First Time With Longnet

[Guest Navek]

Ive never done it but will try it at some point, i can imagine it being pretty hard to do when its dark

keep practicing mate you'll ge hang of it...tip tho ...don't use a coat with. Buttons or zips..as the net will get caught ...if doing it at night use old coat cut buttons off .

[werbad 43]

Napper once you can drop the net at night you want try netting round that set in pitch black then walking the field in back netting them as they try to ge back in....cracking bit sport

So how do you do it?

[werbad 43]

Long net at night, do you just do same as in the day lay the net then chase them home?

Edited November 3, 2015 by werbad

[werbad 43]

I was going to try putting net in a corner of a field just before dark then go back and try and get them to head that way do you think it would work?

[werbad 43]

It just i was walking tonight and when i put my light on they run to the corner and it not near the warrens thats why I said it

[Tiercel 6,986]

I doubt it, unless it was infront of there warren, but then they would notice it leaving, that why thy use drop nets, just try sneaking to warrens in the dark without disturbing the bunnies, once you can do that thn drop.a.net and see what happens, but its not as hard as it sounds, at least not all of time lol

You old romantic you. just wait till you drop 150yards in a breeze and by the time it's time to pick it up. It's blowing a gale, that's good fun, crawling on hands and knees cos the net is like a kite up in the air Great fun.

 

TC

[Fat-Ferret 857]

 

I doubt it, unless it was infront of there warren, but then they would notice it leaving, that why thy use drop nets, just try sneaking to warrens in the dark without disturbing the bunnies, once you can do that thn drop.a.net and see what happens, but its not as hard as it sounds, at least not all of time lol

You old romantic you. just wait till you drop 150yards in a breeze and by the time it's time to pick it up. It's blowing a gale, that's good fun, crawling on hands and knees cos the net is like a kite up in the air Great fun.

 

TC

 

 

Speaks a man of much experience

[big napper 3,614]

It does sound like it would be a nightmare of a job in bad weather during the day never mind in the dark, it must take some time to get to do it right, ill have a bash some time thou

[big napper 3,614]

Are any of you lads that do it regular live in or close to leeds,

[pie-eater 377]

I like long nets for ferreting, first time I ever used one I did a big warren in bramble patch I encircled the entire warren chucked the ferrets in and watched the rabbits hole hopping for a couple of hours with just the odd one breaking cover and hitting the net, learnt an important lesson that day, next time in the same spot I tucked 10yds of longnet into the brambles (which I had cut just enough for the longnet to pass through) and ran an 8yd stop net through the other way cutting the warren into 3 to catch them out when they try to hole hop, had 11 rabbits out in no time. When I can IIl also chuck a handful of purse nets down as well, nothing more annoying than hole hoppers.

 

Longnets really do open areas that I wouldn't have been able to do as a solo ferreter.

[Guest Navek]

It does sound like it would be a nightmare of a job in bad weather during the day never mind in the dark, it must take some time to get to do it right, ill have a bash some time thou

practice running the net out in the day mate ..run it out nice and slow..doesn't need to b fast aslong as you do it right...then when it comes to picking it back up use a head torch as it won't matter after you walked the field in..aslong as the wind isn't blowing a gale it won't be that hard...especially if your bagging is tied in

[big napper 3,614]

If youve never done it,__ youve never done it, but as i said ill give it a go some time

[big napper 3,614]

yep sound mate cheers

[werbad 43]

Do any of yous use bells on you nets at night?

[terryd 8,551]

No bells silence and stealth is golden though can make a little bit of noise when you bant,beat, walk the field to drive them back home. Just tap your welly or what ever

 

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Edited November 5, 2015 by terryd