Awfull morning ferreting-the kids loved it!

[comanche 3,197]

Thanks to one of my regular mole-job clients having "a word" with her neighbour I was lucky enough to be given rabbiting permission on a new patch last week.Went on it first time with the ferrets yesterday and took 27 rabbits by lunch-time.Owner impressed,me very pleased [bANNED TEXT] miself..."Could I take out her children(boy+girl about 8,10) for an hour or two?",she asked...Took em out this morning on a sloping field next to their garden .With lovely warm woods(ripe for when the pheasant Season is over) nearby these burrows out in the bitter wind were never going to hold much but being only small looked ok for some quick action...Yeh right! Dog passed -over so many buries I began to doubt her marking ,especially as she's only young.Eventually she found holes that satisfied her.To cut the story ,of what seemed a very long morning's ferreting short, I'll forgo details.Suffice to say that after four hours I'd discovered that these little 10 hole buries went down out of locator range,the rabbits did not want to bolt and that I'm surprisingly good at moderating my language in front of youngsters!...End result;4 proper rabbits and a scuttler,some blue children and my hopes of impressing the landowner with my rabbiting skills two days running totally dashed. The children LOVED IT though! All they wanted to talk about to their mum was the dog,the ferrets, digging ,setting nets,rabbits,and more rabbits ,even the finer points of paunching and rabbit anatomy....not forgetting the inevitable requests for some sort of stew incorporating the morning's catch. I reckon big hauls,cynicism and too many years might've dulled my appreciation of the game .I think back to the days when I owned 6 cheap nets(financed by skipping school dinners)and a huge pet hob.Though I bolted a few it took weeks before I actually caught a rabbit .Those children have reminded me that ferreting is'nt always about material success.It's about "Being there"!.

Edited January 20, 2008 by comanche

[Boojet 0]

very commendable of you,and yes dont kids make you see things in a different light.

my boy enjoys it very much too,if we catch 1 or 21 it matters little really cause we are out.

cheers

[Guest bigredbusa]

Those children have reminded me that ferreting is'nt always about material success.It's about "Being there"!.

 

couldnt put it better , infact i prefer to be out with my daughter ferreting , brings a smile to my face everytime

[Guest little lurcher]

i got some new permission too and was hopeful of a fair days ferretting , sadly with a 3 yr old shoving his head down the holes he could get at every 5 blooming mins i packed in after an hour!!! but his little face was worth every painful second of the crap day id had , the ferrets had a bit of exercise too so not all bad , getting kids into this way of life is my passion , without them it will all disappear, they are our future, no better feeling then being with your kids when you catch

[Guest bigredbusa]

feck me, we have all gone soppy i agree 100%

[comanche 3,197]

i got some new permission too and was hopeful of a fair days ferretting , sadly with a 3 yr old shoving his head down the holes he could get at every 5 blooming mins i packed in after an hour!!! but his little face was worth every painful second of the crap day id had , the ferrets had a bit of exercise too so not all bad , getting kids into this way of life is my passion , without them it will all disappear, they are our future, no better feeling then being with your kids when you catch

When I started I did'nt know that nets had tohave pegs I was so naive!.Bit like my computer skills nowSomehow managed to post my message twice (heaven knows what I've done to have a banned text ) and no idea how to delete one of the posts.Sorry

[Guest bigredbusa]

your doin fine