The one 8,524 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 We where out today ferreting in a wood most of the burrows where under rhododendrons and i thought here we go we are sure to loose a ferret but no most burrows where on mounds near the main stems and the rabbits flew out i lost one and the lurcher caught it and retrieved it saving my bacon LOL . Then we hit a open bit down to a stream maybe 30 yards below netted up twenty odd holes and put a couple of jills in first rabbit bolts and then it goes quiet out with the locator double knock ten foot down bloody great a rabbit bolts and i picked up a jill . We started tracking the other to the top of the bank near the top most hole and it stops three foot from the hole three foot deep , spade out and barstool a huge slab of concrete covered over with 5 inches of soil we dug round it as much as we could as it slanted downwards and it must of been about as big as a car roof .Then we hit some luck reaching under it my son grabbed the jill by her tail and got her out he tried as much as he could but still couldnt reach the rabbit so we gave it best till another day , But its no the first time digging out a rabbit they seem to make there stop end under some big lumps of boulders etc its just like they know its a bugger to dig them out from there ?. Its certainly pissed me off im going out ferreting in grass fields for the next couple of days Same as we where hitting some nice numbers still that really slowed us down 3 Quote Link to post
nottzhunter08 898 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 well done mate... always bin told u need a bad day to appreciate the gooduns Quote Link to post
RossM 8,149 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Share Posted January 4, 2015 Reminds me of having to dig a terrier in an old dump had to dig round an old mattress then a big slab, it was only 3ft but about the same in hours aswell!!! What was your total for the day? Quote Link to post
The one 8,524 Posted January 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 Struggled to hit a dozen spent a good couple of hours trying to get my ferret out , then next mark was in a pile of logs that they cut and left to rot for ecology reasons i had twenty nets round that and the rabbit still made good its escape and it was four pmish so i said feck it time to go back to the car Quote Link to post
Raymond 618 Posted January 5, 2015 Report Share Posted January 5, 2015 sounds like you had a good day, nice one Quote Link to post
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