Bolting Along The Hedge

[Nibler 3]

Just wondering what methods people use to stop rabbits bolting along the hedge. There is often a couple of holes I can't net because of the hedge and it always seems that the rabbits bolt out of these and runs along the hedge before the dogs can get to them. Thanks

[mushroom 12,878]

A staffy or did

[gnipper 6,426]

Could you obstruct the runs with some branches or summat?

[neil b 2,296]

Stop nets through the hedge does the trick

[LurcherLad94 2,582]

get stuck into the hedge

or send a friend in there lol....

[Guest vin]

Double pegged large purse nets also work a treat if you strategically place them along the runs using a few twigs to hold them up if necessary.

 

Sometimes placing a few along a run also works when there's a few bunnies as you catch one and by the time you've got it there could have been another bolt or 2... These are some of my favorite tricks for hedges and I get more pleasure from a success from this than i do a backnetter. lol.

[GreyRake 108]

Bit of wood or card if the weather suits. Stop nets through gaps or at either side. Scarecrow made from spade/coat or box/bag can divert them if they see it early.

[vanman1 411]

If i cant get a stop net through,i use bright colored feed sacks stuffed with leaves/hay/grass etc they work a treat and nice and light.

[Country Joe 1,411]

How to ferret hedgerows, is one of the more popular threads,, as they are all different, some have a fence at the back, some a fence through the middle, there's a lot of different methods when dealing with hedgerows, but all the ferreting dvds or on Youtube, seem to be about ferreting moorland, where its a case of a dog marking, and the purse nets being put on, rabbit bolting, maybe time someone like Simon Whitehead put up a dvd of all methods when dealing with hedges.

[tsteve9999 456]

It must be great sport to ferret a warren with no obstructions and take a good number of rabbits. Round here I end up itching from nettle stings all night, covered in scratches from the brambles and all for a couple.

[Bunnyblatter 1,012]

Shotgun ;-)

[Fat-Ferret 857]

A few fertilizer bags stuck in here and there can do a good job...

[Sirius 1,391]

There are hedges and there are HEDGES.

All differnt, but down here in the south west many are thick as hell and on top of a bank. I genuinely dont bother with some places as there are better methods to whack the varmints After all rabbits will often run the hedge rather than break out into a open field.

 

However I dont think you can beat either a low small stop net or a large double pegged pursenet set on a run. Short of that you can block it off, but that doesnt always lead to rabbits in the bag eh

 

 

Edited December 10, 2014 by Sirius

[Tiercel 6,986]

There are hedges and there are HEDGES.

All differnt, but down here in the south west many are thick as hell and on top of a bank. I genuinely dont bother with some places as there are better methods to whack the varmints After all rabbits will often run the hedge rather than break out into a open field.

 

However I dont think you can beat either a low small stop net or a large double pegged pursenet set on a run. Short of that you can block it off, but that doesnt always lead to rabbits in the bag eh

 

 

As you say there are hedges, then there are proper hedges.

 

 

TC

Edited December 11, 2014 by tiercel

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

Whats this, a fecking 'hedge measuring contest'

Edited December 10, 2014 by Phil Lloyd