Monday Is D-Day

[tomshep 41]

I was at work this morning and bumped into the farm manager from a estate we graze and he was haveing a moan about rabbit damage to crops so after a quick call to the keeper to check he was happy I am set to have a go on Monday. So have found the nets out from the shed put new batteries in the locators and carn,t weight to go and get started even if it is a bit soon. Just wondering if anyone else around this way is starting up soon ( I,m in Oxfordshire ) .

Happy hunting hope you all have a enjoyable season cheers Tom

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Have a good un Tom, we still got lots of cover down here.

[tomshep 41]

Hello jb I went out with the lamp last week and you couldn't tell we had been on that ground with the ferrets so still plenty to go at. The cover is still up at the moment but I,m just going to run a long net up ether side of the hedge and let the dog do its job. Will get a day sorted in next few weeks as got a new bit of ground for you and Jesus to go at. Hope you're well Tom

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Hello jb I went out with the lamp last week and you couldn't tell we had been on that ground with the ferrets so still plenty to go at. The cover is still up at the moment but I,m just going to run a long net up ether side of the hedge and let the dog do its job. Will get a day sorted in next few weeks as got a new bit of ground for you and Jesus to go at. Hope you're well Tom

Good stuff Tom, be nice to come over and reduce some of them numbers with you.

 

We're all well here thanks butty, hope you and yours are good too.

[Frontbum 76]

All good ere also

[Katsdad 31]

May give it a try Monday evening also ,ones round here are chewing the raspberry canes need thinning out a bit

[northern lad 2,292]

Have a good day Tom (don't forget your spade ) covers way up here,cant get near em yet ATB Dave

[The one 8,511]

Covers still crazy up. Here last couple of years it was the wind that battered it back and not the frost

Edited August 31, 2014 by The one

[northern lad 2,292]

Covers still crazy up. Here last couple of years it was the wind that battered it back and not the frost

Same here,back to 20 degrees this week

[tomshep 41]

Well here goes,all loaded up and yes I,ve got a spade!! and the flask lets see what today brings

[vanman1 411]

Well here goes,all loaded up and yes I,ve got a spade!! and the flask lets see what today brings

Good luck pal

[tomshep 41]

Well ended up with 21 and was back home for 2 so not a bad start. The cover was still thick but not to bad and the new stop nets I got for this season were a real help and made it a lot easier than getting stung to hell setting purse nets in the hedge

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Well ended up with 21 and was back home for 2 so not a bad start. The cover was still thick but not to bad and the new stop nets I got for this season were a real help and made it a lot easier than getting stung to hell setting purse nets in the hedge

Well done Tom, glad you left some for us.......give us a shout if you need a hand over the next few weeks.

[northern lad 2,292]

Good result Tom New stop nets for us this season,a first for me Been running them out /picking them up on a nearby farm to get used to them,should be fun,combined with my cat like reflexes We bought a few 18 yds of Bridport nets and a basket,see how it works out

[tomshep 41]

Hey northern lad I got the same nets from bridport nets but made the basket out of an old round up drum. I also put a few more post in the nets,but I have cut them down as I find them easier to get through the hedges. All I did today was run the long nets along side the hedge and put the stop nets through and to be honest I only killed 2 in the long net all day and the rest in the short nets