Not a very good day

[Guest little_lloyd]

Today i had arranged to ferret a small three hole warren in one of the gardens i work on in the gardening side of things.

 

Only took one jill as it was not a very big warren,,, Used the longnet all the way around,, And the first one manganged to get under the longnet and on its way to freedom Anyway thr second bolted and was well and truly caught up,,..And was quickly dispatched.

 

5 minutes had passed and i heard some sqaubling and screeching of a rabbit,,The ferret has layed up and was located,,,Started digging 9 am and did not reach her untill 1 pm ,,Alough she was not very very deep The houseowner told me that it used to be a ditch they filled in with rubble and shite I was digging most of the day through boulders, corrugated iron, mesh and varios other shite. I did not think i would get Thunder out but stayed determent to get her out safely and i reached her at 1 pm roughly,, She was stuck,.,..No sighn on rabbit tho

 

I would have to say she would be a gonner if i have not have used a locator,, Im very gratefull she is sleeping in my the court tonight and not in a rocky grave.

 

I think old thunder will have a rest for a week or two now

[Guest Magwitch]

Good going there LL thats why i think a locator's worth it weight in gold no amount of fieldcraft would have got your jill back for you. well done for keeping at it

[fish 148]

Today i had arranged to ferret a small three hole warren in one of the gardens i work on in the gardening side of things.

 

Only took one jill as it was not a very big warren,,, Used the longnet all the way around,, And the first one manganged to get under the longnet and on its way to freedom Anyway thr second bolted and was well and truly caught up,,..And was quickly dispatched.

 

5 minutes had passed and i heard some sqaubling and screeching of a rabbit,,The ferret has layed up and was located,,,Started digging 9 am and did not reach her untill 1 pm ,,Alough she was not very very deep The houseowner told me that it used to be a ditch they filled in with rubble and shite I was digging most of the day through boulders, corrugated iron, mesh and varios other shite. I did not think i would get Thunder out but stayed determent to get her out safely and i reached her at 1 pm roughly,, She was stuck,.,..No sighn on rabbit tho

 

I would have to say she would be a gonner if i have not have used a locator,, Im very gratefull she is sleeping in my the court tonight and not in a rocky grave.

 

I think old thunder will have a rest for a week or two now

three hole warren.with a long net seems a lot of work to me better of with three nets mite not lost 1 then

[Guest little_lloyd]

three hole warren.with a long net seems a lot of work to me better of with three nets mite not lost 1 then

 

 

I know what you mean,, But it was my first time out with a longnet and i wanted to try it out,..Ps The three holes where agmonst a willow, and a bramble patch and looked a bugger to net up.

 

LL

[Guest Frank]

Good going there LL thats why i think a locator's worth it weight in gold no amount of fieldcraft would have got your jill back for you. well done for keeping at it

 

Toatally agree.

Fair play to you LL.

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Gash piles can be a bind. I've worked a great many myself.

 

Interesting bit of a story there, Lloyd. Only, I'm left puzzled:

 

How come a whole rabbit got clean out of there and yet ye jill was stuck for all that time? Four hours. All that commotion. She wasn't able to walk out like the rabbit did? Wow. That's Bad, isn't it? She got in and then stuck fast and couldn't get out? Not a 'Lay Up' or 'Arse Up'. Ye say yeself, the rabbit was long gone.

 

So, help me gain an understanding of the situation here, please: How, exactly, was she stuck? What kept her in one spot for four hectic hours?

[Guest little_lloyd]

Gash piles can be a bind. I've worked a great many myself.

 

Interesting bit of a story there, Lloyd. Only, I'm left puzzled:

 

How come a whole rabbit got clean out of there and yet ye jill was stuck for all that time? Four hours. All that commotion. She wasn't able to walk out like the rabbit did? Wow. That's Bad, isn't it? She got in and then stuck fast and couldn't get out? Not a 'Lay Up' or 'Arse Up'. Ye say yeself, the rabbit was long gone.

 

So, help me gain an understanding of the situation here, please: How, exactly, was she stuck? What kept her in one spot for four hectic hours?

 

 

If only i knew where that rabbit was Ditch,, iIwas more concerned about my ferret tho,,, I dont think a rabbit would fit in the gap my ferret was in,, My only thought are she left the kill and carried on looking for more And manged to get agmost all the rocks and shite and could not find her way out , She was ontro it tho as she had blood on her mask and fur on the claws. Im just happy shes home.

 

Its a mystery

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Looks like remaining a 'mystery' then, Lloyd.

 

Dreadfull to think how many wild mustalids must just get into places, tackle rabbits and then become stuck fast like that.

 

Hey; Maybe someone else here can offer an explanation for all this, given the information ye've supplied us?

[devvo 0]

Did she get caught up buy her collar mate?

 

Not trying to start the collar/ no collar debate or anything but just interested

[andy s410c 61]

Glad you got her back LL Im the same as Devvo not trying to start the locator debate but it doesnt bear thinking about if she did,nt have a collar on