Anyone Else Finished There Season Off?

[Mole man Kent 26]

Went out last Sunday had 18 rabbits, gutting up and I had a few large looking kits in a few of the does. Anyone else had any? Quite early for me unfortunealty I'll have to finish up this season.

[pie-eater 377]

Yeah Im done as well mate. If Im asked to clear a few Ill do it just to hang on to my land but other than that Ill hang my nets up until September.

[air gun ant 1,666]

im gonna have a do this weekend then thats it unless asked by a landowner ( i have one i have to do all summer as its a PYO fruit place )

[The one 8,511]

Packing up is no a option need to crack on still got a fair bit to do

[gav1212 16]

Think this weekend will be the last for me, will have to get out saturday and sunday. make the most of it!

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Well locally,.. everywhere is covered in a six inch high, carpet of stinging nettles,..the poisonous fekers sure pack a punch and the young pups are prancing around like show ponies.. On the plus side,..most of the warrens are still fairly clear,.the grass and undergrowth is at its lowest ebb and everything is open for business.. Most of the hedgerows on the higher ground are fairly well stocked and if me and my ferreting partners, take a nice quiet approach to the site,..throw a few purse nets down and more importantly,..lay some stoppies in the right places,.. ...the job is still a good 'un...

 

Many of the does have youngsters inside them,.but rabbits will often breed throughout the year,.so what can you do... I love a carefree mouch with similarly minded lads,..and we either bag up or we don't,.and as long as the pup sees a rabbit or two, I really don't give a feck,...but, on a paying job,. business is business, and as a self employed Pester, I have to kill,..or the bills won't get paid.

 

Just missed out on a large Sporting Estate, where they are paying two teams of lads a fairly reasonable amount per hour to ferret the entire acreage,.(feck it ) luckily,.. I still have a few regular customers to honour,...so we won't starve,..but if I do not show my face,...others will..

So,.for now,..it is onwards and upwards,.we will keep on keeping on,..until the ferrets start to get hormonal and steadfastly sack the rabbiting job,.. with a firm....'No way Hosay'

Edited February 6, 2014 by Phil Lloyd

[northern lad 2,292]

Still at em here,been seeing young and pregnant does for a couple of months on all our permissions....like Phil said if you don't go you lose the permission,Knutsford Saturday for me and then back to Clitheroe to one we cleared before Christmas...text message from the estate manager last night....come back ASAP its lifting with em

Edited February 6, 2014 by northern lad

[TOMO 26,798]

Just had 23 from down here in the midlands today,,,,I expected bellys full ,,,,but was pleasantly surprised to only find a couple of does with young in....

 

Up north tomorrow ,,,, so can't see no problems on the fells,,, there usually later,,,,, mind I will still be at it until almost April anyway

[tjones3862 3,423]

OUT OF 61 LAST NITE AND 66 ON SUNDAY 2 ADD SMALL YOUNG IN THEM,, SO I WILL CARRY ON TILL A ROUND MARCH,,,THEN HAVE A TRIP ACROSS THE WATER,,, TO END THE SEASON,,,,,,

[haymin 2,465]

Packing up is no a option need to crack on still got a fair bit to do

geez a pm if ya need a hand ??

[nighthunter. 13]

large kits mate , I was bolting young ones sunday. weathers been way to mild,

[nighthunter. 13]

me two mate crack on . I get on my best land now last beaters shoot was on Saturday crack on aint it , bolted few young last sunday weathers been so mild. kills me how some say this R in the month . rabbits will breed all year round how our weather is. when I was a kid winters were winters hard frosts .snow up two the lampost. young rabbits wouldent survive back then the weathers changed deffo this year .

[nighthunter. 13]

the rains played a big part two this time, rabbits tend two move around a lot in really wet weather. its like us wud we sleep in a bottom bunk bed soakin wet .or wud we jump on top bunk, same as rabbits they will move on the higher ground ,we been lucky up north them poor buggers who ferret sourthern areas have had it bad, still crack on a alb.

[Mole man Kent 26]

This particular place I do is pretty local so I can snare it and trap it so I'm not to fussed. I'll also get out at night the the air rifle and lamp. I'm surprised I've hardly had any mxy rabbits this year and it's been so wet and mxy thrives in the wet. Ill have a couple more ferreting trips n see how it goes. Yeah I know they breed all year round lol.

[The one 8,511]

WE where out yesterday and they where flying out , so im still carrying on