deeley24 72 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 sorry lads but i think the season is over i went out with the dogs the other night and got 5 bunnys and 4 had young them think we will be ok to ferret for a coupel more weeks but not sure dont want to be digging all day Quote Link to post
John-B 4 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 where are you at mate? no signs of any yet up in the mountains where we are, still a good covering of snow at a altitude of 1900 feet Quote Link to post
deeley24 72 Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 where are you at mate? no signs of any yet up in the mountains where we are, still a good covering of snow at a altitude of 1900 feet im in shropshire mate no snow here lol Quote Link to post
jazz_11 5 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 if i go ferreting and get some with young in them, ill let them go, just increase the sport for next season... thats unless the farmer is growing crops through the summer which i dont think he is.. Quote Link to post
Fat-Ferret 857 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 if i go ferreting and get some with young in them, ill let them go, just increase the sport for next season...thats unless the farmer is growing crops through the summer which i dont think he is.. Let go the rabbit with the young in it? How will you know until you gut it....Or let the young go...because that wont work either Quote Link to post
John-B 4 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 if i go ferreting and get some with young in them, ill let them go, just increase the sport for next season...thats unless the farmer is growing crops through the summer which i dont think he is.. Let go the rabbit with the young in it? How will you know until you gut it....Or let the young go...because that wont work either You never heard of a milky doe mate??? obviously that is the later stages of pregnancy though. Quote Link to post
jazz_11 5 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 yer but if there are any signs of young then i will let it go i just feel there is no point killing it as then next year i will be moaning there are no rabbits? Quote Link to post
will.f11 24 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Not going to be over for me for a long while yet. Should hope april will be fine. Quote Link to post
Guest ferret feller Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 deely i havent been for a while mate how did you get on lamping the other night? atb ff Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 sorry lads but i think the season is over i went out with the dogs the other night and got 5 bunnys and 4 had young them think we will be ok to ferret for a coupel more weeks but not sure dont want to be digging all day It might be over for you pal, but not for a lot of us... My keeper would f**k me off if he knew i was letting pregnant rabbits free..... This is the time he really wants us to work hard, i pregnant rabbit is 5... And a mate of mine gutted a rabbit he caught some 3 weeks ago in southport and it had young in! A rabbit can be pregnant all year round, no common, but it odes happen Quote Link to post
TOMO 26,222 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 i will be carrying on right up til april with the ferts, regardless of pregnant does or not , pest control is pest control. on some farms will carry on with the rifle and snare through the summer. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Mates of mine had 4 does with young in the night before last with the dogs. I'll stop ferreting before long, (not that I've been able to do much this season. ) but I'll still go out and take a few over the summer. The ferrets still need feeding. Quote Link to post
victor 10 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 i do it ny mate umm peope will say rabbit eradication, and prefurr if i take them all, i kill a pregnant one, and im taking like 8 potential hole digging cotton tail rabbits Quote Link to post
andy s410c 61 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Not over for me ...yet.I'll give it 4-6 weeks then i'll lay off till mid May then the pea shooter gets the dust blown off it Quote Link to post
victor 10 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 not a bad idea, i may have to get back into my bow hunting, i forgot i had one haha Quote Link to post
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