just wondering

[ginge2k6 0]

just asking

what do you guys look for in a good working ferret are you able to tell what a ferret will be like or is it just something that time will tell

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

just asking

what do you guys look for in a good working ferret are you able to tell what a ferret will be like or is it just something that time will tell

time will tell [bANNED TEXT]

[devvo 0]

personaly i think a gd ferret should no if theres a bunnie at home , and if it gets 2 a stop end it should stay with the rabbit untill u dig to it

 

thats my view

[Guest ferretlass]

personaly i think a gd ferret should no if theres a bunnie at home , and if it gets 2 a stop end it should stay with the rabbit untill u dig to it

 

thats my view

 

 

i agree with that

[Guest LIDLOR]

some thing that doesnt bite

personaly i think a gd ferret should no if theres a bunnie at home , and if it gets 2 a stop end it should stay with the rabbit untill u dig to it

 

thats my view

 

 

i agree with that

[Guest gaspode]

stay with the rabbit till you dig to it?......... nope im afraid i disagree :ph34r: i want the ferret coming when i rattle keys wether its with a rabbit or not .........im not winning popularity contests with this but in my 20 odd years of working them ive got less keen on digging not more keen

i will dig if thats what it takes ....but a stayer ....no chance are yoyu so desperate f that one or mabye two rabbits in a stop ....im afraid not me...sorry :whistle: :whistle:

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

stay with the rabbit till you dig to it?......... nope im afraid i disagree :ph34r: i want the ferret coming when i rattle keys wether its with a rabbit or not .........im not winning popularity contests with this but in my 20 odd years of working them ive got less keen on digging not more keen

i will dig if thats what it takes ....but a stayer ....no chance are yoyu so desperate f that one or mabye two rabbits in a stop ....im afraid not me...sorry :whistle: :whistle:

hi mate i agree with what your saying i am no digging fan either but some times i have dug down to my ferrets in a stop end and found 4 or 5 rabbits the most being 7 rabbits out of one stop end bigeddie

[mark.a 0]

The main difference between a good and bad ferret is wether it will go down that extra level or ledge to get to the rabbits. Some will only circle around the upper levels and you will get no results, no matter how many times you work them.

Thats why you end up digging to the good ones!

[Phil Lloyd 10,738]

The main difference between a good and bad ferret is wether it will go down that extra level or ledge to get to the rabbits. Some will only circle around the upper levels and you will get no results, no matter how many times you work them.

Thats why you end up digging to the good ones!

[Guest gaspode]

end up diggin to the good ones ......bollocks .....and just cause there might be 5\6\7 rabbits in a stop im thinkin i get enough from the nets or the dogs........... when i was a young learner if the ferret had to be dug too it was on its last warning........im out to enjoy myself not grunt and sweat for hours with a shovel .........oh yeah and by the way most times where i go the furts are out of range of the locator

 

a good ferret is the one that works all day and comes out itself not biting or leaving you knackered through digging......this animal is worth its weight in gold

 

but then of course im of the old style when we learned to work our animals not bought a ferret, net and locator box and was ready to go....not forgetting the trusty spade

[Guest Hedgehunter]

We try to avoid digging ,our ferrets come to whistling.I think some people maybe start to dig too soon & should let the ferrets have more time to bolt the rabbits,but each to their own what ever people r happy with,but we all keep learning.

[Guest gaspode]

thats exactly the point hedgehunter...not enough people take the time to learn now

theres yer ferret....theres yer box .....get out and do it

 

i still have to dig the odd time ........but give em time and theyll work out fine

 

grouch...grouch.......youngsters nowadays....lol

[COMPO 54]

thats exactly the point hedgehunter...not enough people take the time to learn now

theres yer ferret....theres yer box .....get out and do it

 

i still have to dig the odd time ........but give em time and theyll work out fine

 

grouch...grouch.......youngsters nowadays....lol

 

 

MY SENTIMENTS AS WELL, the locator is there as an emergency item, like a car seatbelt, you put it on every time you get in the car, but dont expect to use it every day

 

ferreting is like fishing , patience is the key, give em time, you dont know what is happening below ground and by rushing to "help"-(i.e. dig) you could make matters worse, it really takes a long time to learn about ferreting and to estimate when/if you have to dig, on my fishing analogy fishermen who wind in and re-cast there lines all the time dont catch as much as those who leave it to settle and trust in the bait and tackle

 

i would rather lose an odd rabbit than mess my warrens up, digging creating more deadends, and time wasted digging could be time spent netting and ferreting the next warren

 

COMPO :ph34r:

[Guest Bigbob]

i cant believe what im reading in some of these posts , Imaging you have just spent a hard day ferreting a farm then after you leave the farmer looks out and theres rabbits running about the burrows . Christ he would never have you back one of the guys whos chapping at his door week in week out will end up with the ferreting

[woodga 170]

my deffinition of a good ferret thats easy one that is hand tame , will bolt rabbits ,but will stay untill dug to then find its next customer and when the set is empty not piss about in the holes ducking back in every time you go to pick it up. Now these are the ferrets i prefer and im lucky enough to have ten of them GOODHUNTING ALL WOODGA :ph34r: