micky 3,325 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 in the coming season i intend to net a hill thats covered with brambles ,and gorse,the rabbits come off the hill,cross a track, through a hedge,then into the feeding fields, the problem is ,the nets can only be set on the track which is about 20 feet wide and made of crushed stone, its impossible to push any type of peg into it ,and as the public have access and farm machinery uses it continuously nothing semi permanent could be left out. I have one or two ideas on how to approach it but any input would be welcome - micky Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 in the coming season i intend to net a hill thats covered with brambles ,and gorse,the rabbits come off the hill,cross a track, through a hedge,then into the feeding fields, the problem is ,the nets can only be set on the track which is about 20 feet wide and made of crushed stone, its impossible to push any type of peg into it ,and as the public have access and farm machinery uses it continuously nothing semi permanent could be left out. I have one or two ideas on how to approach it but any input would be welcome - micky micky , why can the net only be set on the track ? why not set on the feeding field ? for the net to work properly , its best if the rabbits are moving at speed , if they have just gone thru a hedge , they will be alot slower and will not get caught up aswell Quote Link to post
andy mecca 5 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 definitely set the net on the feeding field side of the hedge set late to give rabbits time to move away from the hedge Quote Link to post
masterhunter 3 Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 in the coming season i intend to net a hill thats covered with brambles ,and gorse,the rabbits come off the hill,cross a track, through a hedge,then into the feeding fields, the problem is ,the nets can only be set on the track which is about 20 feet wide and made of crushed stone, its impossible to push any type of peg into it ,and as the public have access and farm machinery uses it continuously nothing semi permanent could be left out. I have one or two ideas on how to approach it but any input would be welcome - micky micky, when I am rigging my preset longnets I have 6" long pieces of tube with 4" plate washers welded to the top. The tubes are pointed at the bottom. The tubes are lined with a piece of nylon airline hose. These tubes are knocked into the ground 26' apart. Can you not do the same during daylight hours on the track ready for when you are going to set your net. Hope this helps,. alan Quote Link to post
micky 3,325 Posted July 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 in the coming season i intend to net a hill thats covered with brambles ,and gorse,the rabbits come off the hill,cross a track, through a hedge,then into the feeding fields, the problem is ,the nets can only be set on the track which is about 20 feet wide and made of crushed stone, its impossible to push any type of peg into it ,and as the public have access and farm machinery uses it continuously nothing semi permanent could be left out. I have one or two ideas on how to approach it but any input would be welcome - micky micky , why can the net only be set on the track ? why not set on the feeding field ? for the net to work properly , its best if the rabbits are moving at speed , if they have just gone thru a hedge , they will be alot slower and will not get caught up aswell the net must be set on the track ,the feeders are rocks, gorse .braken,impossable to net,the track is a mile long and curls around the hill,the rabbits must cross the track to reach safety. i have had hundreds of [daytime] rabbits running at speed bounce off long nets,some of them,time and time again ,i have also watched rabbits slowly amble up to a net and become hopelessly enmeshed,i dont think its speed its angle of approach ? micky Quote Link to post
mapreader 5 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hello Micky, interesting..very interesting...had you said the track was a footpath ten foot wide along side a pheasant copse then I would have been very suspicious that you lived horribly close to me!!! LOL. The way I overcame the problem of setting nets is similar to what,s been touched on. My way was to use a short bar twice as thick as your net pegs, work the hole in at five yard intervals. The stuff the path was made of was real dark in colour so on each hole I circled it with white spray paint. Make sure you plan this part within a few days of when you are going to do the drop...although my white paint was still visible in places some weeks after! Right, next step...I don,t use the fixed pole method on this type of drop...I can,t obviously gauge the peg distance to guarantee success...I go tradtional style....wait for it...I almost daren,t say this...this is one type of drop where back-pegging is successful...no worries about being seen or winded, a completely blind drop. On which wind to work it on....I can only generalise as I don,t know the place...but I would be suspicious of that hill directly behind me for throwing the wind back into the feeding field. I would much prefer a wind with some sort of angle on it rather than a head on wind. I expect you,ve been mulling ideas like this over anyway...It worked for me so best of luck mate. By the way good use of the word AMBLE that,s how I like to see rabbits hitting nets... Regards Mapreader Quote Link to post
moley 115 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 By the way good use of the word AMBLE that,s how I like to see rabbits hitting nets... Regards Mapreader i have seen rabbits amble up to a net , touch it with its nose then bolt back out into the field from which it came, but like you said , rabbits can bounce off at speed and get caught when travelling slow,suppose its all down to how determined and where the rabbit wants to go, some good info there, i have one or two places similar Quote Link to post
Phil Lloyd 10,738 Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 (edited) in the coming season i intend to net a hill thats covered with brambles ,and gorse,the rabbits come off the hill,cross a track, through a hedge,then into the feeding fields, the problem is ,the nets can only be set on the track which is about 20 feet wide and made of crushed stone, its impossible to push any type of peg into it ,and as the public have access and farm machinery uses it continuously nothing semi permanent could be left out. I have one or two ideas on how to approach it but any input would be welcome - micky Yeah,.its an awkward one Micky.... Never had to 'night net' in such a difficult situation,....thank god... Edited July 11, 2007 by CHALKWARREN Quote Link to post
DILLIGAF 0 Posted August 19, 2007 Report Share Posted August 19, 2007 hows about setting the poles in daytime, something nice and cheap like hazel, possibly painting the tops white so you can see them in the dark. come back at night peg one end, work along tying off the topline on every peg, peg off the other end and bobs your uncle. all depends how legit the quarry is a dozen white tipped poles in the ground at regular intervals is a bit of a giveaway Quote Link to post
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