Still to much cover

[BULL 93]

Attempted 2 trips out both places far too much vegetation, mostly hedges we ferret. 
looking forward to next weekend as we got some ground burns to do . 
Anyone else had any luck so far 

[jok 3,189]

Eh up Bull. You’d better explain to the unwary what a ground burn is. We had them on the hills in Scotland. Jok.

[Bobtheferret 1,248]

Had a few short trips with my dog and new pup. Been steady so far numbers seem about the same as last year so far. Pup has done fine for 9 months old. Like you lots of cover still which makes life harder but few hedges been cut which is nice. 

[Arry 21,293]

On 06/11/2024 at 13:55, jok said:

Eh up Bull. You’d better explain to the unwary what a ground burn is. We had them on the hills in Scotland. Jok.

Hi Jok hope you're good.

I think Bull is talking about what I call ground burrows. Burrows out in the open fields or on the Moor usually on steep ground or in woods. I agree with Bull hedges down here in Devon are still very green and thick and some of them can be 12 foot wide. Also I have noticed a big increase in Post and Pig wire with 2 strands of barbed wire on top which makes life hard. Think farmers are getting a grant for post and wire or so I have been told.

Rabbits are patchy with RHD and I seen one two weeks ago with Mixie.

Cheers Arry

[Daniel cain 44,954]

Covers still up around here, could do with a few good frosts...got a member off here coming up in 2 weeks for some ferreting and fishing..

[jok 3,189]

I genuinely got the wrong end of that one. I took the wording literally as ,when we were on the farm in the Boders we had, each year a burn off. This meant clearing gorse and bracken which had become a bit unruly. There was, also, an annual burn off on each of the 3 Eildon Hills, monitored by the fire services. Sorry Bull if I got the wrong end of it. Jok.

[The one 8,457]

The last few years the rains flattened more cover than the frost