Ferret Sizes-It Sounds Abit Stupid Bit Has A Large Ferret More Of A Chance Of Laying Up Than A Small Ferret

[northwestferreting 1]

Illtake it local tomorrow,see if he can bolt anything

[Rake aboot 4,935]

I know it can work both ways,, but i NEVER forget my spade when I take a hob with me.

[Country Joe 1,411]

Illtake it local tomorrow,see if he can bolt anything

Mind and take a good spade, as this time of the year you could easy hit baby rabbits, or you will end up killing pregnant does.

[nighthunter. 13]

everyone as to dig at some time dont matter how good your ferrets are world class if you like ,if the rabbit dont want bolt they will die in that hole before they will come out they will have there ass chewed of first.

[Jamie m 668]

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Jill pins them well kills em quick ,

[max abell 196]

They all kill the rabbit if given half a chance rabbits have less chance of kicking off hobs because they are normaly bigger and stronger than jills and over the years we have worked both and personaly found you will dig a lot more to hobs than jills

[The one 8,463]

I would only breed from my jills that kill the rabbits that dont bolt and stay with them . i prefer the rabbit in the bag even if i have to dig for it

[paulk73 151]

Work 2 big hobs and a small Jill. the bigger of the 2 hobs is just an out and out killer. but he never stays with the kill. just moves on to the next one. not ideal in any case. but if a warren needs emptying, he does the job. we drop him in with the locater on, and if he's still for a couple of mins, we put a marker stick in the ground. and then dig down. It does the job on small buries but would be hard work on the larger ones. he is a grafter though. and wouldn't like to be without him.

[Rabbitbolter 5]

[Fergus 18]

I had a couple of Jills once that bolted nearly everything that would and if there was a rabbit that gave them some grief they would work them for a bit and then come out and I moved on to the next warren. I've always liked Jills for that reason and it suited me. The hobs can be too big and strong and seem to able to hold the rabbits and make a kill as already has been said.In saying all that I did have to wait for them both a couple of times so there is no garentee with any ferret.

[huntingladjohn 14]

i had a large hob and he would just kill wait for you to dig and away hed go i never had a lay up with him he would always just keep working, iv kept small and large ferrets and from what iv found is the smaller ones struggle at the back end of a working day but the bigger ones are the same as at the begining of the day they seem to plod about more and dont rush

 

i like smaller ferrets just as well bolt rabbits but as said and its well known if a rabbit will not bolt then guess what your digging no matter how smaller or large, also its within the ferret if it knows how to kill its will kill

[hob 0]

I know it's nothing todo with original question but I always work small Jill's as I find working large hobs means your forever re setting nets

[Ideation 8,216]

It's down to the individual ferret.

[Hywel 53]

I know it's nothing todo with original question but I always work small Jill's as I find working large hobs means your forever re setting nets

 

Same here, if a large number of nets are set in thick cover I always opt for the jills that can slip through the meshes with no bother. In areas with just the long nets, the hobs can carry on regardless.