ferreting the old fashioned way

[Rolfe 2]

I use a combination of the two methods............i work my ferrets without collars as a rule BUT always have a couple of collars to hand.......... if i get a lay up i can send a ferret with a collar to locate the kill. It has worked for me for many years now and i seldom have to dig.

 

Rolfe.

[poacher2225 2]

i dont use a locator if i get a lay up i just give the hole a nock with a sitck and the ferret come's out after a while but ive had abit of luck this year no lay up's one or two rabbit's what has took abit of time to come out but thay come out in the end

[whin 463]

mt ferrrets dont lay up for long and worked them for 10 yrs without locators but had locators for , yrs now and they are whats neede to do ajob but if i have not got them i still work the ferrets and watch the dogs etc for whats happening etc but locators are the way forward for any rabbiting team cheers

[borntohuntfuktheban 0]

ive never used a locator and i wouldnt waste my money on one of these new locators if u bring thr ferrets up right they come bak up to the squeek or use a stick to bang on the sides of the hole to reenact the thumping of the rabbit and ive found this is a verry effective method or use a line ferret

[whin 463]

fech you and your line ferret i like them loose like my dog i wouldnt have an animal that wasnt free to hunt tried line ferrets as kids useless etc saw ferrets get stuck with lines etc just no good locat or as free as a bird

[Guest kill_that_rabbit]

fech you and your line ferret i like them loose like my dog i wouldnt have an animal that wasnt free to hunt tried line ferrets as kids useless etc saw ferrets get stuck with lines etc just no good locat or as free as a bird

 

Woah! Punctuation phobia? You might want to try and include at least some in your post if you want it to be readable.

Edited March 18, 2008 by kill_that_rabbit

[graygos 0]

if a set loks deep i dont use finder 3/4 ft i dont mind i work with a spade all week try not to weekends

Edited March 19, 2008 by graygos

[Malt 379]

fech you and your line ferret i like them loose like my dog i wouldnt have an animal that wasnt free to hunt tried line ferrets as kids useless etc saw ferrets get stuck with lines etc just no good locat or as free as a bird

 

Woah! Punctuation phobia? You might want to try and include at least some in your post if you want it to be readable.

After some of the shite you've posted, I think it's a bit rich for you to start slating other members posts........

[jacob 28]

fech you and your line ferret i like them loose like my dog i wouldnt have an animal that wasnt free to hunt tried line ferrets as kids useless etc saw ferrets get stuck with lines etc just no good locat or as free as a bird

 

Woah! Punctuation phobia? You might want to try and include at least some in your post if you want it to be readable.

good punctuation does not make a good hunter,and nobody likes a smartass

[masmiffy 82]

Never used locator till started going again this year with bussa!

Had probs fisrt time out with a slipped collar, cured by changing to leather!

They seem OK just bloody expensive!

Previously always used jills loose and if needed a hob on a line, who remembers that?

Never really dug much but tried to avoid ferreting when young about!

[Stallion 0]

It makes sense to work your ferrets with a collar where you can easily dig........but some situations are impossible to dig down too.......so i work the ferret without a collar in these places.

 

Stallion.

[whin 463]

line ferrets went out with the ark and who would want there trusted ferets to work on a bit line cant see the piont of it, free as a bird or they dont go down etc the hole

[kurgan 5]

If you can afford it get one ,most of the warrens i do are really small so didnt need one for years ,only thing is i havent got an excuse for being late home now

[whin 463]

kiil the rabbit , etc , puntuations means fech all in the hunting game and if youve done as much as some of us in this short life we pass through you would no what your talking ABOUT AND I DONT MEAN JUST FERRETING, ferrets in general should work lose end of story , i would still work mines with collars or with out , had several days without collars and when i found my box ,collars, etc put them back on and dug five more the same day , there alot of dinlos on these channels who are niave to the game and should listen and learn to people who have done it for many years and are knowlegble

[TOMO 26,193]

interesting topic this i use both methods , although its not often i dont use a locator.

 

for those of you that dont use locators , and say you dont dig very often , well of course you dont . but i can garantee you have left alot of rabbits behind, both dead and alive .

 

3 of my jills are on the small side , 1 in patricular is very small, but even this liitle jill, can and does kill quik.

 

dont get me wrong , if your happy to leave a few under ground , well thats your choise, fair play.

 

like i said at the begining i do somtimes stll use them without collars . young ferts in september with green rabbits in open warrens long net round , no purse nets 4-5 young ferts in let them work it for them selvs no collars getting cought up on nets.

 

also somtimes i like to have a wander with a small jill in the pocket a few nets and the little dog , no spade, just ferret a few little warrens . the dog marks . nice and quiet no fuss.