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You're doing a good enough job by yourself !!

theres 50 odd thousand members on here and when someone talks about having a line of eu polecats they get shot down straight away, theres got to be loads out there,here in britain, even if theyr not

eu polecat is just an excuse for a numpty to charge another numpty what he wants. tell me whats wrong with a domesticated ferret?

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  On 09/09/2013 at 10:18, AndyKelly said:

nice ferret but seriously as long as it works out in the field who really gives a dammed what they look like

The people who breed them and then sell the kits at extortionate prices give a damn thats who

Y.I.S Leeview

as the One said if they were better than ferrets would nt everybody have them?

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  On 09/09/2013 at 12:08, Leeview said:

 

  On 09/09/2013 at 10:18, AndyKelly said:

nice ferret but seriously as long as it works out in the field who really gives a dammed what they look like

The people who breed them and then sell the kits at extortionate prices give a damn thats who

Y.I.S Leeview

as the One said if they were better than ferrets would nt everybody have them?

 

People who say they work better than ferrets probably can't back it up and have never tried it. Just hear-say. But I can tell you for people that keep them have them as pets and speaking for myself, i would never put my eu on the field cos A) i have wonderful ferrets to do that job B) he's too unpredictable and i rather not take that risk.

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  On 09/09/2013 at 12:08, Leeview said:

 

  On 09/09/2013 at 10:18, AndyKelly said:

nice ferret but seriously as long as it works out in the field who really gives a dammed what they look like

The people who breed them and then sell the kits at extortionate prices give a damn thats whoY.I.S Leeviewas the One said if they were better than ferrets would nt everybody have them?
Exactly.. I'm going to go out on a limb here and reckon most of the people who sing their praises (as working animals..) are youngsters or have only started ferreting since the dawn of the Internet.. People using polecats or cross breeding them with ferrets isn't a new thing, we have got the same bloody polecats in the wild here in the UK as they have in Europe. Most long term ferreters know a ferreter in person who has dabbled with polecats over the years or has had a bash themselves, my uncle did back in late 70's/early 80's..
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  On 08/09/2013 at 20:24, onthehunt said:

What about the guy that trained his mink in the earlier thread?? Don't tell me you don't find that impressive?

  On 08/09/2013 at 20:24, onthehunt said:

What about the guy that trained his mink in the earlier thread?? Don't tell me you don't find that impressive?

I found it impressive he had it close to his face,level of training impressive too,

 

Only problem is I don't like mink,lol

 

Yeah pine Martin could catch rabbits and tree dwellers what more could you want,.

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  On 08/09/2013 at 19:20, onthehunt said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 19:03, Leeview said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 18:36, onthehunt said:

True there are some folks that falsely claim to have pure eu's when they are just ferrets in order to fleece people but there will also be some who have trapped and bred em. It aint an extinct species mate! Can you explain how these animals like the ones uploaded on this thread both have the eu look to them? i'd say there are breeders who sell them as pure when they are really hybrids but you can usually tell by observing the animal's behaviour too whether they have eu in them or not. The ones sold in this country are probably at most under 70% as there is a lot of ferret in the line BUT they still behave differently etc to the normal ferret. Let me tell you, if you visited my brother works ferrets and lives on the continent, you would see what real full polecats look and behave like-he has them as pets and they ARENT TAME. nasty buggers lol.

 

I have mates who have some that are wilder and shyer than my very tame one, then again, I haven't given him enough time to turn as he is still only 27 weeks :tongue2: all jokes aside, I dont think they should cost more unless they are 100% the genuine article but thats just me.

If you look up research into the wild eu polecat done on the continent, it clearly details that there is 2 distinct colour variations in them. The first is a meadow/hedgerow hunter that is lighter in colour due to the habitat it hunts/lives in, the second is much darker and lives/hunt in forest/woodland, so basically their coats suit where they live to blend in with the surroundings, now when anyone claims they have trapped/caught a wild polecat why are they always the darker ones they managed to catch? I dont recall anyone showing a light coloured eu polecat they have caught? perhaps these may be next years must have a light eu polecat that was trapped and bred from?

Y.I.S Leeview

 

The polecats that my brother has are dark and have a strong mask but have a proper light brown undercoat instead of a whitish colour characteristic of the ferret-hybrids or like the one I have. will get photos and upload on here. these are HUGE animals too and have to be kept in an enclosure/handled with gloves. they are kept very well and it is amazing to see the differences between the polecats and standard ferrets.

 

Polecats wild and captive come in several shades of the same colour; some are light some are darker some have a pronounced mask. There IS a difference between a darkish ferret and an eu but in hybrids, the eu colouring/character is present to varying degrees depending on the animals lineage.

 

You are a bull shitter :yes: Funny how in june you'd never seen a polecat but now your brother as them !! :whistling:

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/291300-stoat-x-ferret/page-4

 

Now 2 months later your an expert on anything ferret related.........fookin pretender. :fool:

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  On 08/09/2013 at 20:24, foxtails said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 20:04, forest of dean redneck said:

 

Some one tame and use a pine martin,that will impress me,

if someone can tame a mink, it wouldnt put it past me, i didnt think a mink could be tamed and trained to that standard! we would of all laughed at the guy and took the piss , if he hadnt of put the pics up to proov it. a pine martin x ferret would be good on the squiirel control if it could be done! whered you get that from though :hmm:

Yes it would be good. So would another squirrel that's trained in kickboxing and taking roids though.

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  On 09/09/2013 at 14:17, johnny boy68 said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 19:20, onthehunt said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 19:03, Leeview said:

 

  On 08/09/2013 at 18:36, onthehunt said:

True there are some folks that falsely claim to have pure eu's when they are just ferrets in order to fleece people but there will also be some who have trapped and bred em. It aint an extinct species mate! Can you explain how these animals like the ones uploaded on this thread both have the eu look to them? i'd say there are breeders who sell them as pure when they are really hybrids but you can usually tell by observing the animal's behaviour too whether they have eu in them or not. The ones sold in this country are probably at most under 70% as there is a lot of ferret in the line BUT they still behave differently etc to the normal ferret. Let me tell you, if you visited my brother works ferrets and lives on the continent, you would see what real full polecats look and behave like-he has them as pets and they ARENT TAME. nasty buggers lol.

 

I have mates who have some that are wilder and shyer than my very tame one, then again, I haven't given him enough time to turn as he is still only 27 weeks :tongue2: all jokes aside, I dont think they should cost more unless they are 100% the genuine article but thats just me.

If you look up research into the wild eu polecat done on the continent, it clearly details that there is 2 distinct colour variations in them. The first is a meadow/hedgerow hunter that is lighter in colour due to the habitat it hunts/lives in, the second is much darker and lives/hunt in forest/woodland, so basically their coats suit where they live to blend in with the surroundings, now when anyone claims they have trapped/caught a wild polecat why are they always the darker ones they managed to catch? I dont recall anyone showing a light coloured eu polecat they have caught? perhaps these may be next years must have a light eu polecat that was trapped and bred from?

Y.I.S Leeview

 

The polecats that my brother has are dark and have a strong mask but have a proper light brown undercoat instead of a whitish colour characteristic of the ferret-hybrids or like the one I have. will get photos and upload on here. these are HUGE animals too and have to be kept in an enclosure/handled with gloves. they are kept very well and it is amazing to see the differences between the polecats and standard ferrets.

 

Polecats wild and captive come in several shades of the same colour; some are light some are darker some have a pronounced mask. There IS a difference between a darkish ferret and an eu but in hybrids, the eu colouring/character is present to varying degrees depending on the animals lineage.

 

You are a bull shitter :yes: Funny how in june you'd never seen a polecat but now your brother as them !! :whistling:

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/291300-stoat-x-ferret/page-4

 

Now 2 months later your an expert on anything ferret related.........fookin pretender. :fool:

 

Nope, am not a fooking pretender. I only just found he had them when I visited him in the summer :yes: Dumbass :whistling: thinking you can embarrass me. pah.

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