Andrew Russ 31 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 When are you all going to start getting these fuzzy rabbit hunters out inot the field again to fill your nets??? Quote Link to post
jocky 198 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 end of September probably for me. Quote Link to post
tjones3862 3,423 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 not for a good 7 /8 weeks... 1 Quote Link to post
Gaz_1989 9,539 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 It's gotta be getting toward the end of October for me. I don't mind lamping while it's still warm-ish but I hate ferreting in it. Sweating, flies all around you, nettles at large. Feck that. 1 Quote Link to post
pie-eater 377 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Ill start some of the more open areas on my perms now, nothing to serious until it cools down a bit, hoping for a proper cold winter this year. 1 Quote Link to post
ruggers13 268 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I go on a friends perm he will phone When farmers say to go or they will end up giving perm to somone else Quote Link to post
Fly The Boy 339 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Start middle of September,,,,,,have a few sheep farms that are spotless........ Quote Link to post
underground 48 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Went dogging in the pheasants earlier and saw quite a few three quarter grown rabbits about, got my juices flowing a bit, but I think I'll give them another month at least Quote Link to post
richie1984 191 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I'm gonna try leave it till mid October unless the farmers are giving me hassle.atb Quote Link to post
Raymond 618 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Hopefully start over the next couple of weeks to scratch the itch and get stung to bits.Every year I do it to remind myself that next year I should start a little later when winter kicks in. Just havent developed the patience to wait. After a hard breeding season with the canaries and finch I do be mad to get stuck in. Get well stuck in when the weather gets cold. Good luck to everyone and have a great season 4 Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 First frosts that knock down the nettles and a bit of the cover, if anything urgent crops up before then, I'll shoot it instead. 3 Quote Link to post
northern lad 2,292 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Im out tomorrow,large private garden,owner wants it done now.....if we don't someone else will Theres also a possibility of more permission off it for later in the year,so needs must and all that 1 Quote Link to post
Raymond 618 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Im out tomorrow,large private garden,owner wants it done now.....if we don't someone else will Theres also a possibility of more permission off it for later in the year,so needs must and all that best of luck with it 1 Quote Link to post
pie-eater 377 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 A few of you have mentioned waiting until the cover dies back which I can understand but with the winters we have these days it makes a short season doesn't it? If Id waited last year for the cover to die down I wouldn't have started until December, then the rabbits breeding in January/February means if I was after perfect conditions Id only get a couple of months, then theres the landowners getting impatient. These days I try to work around the cover and soldier on into February regardless of baby rabbits and pregnant does. 2 Quote Link to post
The one 8,477 Posted August 15, 2015 Report Share Posted August 15, 2015 Had a few wee looks on the farms and some places I'm going to give a shot at by the end of the month 2 Quote Link to post
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