ferreting yesterday

[loose dog 0]

Went out for a few hours saterday pm. Started well netted up the first warren and popped three jills in, the first rabbit came up through a hole covered in leaves that i hadn't noticed but very pleased to see my little bitch was already there waiting for it. The little bitch then ran from the top of the warren to the bottom just ahead of the next rabbit this time she got the next door hole so good job it had a net over it. After the third rabbit the ferrets started to reappear, only one came up minus collar. A four feet dig later the collar was recovered. If it hadn't cost £46 it would have stayed there. It was now dark and had already used up a fair amount of the charge in my lamp battery. Went back to my van loaded everything and then sat there for a bit to recover with a flask of tea. When I started the van up the windscreen had misted up so i put the heater on and started to reverse up the track following the righthand curve of the verge, put the van in 1st and then did the left turn that took me up to the road. Except i'd overshot the turn and still not being able to see clearly out of the windscreen had driven down a verge into some soft mud. Fortunatly the farm stockman is a really nice bloke and pulled me out with his 4x4. I should have given up then but i'd brought my young lurcher with me who'd been milling around all day waiting for some action so took him to another bit of permission but i think the cold was keeping the rabbits in. He only got one run at a rabbit that beat him to cover before the lamp died on me due to its use earlier on the dig. Good job i dont do it for money. The only times i've had to dig like that has been to recover a collar and never a ferret. Makes you wonder. Still it was a better option than saterday night tv.

[stubby 175]

good write up on your days events, prehaps get extra holes put in the collars, and test them out while the ferts are in the hutch, saves any digging

[loose dog 0]

good write up on your days events, prehaps get extra holes put in the collars, and test them out while the ferts are in the hutch, saves any digging

Im not sure how tight i can go before i choke them!

[stealthy1 3,964]

I had to make another hole in between the originals to suit on of my jills, one was to slack and the other was to tight, just keep buckling up another hole until its to tight then back off one, if thats to slack, make another hole in between the two.

[stubby 175]

good write up on your days events, prehaps get extra holes put in the collars, and test them out while the ferts are in the hutch, saves any digging

Im not sure how tight i can go before i choke them!

 

well, trying would be a start, put the collar on and pull tight, mark where that is and make a hole, put the collar on, put fert back in the hutch, if it starts going blue its too tight, come back couple hours later, if the fert aint wearing the collar, you need to make another hole, its that simple

 

[Brimmer 220]

If you can fit the tip of your first finger in with a squeeze it about right.

Always making extra holes in the collar myself. Amazing how even on the same ferret, with hard work it loses weight, and the collar need taking in a bit!

[The one 8,494]

A good honest write up mate .I put the collars on the ferrets before i leave the house in the morning then check there still okay when i get to the farm and i find they havent slipped a collar yet .

[jordshorty111 0]

good write up mate