Last Sundays Frosty Morning

[john hubery 9]

After not getting out for a couple of weeks, due to Chipper losing his terrier so we spent a week looking for it, and myself being busy with work, this weekend I had no van because it was in the garage so we thought we would have a look out with the dogs and ferrets, knowing it was going to be a hard frost we aranged to meet Andrew and Don to do some big sets on the dale, so Chipper young John and myself arrived on the dales in a bright sunny afternoon and could see rabbits droping into the sets we where to work,the first place was a mound of black slate shale a place so hard we had to knock the pegs in with rocks how rabbits dig here I dont know,

 

 

 

The rabbits where in no mood to bolt and this was to be the start of a days digging

We moved on to some banks and spilt in to two groups to cover more ground in the time we had left, meself and Andrew in one and Chipper and Don in the other, young John moved between the two of us taking pictures and video (today he decided to go all arty-farty on us with some black and white and scepia shots

 

 

Andrews dog Jess

 

 

Our mouse

 

 

Chippers Fizz

 

 

 

Chipper over seeing the workers digging

 

 

To be fair Chipper did his fair share of digging(well some digging)

 

 

 

The problem with black and white is you dont get to see all them lovely yellow nets

 

 

so here we are(thats better)

 

 

 

 

Andrews Jess watching the nets

 

 

We went from set to set dig after dig, in all we had 18 digs, but it was'nt our usual 12 inche diging some where'nt to bad but others wherejust small stones and rocks hard slow work, muggins got the only 5 foot dig of the day luckly it was one of the few plces that where just peaty soil for 3 foot then clay, still slow, but after 1/2 an hour the ferret was just not giveing up its rabbit so a dig it was to be ofcourseit was my sliver dog so it was my dig

 

 

 

4o'clock seen us packing away the nets and ferrets and heading back down to the pickup colleting rabbits we had left along the way, on days like this you forget just how many rabbit have been caught droping 6 here 10 here 4 there then when they all start to come together and you have to carry the back it soon come back to you

 

 

 

After two trips back up and down we had all the gear and rabbits at the pickup, dont belive it another hole to dig for the rabbit guts, out with the flasks and sarnys time to swap tale of the days digs and runs for dogs, in all a great day out again in the company of some good rabbiting men on a beautiful sunny after noon

 

 

end of day picture 56 rabbits in the bag, some how along the way Chipper lost two in some places on the way down I wish some more had been lost, they had been hard won rabbits but like I say well wearth it

 

On the way backthere was a bit of giggleing going on while I was driving, when I got home young John showed me why, I will never be aloud to forget this if I dont post the picture and I will be huanted with a chourse village peopels Go West so here we go

 

 

Arather fetching pose me thinks

[Kay 3,709]

i love the sepia & black & white , well done all, great pics

[thebolt 4]

well done lads, a cracking day and cracking pictures

[Guest Magwitch]

Excellent post John

Edited February 23, 2008 by Magwitch

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

The pictures are great, and I really enjoyed your tale of the day. Cheers

[Hob&Jill 258]

some amazing warrens there!

 

Nice one..

[Bona 0]

Enjoyed this post. great pictures, ide love permission like that

[FERRETBOY 680]

great post great pics really enjoted it well done lads

 

good hunting

 

rew

[IanB 0]

Good post John, getting a bag like that, especially with all the digging and it being the end of the season takes some doing.... nice one

[DUCKWING 302]

TO ECHO IANB ............ WELL DONE ,

 

NO DOUBT THAT SPOTS BEEN WORKED ONE OR TWICE THIS SEASON BY CHIPPER ......

 

SO A DECENT HAUL CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF DIGS .......

 

BY THE WAY ,............ I DIDNT KNOW LEATHER CHAPS WERE THE IN THING FOR FERRETERS THIS SEASON ? ....AND VERY NICELY MODELLED JOHN :kiss:

 

 

ALL THE BEST

 

DUCKWING

[ferretville 69]

Great post and good pics john FV

[fishfish 17]

fantastic! good bag eh!

[pritch 335]

beautiful land, great post & a cracking bag excellent

[whin 463]

FERRETED THERE AND HAD A FEW GOOD DAY WITH CHIPS HAD SOME GREAT BOLTING WITH PUPS , ACTUALY GOT PICS OF DOGS STANDING ON THAT BLACK SHALE A FEW YEARS BACK GLAD USE ARE STILL HAVEING FUN RABBITING ALL THE BEST ,

[Scallywag 78]

Fantastic photos and a great read. I'm new to this but I'd have my heart in my mouth putting a ferret into such hard ground. I wouldn't fancy that dig one bit!