Shaped Or Not?

[jamesmc 582]

I only started making my own nets season before last so Im no expert. Started out making straight nets 3ft 6 long 15 meshes wide and they catch very well but I dont realy like that ammount of twine on the ring. my last 20 or so nets are 10 12 14 16 18 20 for 14 rows 18 16 14 12 10 4ft nets. A shaped net catches as well as a straight net as far as I can see.

don't really like the amount of twine on the ring myself unless it is 1 1/4" rings....

[The one 8,456]

I prefer wide nets straight twenty on the ring down to four foot , and i can sell every one i knit so theres a few guys like the bigger nets

[air gun ant 1,666]

straight for me 18 wide 24 long i carnt be bothered counting to do shaped ones lol

[The one 8,456]

Aye i want to catch rabbits no scrimp on a bit of twine

[pie-eater 377]

Aye i want to catch rabbits no scrimp on a bit of twine

I do both.

[jamesmc 582]

Aye i want to catch rabbits no scrimp on a bit of twine

these nets are for personal use,.....so there won't be any scrimping... ,I have always knitted and used 4 footers,18 meshes wide,1 1/4" rings,.....but they do the exact same as the shaped nets,so I have knitted a few shaped to use this season,.......that's the joys of knitting them yourself,you can knit them to suit the ground you hunt....atb...

[neil b 2,294]

Don't know if any of you lads do this , colour code you nets ie 3ft are yellow 3ft 6 orange 4ft blue ect that way your not routing through your net bag looking for a suitable net

[pie-eater 377]

Don't know if any of you lads do this , colour code you nets ie 3ft are yellow 3ft 6 orange 4ft blue ect that way your not routing through your net bag looking for a suitable net

I do something similar. I have white draw cord on the 3ft 6 nets and red on the 4fters.

[The one 8,456]

I did that years ago on my nets dipped the pegs in paint yellow three foot pink three foot six orange four footers , moved on to only four foot nets now yellow drawcord 2 inch mesh red drawcord two and a eighth mesh

[albert64 1,882]

Don't know if any of you lads do this , colour code you nets ie 3ft are yellow 3ft 6 orange 4ft blue ect that way your not routing through your net bag looking for a suitable net

 

always done it mate, and when we only used hemp used to paint the pegs different colours

[sam007 34]

I use shaped nets in my bag I have

3ft, 3ft6,4ft & about 4 ,4ft6 poke nets

But my main net is a 30ft long net with 2x10 ft stop nets

My rabbiting is all holly or hawthorn hedges

It is Horses for courses

Sam

[bobcullen79 1,495]

Don't know if any of you lads do this , colour code you nets ie 3ft are yellow 3ft 6 orange 4ft blue ect that way your not routing through your net bag looking for a suitable net

Not colour coded so to speak, But the colours let me know whats what, as Ive made all but 20 of them. Falls apart a bit when Ive someone who dont know my bag though and they start putting 4ft`s or 5ft pokes over small fist sized bolt holes, you can regularly see me watching, seething on some other part of the warren...

[The one 8,456]

 

Don't know if any of you lads do this , colour code you nets ie 3ft are yellow 3ft 6 orange 4ft blue ect that way your not routing through your net bag looking for a suitable net

 

always done it mate, and when we only used hemp used to paint the pegs different colours

 

Aye thats when i used it on my hemp nets got 300 sitting in the loft only get used now on big days then get to dry out till there needed again ,its so much simpler with coloured spun nylon these days

[coneyman999 17]

 

i prefer shaped james think they go down easier and you get more out your twine jmo

Agree mate. Shaped for me. 7-14,14,14,14-7...2 1/4" board gives a 42" net. Wouldn't go any smaller personally. 18 nets per ball. Holds the biggest rabbits no probs

 

exactly same pattern I use, perfect nets!

[Fergus 18]

On the topic of shaped nets....Do you guys decrease a mesh on the outermost loop or alternatively the second last/second in? Does it matter if two meshes are knitted together on the net edge or just on the second loop inside the net? Hope that makes sense...