Wild Polecats

[Ideation 8,216]

Very foolishly ...... Not. To be honest I never once saw it out and about the run or cage during the day, but it became very active at night. It was a solid brute. And nothing like most of the so called eus I've seen or heard about. Interestingly he ripped the bars away from the wood and escaped, not mesh either.......then killed a couple of chickens and vanished. It's also interesting that the dogs knew he wasn't a ferret....

[Ideation 8,216]

Very foolishly ...... Not. To be honest I never once saw it out and about the run or cage during the day, but it became very active at night. It was a solid brute. And nothing like most of the so called eus I've seen or heard about. Interestingly he ripped the bars away from the wood and escaped, not mesh either.......then killed a couple of chickens and vanished. It's also interesting that the dogs knew he wasn't a ferret....

[rob190364 2,594]

Very foolishly ...... Not. To be honest I never once saw it out and about the run or cage during the day, but it became very active at night. It was a solid brute. And nothing like most of the so called eus I've seen or heard about. Interestingly he ripped the bars away from the wood and escaped, not mesh either.......then killed a couple of chickens and vanished. It's also interesting that the dogs knew he wasn't a ferret....

did the dog try and kill it then pal? that's quite interesting, I knew they could distinguish between mink etc and ferret but I though they'd just think a polecat was a ferret.

[Ideation 8,216]

Never gave him a chance, but.... He did seem interested in it in a totally different way than the ferrets, even by smell.

[foxtails 272]

Very foolishly ...... Not. To be honest I never once saw it out and about the run or cage during the day, but it became very active at night. It was a solid brute. And nothing like most of the so called eus I've seen or heard about. Interestingly he ripped the bars away from the wood and escaped, not mesh either.......then killed a couple of chickens and vanished. It's also interesting that the dogs knew he wasn't a ferret....

where did you get it from ?

[bobby blackheart 1,209]

i picked up a eu polecat kit few days ago-lovely little thing-faster than my ferret/polecat crosses-strange thing was when i gave the ferret crosses a sniff they all tried to savage the eu kit-never had that happen before-she is on her own for now-will try them again-do you think they will accept it and willl work in the same warren?

[nighthunter. 13]

 

is there any wild polecats in ireland seen loads of stoats and mink never a polecat theres lots of lost ferrets living and breeding in wild as well

Fecking hope not .............i like my fingers on me hand...not in a polecats mouth :icon_eek:

 

I set some snares couple years back and caught one and he ws still alive big powerfull things

[Wxm 1,638]

at the end of the llangollen road (ruabon roundabout) theres a dead ferret / polecat / stoat or something lying in the middle of the road. seen it yesterday. dark colour about 8 / 10 inch long

[Wxm 1,638]

a chap (in penycae) not far from mine has / had 2 of the biggest hob ferrets / polecats i had ever seen not a word of a lie they must have been about 3 feet long and heads like rugby balls.

[parsley 65]

i live by an oldchurch earl one morning as i drove by i saw a wildpolecat running with a kit in her mouth across the cemetary i stoped the landy jumped out hoped over the wall as she saw me and legged it she droped it as i grabbed it in my sleeve she made a grab at my sleeve then took off,i kept the kit hand fed it for days as it got used to me it got verybold and got to the point of leaping atme,unerving to say the least by the time it was 12mnths you couldnt get near it hissing stinking trembling snot on the nose,i took a risk and put a jill inseason with him,i thought he was killing her,when i took her out her kneck was in a terrible state,cut a long story short it was 5generations of selective breeding before they could be handled safely the 1s i work out of that line are the fastest ferrets iv ever owned if it doesnt come out in 10mins they kill,these creatures are definatly not for the novice.

we have allways had them around my area the keepers used to hang them on the fences not unusual to see 4 or 5 hanging

 

i remember being in a hurry 1night trying to fed ferts quickly i got careless the polecat leapt up on the hutch grabbed my finger tip through the nail and locked on i had to bash the lid on his head to get him off what a bite that was iv been bitten by ferts they were scratches compared to that make no mistake.

in all honesty i wouldnt do it again he was never happy caged i allways felt guilty seeing the fella going round and round,you can take the polecat out of the wild but you cant take the wild out of the polecat

[foxtails 272]

i live by an oldchurch earl one morning as i drove by i saw a wildpolecat running with a kit in her mouth across the cemetary i stoped the landy jumped out hoped over the wall as she saw me and legged it she droped it as i grabbed it in my sleeve she made a grab at my sleeve then took off,i kept the kit hand fed it for days as it got used to me it got verybold and got to the point of leaping atme,unerving to say the least by the time it was 12mnths you couldnt get near it hissing stinking trembling snot on the nose,i took a risk and put a jill inseason with him,i thought he was killing her,when i took her out her kneck was in a terrible state,cut a long story short it was 5generations of selective breeding before they could be handled safely the 1s i work out of that line are the fastest ferrets iv ever owned if it doesnt come out in 10mins they kill,these creatures are definatly not for the novice.

we have allways had them around my area the keepers used to hang them on the fences not unusual to see 4 or 5 hanging

 

i remember being in a hurry 1night trying to fed ferts quickly i got careless the polecat leapt up on the hutch grabbed my finger tip through the nail and locked on i had to bash the lid on his head to get him off what a bite that was iv been bitten by ferts they were scratches compared to that make no mistake.

in all honesty i wouldnt do it again he was never happy caged i allways felt guilty seeing the fella going round and round,you can take the polecat out of the wild but you cant take the wild out of the polecat

nice that...taking a kit off its mother, if it was abandonded then I can see why, but I don't see the point of doing that, I don't think you could ever properly tame a wild polecat to use for working or breeding

[Ideation 8,216]

Foxtails.... It was accidentally trapped, and brought to me in a fairly bad way.....to be rehabilitated. No way was it being tamed! And I don't understand the compulsion to try. I have good working ferrets that to me don't have any failings. I have no idea what the addition of wild blood would add that would bring anything to the table with regard to their working application ? I guess it's just a novelty thing, folk like something different, and that's their calll.

 

Something I don't understand from my limited ex

Xperiance of wild poleys, is how folk can breed pures and end up with handleable kits. Also I see a lot of small ish ferret sized Jill's and hobs that are said to be poleys and yet every wild one I've seen or heard of, alive or dead, have been big, strong, thick set beasts, bigger and thicker set than a ferret.

[Ideation 8,216]

Foxtails.... It was accidentally trapped, and brought to me in a fairly bad way.....to be rehabilitated. No way was it being tamed! And I don't understand the compulsion to try. I have good working ferrets that to me don't have any failings. I have no idea what the addition of wild blood would add that would bring anything to the table with regard to their working application ? I guess it's just a novelty thing, folk like something different, and that's their calll.

 

Something I don't understand from my limited ex

Xperiance of wild poleys, is how folk can breed pures and end up with handleable kits. Also I see a lot of small ish ferret sized Jill's and hobs that are said to be poleys and yet every wild one I've seen or heard of, alive or dead, have been big, strong, thick set beasts, bigger and thicker set than a ferret.

[parsley 65]

i think foxtails post was aimed at me,your entitled to your opinion and if you read my post i did say i will not do it again and i definatly wouldnt attempt it with an adult,

 

ideation my 1stxs were big but selectivly breeding smallest hob to smallest jill the size came down they are muscular and strong but not any bigger than a fert now they arent everybodys cup of tea but i like there work style and the look all mine handle well now, some of this line are in south wales area and a good few boys from that area have been out with them

[foxtails 272]

Foxtails.... It was accidentally trapped, and brought to me in a fairly bad way.....to be rehabilitated. No way was it being tamed! And I don't understand the compulsion to try. I have good working ferrets that to me don't have any failings. I have no idea what the addition of wild blood would add that would bring anything to the table with regard to their working application ? I guess it's just a novelty thing, folk like something different, and that's their calll.

 

Something I don't understand from my limited ex

Xperiance of wild poleys, is how folk can breed pures and end up with handleable kits. Also I see a lot of small ish ferret sized Jill's and hobs that are said to be poleys and yet every wild one I've seen or heard of, alive or dead, have been big, strong, thick set beasts, bigger and thicker set than a ferret.

fair play then I would of done the same, I just didn't get it when people try working them or breeding, try and work a wild poley surely it would just either escape or keep killing below ground, I can understand the novelty thing I suppose it is upto them, you see many around s wales ? or wales in general ?