Muzzles

[Hopley89 31]

Hi all do the muzzles work?

this time of year and to stop them eating the kits?

Do you rate them

or are they sh**e

[The one 8,469]

The fact your asking this question swap the ferrets for budgies or pigeons

[mushroom 12,881]

Muzzles are so yesterday, I just pull their teeth out and then stitch their lips together......

[Hopley89 31]

The fact your asking this question swap the ferrets for budgies or pigeons

 

what because I'm new to ferreting! sorry we are not all perfect

[stoggy 598]

Buy some chain mail gloves if your frightened of getting bit.

[jayjay 264]

doesn't necessarily have to be young ones down there for the ferret to kill and stay..........just means you got more of a chance of this happening around this time of year..........I would never dream of putting muzzles on a ferret or using any other methods to stop them doing what generally comes naturally to them.........after all their teeth are their only line of defence and they might not only just bump into a rabbit while below.......

perhaps you need to be doing a bit more research and understanding the game a bit more and gain a bit more knowledge ready for next season.........not a dig at you, just my opinion.........

 

all the best

 

jay.

[Hopley89 31]

thank you jay jay ?? i was hoping a freind of mine would of been the one to teach me everything i needed to know but won't be doing as much next season

i'll stick to the web and do the reaserch

 

doesn't necessarily have to be young ones down there for the ferret to kill and stay..........just means you got more of a chance of this happening around this time of year..........I would never dream of putting muzzles on a ferret or using any other methods to stop them doing what generally comes naturally to them.........after all their teeth are their only line of defence and they might not only just bump into a rabbit while below.......

perhaps you need to be doing a bit more research and understanding the game a bit more and gain a bit more knowledge ready for next season.........not a dig at you, just my opinion.........

 

all the best

 

jay.

[Aussie Whip 4,093]

I've seen pictures in old books of ferrets with muzzles and talked to old timers who cut their ferrets canine teeth out to stop them biting and killing rabbits,the same ones who feed only bread and milk.I've also heard of people tying string to collars and attempting to pull ferrets from warrens.Study the sport .I'm sure fellow hunters will help if you do the right thing.

[Hopley89 31]

i'm not frightens of getting bit i have got a 6 year old who wants to come with me and handle them but they nip him so was just a question

 

Atb

Hop

 

Buy some chain mail gloves if your frightened of getting bit.

[Hopley89 31]

thank you, i didn't want to use the ferrets with the cord and pull them out but i did see the muzzle dose come with the cord

 

 

I've seen pictures in old books of ferrets with muzzles and talked to old timers who cut their ferrets canine teeth out to stop them biting and killing rabbits,the same ones who feed only bread and milk.I've also heard of people tying string to collars and attempting to pull ferrets from warrens.Study the sport .I'm sure fellow hunters will help if you do the right thing.

[mushroom 12,881]

I've seen pictures in old books of ferrets with muzzles and talked to old timers who cut their ferrets canine teeth out to stop them biting and killing rabbits,the same ones who feed only bread and milk.I've also heard of people tying string to collars and attempting to pull ferrets from warrens.Study the sport .I'm sure fellow hunters will help if you do the right thing.

The string thing is for a liner. It's for locating laid up fezzers in the warren and giving an idea of depth etc for digging down

[Hopley89 31]

Jus keep askin ye questions buddy, never mind the instant experts, we wasnt all born knowing everything, an for future reference, muzzles are frowned upon, an ferretinb after this time a year will be a chore, but if needs a must get it done. Would be much better waiting till sept tho

 

I know I wouldn't be ferreting this time of year if the owner of the horse paddock wasn't worried the horses would fall down the holes in the middle of the fields and break there legs, so by the looks of it I will be doing a hell of a lot of digging over the weekend!

 

but thank you

[Welsh_red 4,630]

If i was you id use the search funtion on here . Loads of old threads you can learn from . Im new to ferreting aswell , havnt been out yet tho . Ill be waiting for autumn before i take him out

[Micheala Robinson 400]

Jus keep askin ye questions buddy, never mind the instant experts, we wasnt all born knowing everything, an for future reference, muzzles are frowned upon, an ferretinb after this time a year will be a chore, but if needs a must get it done. Would be much better waiting till sept tho

I'm no expert don't claim to be, just have no time for people that are not genuine.

[Micheala Robinson 400]

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