Long Netting Advice (Weather / Time Of Year)

[_Herb_ 8]

Gents,

 

I'm sure this has all been asked before, and I have tried looking for the info on the internet. Anyway I'm looking to break in to night time long netting. I do a lot of ferreting and use quickset long nets with them, but want to try my hand at long netting, so a couple of questions:

 

1 - Can you long net any time of the year or mainly the summer months (i.e are the rabbits out feeding at night during the winter months?

 

2 - Weather, is long netting in the wet any good, or are most of the rabbits underground?

 

3 - Any other tips greatly received. I've got several football grounds to clear and a couple of grassland farms. This isn't commercial, it's just me doing a few people a favour with their rabbit problems. The plan is to use 2 x 50yrd quick set long nets and torch to move the rabbits on.

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Herb

[Tiercel 6,986]

1 Yes, provided the ground is suitable.

 

2 I think the rabbits around this area dislike the rain as much as I do.

 

3 If your using a quick set forget the torch the quick set will get them moving quick enough.

 

TC

[_Herb_ 8]

Thanks for the advice. I've been out a couple of times in the last 10 days, so much easier than ferreting. I'm clearing a football ground for a mate, who is highly impatient as the rabbits keep digging up the pitch. The only problem is the weather is far from ideal and unlike a field, you only have a set area to deal with, which makes setting up the nets and not scaring off the rabbits a bit more of a challenge.

[Flojones 2]

Been ferreting for years now and never longnetted this method may well be the way forward on our ground