A Mornings Ratting

[marko 30]

I had organised a days ratting for the small lurchers the two borders and the old whippet,this was a bank that they had dug into at the back of a factory were there is a supply of food shall we say 24/7 so this place looks like it will be a regular job. turned up in the morning and started to board out the fences so as to stop as many as possible from running through first warren produced 11 rats 4 escaped through holes in the wire that was built around stone work i knew this would be a problem on that corner but the dogs got 7 so not to bad and next time we will adapt something else for that corner.The next warren produced about 8 only 1 got away the rest despatched so the numbers were steadily climbing off to the next warren that produced 6 were the action was thick and fast the old lurcher had a few here aswell and picked up a couple of nips and then moving steadily on to the next three warrens picking up a few more the final tally was 27 a few bodies unaccounted for

but a good mornings ratting some pics here anyway.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[lurcherman887 178]

Fair play mate rats not for me lol good to keep dogs busy atb

[patterdale 673]

Nice mornings hunt.fair play

[Millet 4,497]

Cracking stuff .. .. and you done well there as it look's like a awkward spot..

[marko 30]

yep millet i know you like a bit of ratting yourself,that corner was a bit of a mare but next time we will board it out better as we know were they are bolting to so should be interesting nearly the end of the season so let them build up numbers for a bit and just do a bit of airgun work round the factory it wont take long for them to move back in because of the plentiful food supply.

[Millet 4,497]

There's no end of season for rat's..they are fare game and breed like wildfire all year long..

[FERRETBOY 680]

did you use ferrets or smokers? never been ratting but im sure it would be fun. well done

[marko 30]

smoker mate been using one for a number of years.

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Good rat warrens them? nice bag mate ?

[lurchers ireland 367]

nice write up and pics well done

[clayflint 31]

What sort if smoker do you use marko. Had my first ratting trip the other day and we tried to bodge a petrol strimmer but the smoke didn't come out fast enough.

[marko 30]

old robin petrol strimmer converted and car rubber hosing with aluminium piece on the end mate works great how much oil did you add to the petrol mix this is an old picture but gives you an idea different strimmer this one to the one im currently using but basics are the same with hosing and pipe hope this helps.

 

[DeerhoundX 0]

I go ratting,love it, but not as much as my whippets, they are a class act, talk about coiled springs !

 

Use ferrets, always my old hob,loves to mix it I reckon, and yes I can't stand rats and wear wellies even when its dry !