Very Deep buries..

[gollum 1]

Hi All,

 

I was out on my one of my permissions yesterday and got chatting with a guy who had done some ferreting on the same land.

He kindly warned me about the depth of a set of buries that follow a hedgeline we could see from where we were talking. Apparently they are so deep that at some point a terrier was dug out and they only managed to reach it with a JCB at the full extent of its range.

 

Does anyone here ferret deep buries? To me it sounds like a non starter. I dont want to risk losing my ferts, but I'm interested if anyone has any opinions on the subject.

 

Cheers.

 

G

[olliedakennard 0]

leave it well alone, especially at the end of the season. Leave it for a pro. If it is reall deep and holds alot of bunnies you will need alot of ferrets so that they can push out the rabbits. All the best mate

[Jack NUFC 1]

you can never accuratly judge how deep a bury is going to be by looking at it, but as a rule burrows in flat open fields tend to be shallower, burrows are dug at an angle into the ground so burrows on steep hills tend to go deep because the rabbits dig downwards into the hill and it is difficult to get on top of the ferret to locate it without ending up facing an 8ft dig.

 

on one of my farms there is a series of flat open fields and on the other side of a stream there is a big hilly moor type peice of land but i dont want to risk ferreting most of the warrens on the moor so im leaving that half of the farm to shoot on.

 

just be cautious of what warrens you choose and you should be fine

 

hope this helped F.k

[andy s410c 62]

He may be telling the truth or just wants you to leave them for him on my ferreting ground which is mainly quarries i have seen rabbits run into what seem like shallow,straight forward sets in the quarry walls but when i,ve had a look at them & just get the nagging doubt "will i see my fert again" i don,t bother.My outlook is "if in doubt leave the fert out".

[bullsmilk 2]

where i ferret there are very steep embankments riddled with burrys but i wont touch em...could mean a 15 foot dig....no thanks

[Hob&Jill 258]

I have worked burys that I havent got readings on my mk3, no shit. There are a few burys round here that are pure sand and just keep going down

[pigeonphill 69]

if a terrier was dug to could be that fox have taken up home in the warren as well as rabbits just have a good look around and as been said there be plenty of young about now aswell

[sue 1]

i would stay well away ,i did some ferreting on a hillside very sandy at one point the ferret disappeared of the locator so she would have been 16ft plus i had to sit for ages for her to come out,never again

[richie 1]

gollum, i would work them...

 

as long as you have a 15ft/16ft collar on you stand more of a chance... its true what has been said.. flat land tends to have shallow buries & warrens on hills or banks tend to have deeper tunnels.

 

do your ferrets have a habit of laying up ?

do you always feed them before you go out ?

 

only you know how your ferrets work. mine will go down & work their way through untill everything has bolted or they have killed all that is under then resurface. ive never had a ferret lay up & fall asleep.

 

but lets be honest, how can we walk up to a burrow & know for sure what sort of depth a warren will go down to, we can only have a guess.

 

the only time ive decided not to put a ferret down was when a badger set was very close by with a risk of the warren & sett leading onto each other.

 

end of the day, if you dont feel comfortable then give it a wide berth..

[FUBAR 0]

Gollum as Richie says I would work them too, but I might leave it until the Autumn as with all the little ones about at the moment they would be less lightly to be given the run around. Also put plenty of ferrets in.

Enjoy your ferreting

Fubar

[Guest spudsk100]

leave it alone if yuo have respect 4 ur ferret dont put him down their...........

[The one 8,579]

If your doing pest control you have to work them ,these type of working sort out the men from the boys ,pick a nice frosty morning .Net up or run long nets round if you fancy a quieter approach then go have a cuppa for 10/15 minutes and then pop a few ferrets in if its quiet pop a few more in and sit back till the action starts

[LDR 29]

work em, its what its all about, the only thing to do is if its a big bury, you'll need a good few ferrets in to pressure for bolts or they'll just run round under ground!!! and put collars on.

[micky 3,325]

Hi All,

 

I was out on my one of my permissions yesterday and got chatting with a guy who had done some ferreting on the same land.

He kindly warned me about the depth of a set of buries that follow a hedgeline we could see from where we were talking. Apparently they are so deep that at some point a terrier was dug out and they only managed to reach it with a JCB at the full extent of its range.

 

Does anyone here ferret deep buries? To me it sounds like a non starter. I dont want to risk losing my ferts, but I'm interested if anyone has any opinions on the subject.

 

Cheers.

 

G

stink them out to where you think they may be shallower,or trap them

[poacher2225 2]

it's all deep where i am it's sandy i still do them and you never hear aney knocking