scratched an itch

[smithie 2,443]

I have not been out with the longnets at all this season, but I had seen the netting jacket hanging along with the nets carefully hanked at the end of the last season. 

I've seen Terry had been out and after reading his post it had me thinking should I have a go?

Well tonight was the night I finally decide I'll give it a go. I grabbed the jacket plus two 50 yd nets and got in the car heading off out in the rain

On pulling up it was windy, a  bit strong but also nice and dark, nothing to do with the moon phase but more to do with all the forking rain clouds that had followed me

It was bouncing down but I had made my mind up and I was netting.. on with the jacket, nets in the pocket and off I went in to the dark with my head tillted to the side to keep the rain out of my face lol..

On this drop its usually 125yd of net. 2 x50 yd and a 25 but as I already said today it was just two 50s, or so I thought.

Pulling the carefully hanked up net that I had spent time putting away carefully I found I was not that careful after all. The net had slipt over the loop of the end pin and there's nowt I can do in the dark with the wind and rin in my face so I placed it down on the ground and slowly set off running the other 50 out..

It went out quite well but I had to go slow as its been a while but it was out and just need filling.

I walked the field tapping a peg on mi welly hoping I was going to get something.. 1 will do, I only need 1 and I'll be clicking mi heels together with glee.

Well after a walk around the sodden field I got back to the net and straight away a rabbit, that was me happy even though by now the rain had soaked through my coat and my t shirt was sticking to me.. chinned that  and moved up the net, there's another and another much better than I expected but the wasn't  it done, 5 in total.

Easy enough to catch but getting them out the net was not so easy i had to use a torch to see what I was doing, still it was a chore but we got there in the end

If I ever buy other net I'll be trying 6z 

[ditchman 2,843]

love it ...top write up

[Mr Wilkes 2,992]

Brilliant.. glad you got out.

[terryd 8,423]

Excellent Smithie nice to see you got out. Good little haul too. Bloody weather been mental lately. I know we like our windy nights but Christ give us a break lol 

[breeze 1,307]

Smithie.... Nice one mate, 5 from 50 yards can't grumble at that 

Great write up by the way  

[The one 8,479]

Nice result its no worth the effort of running a net out now far quicker to lamp with the rimmy cover more ground and get the odd one 

[Bobtheferret 1,248]

I did some long netting last year to catch some rabbits up and release them elsewhere (didn’t work well unfortunately) and I can agree that removing them from the net is hard work in the dark. To remove them unhurt was even harder! 

[mackem 26,496]

Do you use thermal for long netting smithie?

[smithie 2,443]

1 hour ago, Bobtheferret said:

I did some long netting last year to catch some rabbits up and release them elsewhere (didn’t work well unfortunately) and I can agree that removing them from the net is hard work in the dark. To remove them unhurt was even harder! 

It you want them out alive go up a thickness in twine and leave a man on the net if your a little twitchy about them getting out.. I use 4z and it tangles but its the correct mesh size what gets the rabbit in the first place and as it thicker z it will be easier to find the opening to remove your rabbits

[smithie 2,443]

Just now, mackem said:

Do you use thermal for long netting smithie?

Not normally but last night I looked from the road side with the thermal before I parked the car up as it was bouncing down..  

No point once in the field as they run the edge I netted or go through the gate (I did not net it)

I just needed to know if I had a chance or no chance.. or stay dry / get wet lol