richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 thought id get out this morning to get a few & give my new workers some sport... i didnt bother with the longnets today, just used the purse nets.. got to the patch that has 2 main warrens.. anyway, collared my ferrets up, 2 with the mk3m & the other with the original mk3. i started with the smaller warren & put the two down with the new collars, these were the two smaller of the 3, i just wanted to get the rabbits moving first before i brought in reinforcements !. after 10 minutes i got the locator out to see what was happening, couldnt get a mark on either of them ! so there i am doing a wider search just incase the warren was wider than i thought, all of a sudden it dawned on me that i didnt switch them on with the magnetic switch !! couldnt believe it, what a twat.. luckily i had ted with me that was collared up with the other collar, i entered him & within minutes i had him fixed at 2ft, i left a marker on the spot, a few minutes later the other two surfaced with blood all over their faces, so i knew there was a definate kill under, i switched their collars on, then put them back in the box whilst i dug at the spot, started to dig & sure enough, there was ted with the rabbit... i put them under again just incase there was any more under, but no joy... i moved onto the next set, i netted up as many holes as i could see, then entered the ferrets... poke nets come in handy, definately worth having a couple to hand.. within a few minutes i heard screams coming near by, all of a sudden a rabbit bolted from a hole that was hidden & then another, two got away.. then i located my ferrets running about under & was waiting to get a fix, i didnt have to wait too long as one flew straight into the purse net with two ferrets close behind with fur in their mouths... i re-entered them for another rabbit to bolt from a hidden hole.. shortly afterwards i ended up boxing the ferrets up & calling it a day... a hidden hole, which was impossible to find...... the ones that wernt so lucky... two things i learnt today, make sure the collars are on, & from experience, i should of thrown a long net around instead of relying on purse nets.. too lazy to walk to the motor & get it.. Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Nice one Ritche, you can't get all of the rabbits all of the time mate. Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Nice one Ritche, you can't get all of the rabbits all of the time mate. i know... should have planned it better & took the long net... Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one richie, I did bring up the subject on the new mk3m collars switch a while back, your not the only one thats done it, apart from the switch, Im presuming they are not any different from the old ones Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one richie, I did bring up the subject on the new mk3m collars switch a while back, your not the only one thats done it, apart from the switch, Im presuming they are not any different from the old ones the only two down sides which i see is that its easy to forget to turn them on, well for me anyway, & the collars that come with them are too soft, a bit of a bollock ache the thread them through whilst on the ferret, im changing mine for mk1 leathers... Quote Link to post
Guest Magwitch Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 I like them, the leather straps are soft and stretchy and you don't have to take the batteries out after use and they are very waterproof. its the box that's a pain in the bot bot with the hideous noise they spew out..................gets very irritating fast :wacko: Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 I like them, the leather straps are soft and stretchy and you don't have to take the batteries out after use and they are very waterproof. its the box that's a pain in the bot bot with the hideous noise they spew out..................gets very irritating fast :wacko: especially like yesterday when 3 of us were using them..... I'm going to start using it without the sound on now pat, just use the visual display & let the beeps cut in when its closer... Quote Link to post
ferret110 27 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 At least you got some well done mate Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Two more for food Richie, alway the same for me when I get lazy, all the rabbits bolt from where I thought they would, and I hav'nt coverd the holes. Quote Link to post
csme55ex 2 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one mate 2 is better then none Quote Link to post
ferreter216 0 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one rich bet you was spitting feathers when they were getting away lol 2 is better than none mate. see you soon . Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one rich bet you was spitting feathers when they were getting away lol 2 is better than none mate. see you soon . who me ? you know i like to see them run off for another day... Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 nice one rich bet you was spitting feathers when they were getting away lol 2 is better than none mate. see you soon . who me ? you know i like to see them run off for another day... Richie thats blasphemy! Quote Link to post
nighthunter 4 Posted December 28, 2008 Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Sorry to butt in on your thread I see a few post back a Mk3m collar was mentioned I have just got one of these and wonder if it works OK with the mk3 box, It came with two 394 batteries and the mk3 collar takes 393's can you use 393's in the mk3m collar OK? Quote Link to post
richie 1 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2008 Sorry to butt in on your thread I see a few post back a Mk3m collar was mentioned I have just got one of these and wonder if it works OK with the mk3 box, It came with two 394 batteries and the mk3 collar takes 393's can you use 393's in the mk3m collar OK? they work fine with the mk3 box, but they do take the 394 batteries, there slightly flatter than the 393 batteries.. Quote Link to post
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