A good and a bad day all in one..

[RossM 8,149]

Wee Monday off and away down the A1 to meet a couple of boys with their mutts, bit of a disaster I lost 2 Jill’s as they managed to escape the carrier and had about an hour to evade spent a bit time looking for them even with the thermal but to no avail, gutted, but lesson learned… the hard way.

 

ended the day with 29 rabbits a few digs but most bolted to the long nets and dogs 

[trigger2 3,170]

Looks a nice stress free place to ferret that mate. Well done

[Luckee legs 503]

Sorry to read you lost two ferrets 

[RossM 8,149]

  On 12/11/2024 at 08:58, Luckee legs said:

Sorry to read you lost two ferrets 

Expand  

Aye mate one is had for nearly 6 years good working ferret so gutted is an understatement 

[bird 10,013]

  On 12/11/2024 at 09:45, RossM said:

Aye mate one is had for nearly 6 years good working ferret so gutted is an understatement 

Expand  

Shame about the stinkers,  but atleast  they  won't starve with few rabbits to up there. Apart from there collars  on, is there any other way you can track  a ferret?.like say with dogs you can find them , in your phone  if they waring tracking  collars.

[RossM 8,149]

  On 12/11/2024 at 11:02, bird said:

Shame about the stinkers,  but atleast  they  won't starve with few rabbits to up there. Apart from there collars  on, is there any other way you can track  a ferret?.like say with dogs you can find them , in your phone  if they waring tracking  collars.

Expand  

I have a locator for when they are below ground but nothing otherwise

[FLATTOP 4,637]

What we’ve done in the past is left a rabbit trap with a bit of grub in it and a small blanket, left it at the last spot they were lost came back in the morning and the ferret was curled up asleep 

[RossM 8,149]

  On 12/11/2024 at 11:25, FLATTOP said:

What we’ve done in the past is left a rabbit trap with a bit of grub in it and a small blanket, left it at the last spot they were lost came back in the morning and the ferret was curled up asleep 

Expand  

Hi mate, going forward this is the plan but we were 60 odd miles from home, because this is keepered land the outcome won’t be good for them 

[FLATTOP 4,637]

  On 12/11/2024 at 12:30, RossM said:

Hi mate, going forward this is the plan but we were 60 odd miles from home, because this is keepered land the outcome won’t be good for them 

Expand  

Good luck anyway nothing worse than losing your hunting partners especially if you’ve had them a while I hope for a good outcome.

[RossM 8,149]

Not the outcome I wanted but I was expecting, the keeper did say he will grab them if he sees them but unfortunately my wee albinos fate was sealed by trap

[The drover 580]

  On 12/11/2024 at 11:25, FLATTOP said:

What we’ve done in the past is left a rabbit trap with a bit of grub in it and a small blanket, left it at the last spot they were lost came back in the morning and the ferret was curled up asleep 

Expand  

Same , put an old tammy in cage . Shelter it and usually get them next day . Got an old jill back 8 days later once . Think she had to eat her way past up a single end . . Unlucky ross 

[johnrussell84 2,832]

Shame that Ross,  looks some lovely land 

[Black neck 16,403]

  On 14/11/2024 at 22:09, The drover said:

Same , put an old tammy in cage . Shelter it and usually get them next day . Got an old jill back 8 days later once . Think she had to eat her way past up a single end . . Unlucky ross 

Expand  

An old tammy

[The drover 580]

  On 15/11/2024 at 03:07, Black neck said:

An old tammy

Expand  

Aye

[Black neck 16,403]

  On 15/11/2024 at 08:27, The drover said:

Aye

Expand  

Go.on.then what is one