andy s410c 61 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Headed up to Dryburnside today as i did,nt fancy the quarries as i was alone never mind.Arrived at the top of the moor for 8:30am,car showing -8.5c but bright sky,no wind.On the way to the burn the grouse & partridge seemed to be everywhere & a couple of rabbits ran for cover,so not a bad omen . I started on a 15+ holer,well tried too,could'nt get the longnet poles in however after 20 mins of grunting, & sore palms i got them in & i purse netted a few 1-2 holers in the vicinity.Nothing out of the large set but 1 out of a 1 holer with the small jill. I then moved downbank to a 10 or so holer,eventually got the longnet around it,no one at home.At the bottom of the bank i ran the longnet around a spreadout 15+ holer & bagged 1 out of that & bagged 1 out of a single holer but this was on it's last legs with mxyi I decided to do the tree root set in the other field & call it a day as the wind was picking up & really starting to bite,again ground like bell metal but netted up eventually & i had a bite to eat with a warm'ish cup of tea,bloody flask's .Bagged 1 in a purse net but it was half grown just as i was sorting it out,another ran into the longnet with the jill straight on to it,as i clambered to get over there the jill pulled the rabbit out of the net due to the bagging getting snagged on a fallen,frozen branch so back down it went i put the other jill in to see if it would bolt but after 20mins of giving them the run around i called it a day as it was close to 2pm & i had a long,frozen uphill yomp ahead. Still nice to be out,eh Frozen with a blistered palms & not off what you's lot are thinking either Quote Link to post
storm323 191 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 sounds a good day not easy ferreting on your own welldone mate Quote Link to post
doddsy1970 9 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Cracking pictures mate. Thats real dedication for you Quote Link to post
csme55ex 2 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 well done mate thats all i got today is 3 bunnies only went for and hour because it was well to hard puting the pegs in lol Quote Link to post
The one 8,493 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Your dedicated mate its minus 3 here and thats cold enough Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Nice one Andy, looks bleedin cold mate, there's been no let up in it all for ages now! One positive side, it should help kill off any mixi fleas that are just led around waiting for the next victim! Quote Link to post
andy s410c 61 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Nice one Andy, looks bleedin cold mate, there's been no let up in it all for ages now! One positive side, it should help kill off any mixi fleas that are just led around waiting for the next victim! I should'nt have went really B!!But i was chomping at the bit...The mxyi's ravaged the bottom quarry in October,i did'nt want to be clambering around the top quarry walls today,as it was a tad slippy so Dryburnside was my only other option...think i'll wait till it thaws a bit now!! Quote Link to post
ace32 4 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 hiya bud,its hard going at the mo,ground solid,had my young jill out on sunday for the first time,she done well, bolted a couple,so well happy,ended up with her sister aswell,so now got 2 little buggers,but at least they both make an efffort,just need bringing on,hard work,and lots of patience,but its a day out,gonna give them a day out on my own permision at the end of the month,some good sets up there,ian Quote Link to post
chalkedup 14 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 good on ya for giving it a go in that Quote Link to post
whippeter69 88 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Nice one mate, hope to got out on saturday, gunna take a hammer with me because the ground is hard as Hatton Quote Link to post
Jack NUFC 1 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 good do andy Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Nice one Andy , like the picture of the ferret get a new flask as well Quote Link to post
LEWIS123 449 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 nice pics well done mate Quote Link to post
Guest Mass_G3nocide Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Nice one it looks a nice place there. Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Well done Andy, conditions were against you, buy your still bagged. Quote Link to post
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