to an empty burrow.I bring the dogs on frosty days unless its been freezing for a week or more, if they go laim what will be will be have been lucky so far.