Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 ratting with terriers is good sport and harder then using a smoker, a muppet can work a smoker. hobs aint the best as jills have more fire for it and smaller. Quote Link to post
John-B 4 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Using ferrets on rats ruins them! I wouldn't risk the ferret picking up something nasty from a bite or scratch. Quote Link to post
John-B 4 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 dont listen 2 any of them dull c**ts! thers fuc all wrong with using a ferret rattin especialy a big hob ! bigger the better , it would b easier work 4 him 2 kill them or push them out. f****n pussys !!! wont even use their ferrets on rats , and dont no 1 b callin me a brain dead idiot because ive never heard such a whining bunch of f****n half wits in all my life. thats y ferrets were domesticated - 4 rabbits and rats! I appreciate that this is a open forum and you are entitled to your opinion and free speech but is there really any need for that abuse? tell ya what, call me a pussy, dull or a halfwit to my face because i wont use a ferret on rats and see what happens rather than being brave sat behind your computer screen... Quote Link to post
davidomarr 0 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi people, just looking for some advice on ratting as never done it before with ferrets. I have just got permission on and around a livery so plenty of food stores and that about for the horses, hoping to be a hobby for the summer for the ferrets and dog. I got a big hob so will he be to big for their runs? will one dog be enough?2 3 would be better i guess. Ferrets getting bitten any problems with that?other than it hurts. When i last went years ago we just moved hay and stuff about to bolt them for the dogs. Any advice much appreciated! 3 terriers needed i reckon i wunt risk a ferret wi rats Quote Link to post
Penda 3,341 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) Great fun mate you want a little gill theyre better at getting through the holes and nine times out of ten the rats just bolt its only on the odd occassion the rat will take on the ferret. My old russell bitch youst to love ratting with the ferrets my old ferret gill youst to grab the rats by the bum just before they bolted and the terrier would grab em off the ferret great stuff youst to up behind the curry houses up by me Edited February 6, 2009 by Penda Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I've used mine on the rats in the past, usually under pallets and in piles of junk, like Penda says, most rats will just escape and run, thats how they are. Mine got a few nicks and cuts about them, but not half as bad as what happened to the rats if they were cornered! Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 dont listen 2 any of them dull c**ts! thers fuc all wrong with using a ferret rattin especialy a big hob ! bigger the better , it would b easier work 4 him 2 kill them or push them out. f****n pussys !!! wont even use their ferrets on rats , and dont no 1 b callin me a brain dead idiot because ive never heard such a whining bunch of f****n half wits in all my life. thats y ferrets were domesticated - 4 rabbits and rats! I appreciate that this is a open forum and you are entitled to your opinion and free speech but is there really any need for that abuse? tell ya what, call me a pussy, dull or a halfwit to my face because i wont use a ferret on rats and see what happens rather than being brave sat behind your computer screen... dont worry john, he just earned a 7 day ban for the abuse and text talk Quote Link to post
Penda 3,341 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 (edited) I remember ratting a brick pile and i heard i rat squealing its head of i moved sum of the bricks to find 1 of my little gills chewing the head off this big doe rat the rat was nearly twice the size of the ferret she still dealt with it Edited February 6, 2009 by Penda Quote Link to post
hound 1 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Great fun mate you want a little gill theyre better at getting through the holes and nine times out of ten the rats just bolt its only on the odd occassion the rat will take on the ferret. My old russell bitch youst to love ratting with the ferrets my old ferret gill youst to grab the rats by the bum just before they bolted and the terrier would grab em off the ferret great stuff youst to up behind the curry houses up by me at l someone i agree with. i have used ferrets for rattings for more years than i care to remember. Quote Link to post
Penda 3,341 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Yeah love it mate i bolted 2 rats the other night with my ferrets and all i was doing was a bit of night ferreting i dont use hobs though in my eyes there to big for the job sum people do use them i know but i prefer gills Quote Link to post
j davies 8 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hi people, just looking for some advice on ratting as never done it before with ferrets. I have just got permission on and around a livery so plenty of food stores and that about for the horses, hoping to be a hobby for the summer for the ferrets and dog. I got a big hob so will he be to big for their runs? will one dog be enough?2 3 would be better i guess. Ferrets getting bitten any problems with that?other than it hurts. When i last went years ago we just moved hay and stuff about to bolt them for the dogs. Any advice much appreciated! dont listen 2 any of them dull c**ts! thers fuc all wrong with using a ferret rattin especialy a big hob ! bigger the better , it would b easier work 4 him 2 kill them or push them out. f****n pussys !!! wont even use their ferrets on rats , and dont no 1 b callin me a brain dead idiot because ive never heard such a whining bunch of f****n half wits in all my life. thats y ferrets were domesticated - 4 rabbits and rats! i can see your not just saying any ferret your talking about a big hob yes. ut a ferret down a rat hole and you got one hell of a fight on your hands 90% of the time your ferret wil get hurt. to me you sound like some one who usees amimales for fun only Quote Link to post
Penda 3,341 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Not being funny or anything mate but iv worked alot of ferrets to rats and iv rarely come across a rat that will face a ferret they will try and retreat most of the time if a ferret was in the wild it would be feeding off such things as rodents i,e rats so i dont see what the problem is to be honest with ya Quote Link to post
wulf 32 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I find that the sound of the smoker gets on my nerves sometimes - last year we used ferrets a bit and i enjoyed it more without the monotonous whine of the smoker in the background all the time. the dogs can scent better too. also, rats will bolt from one hole to another and see the dogs then will not bolt again. they will rather sit in the hole and put up with the smoke making the rat fall asleep and ultimately die in its hole if it is continuously pumped with smoke. a rat with a ferret on its tail is more inclined to bolt. smoke will not seek out rats - it finds the path of least resistance through a set - a good ferret will smell the rats and head straight for them. in my teens when i first got in to ratting it was always ferrets as i didnt have a smoker - jills were better than the hobs. my advice is give it a go and see how you get on. some places will be better smoked others will be easier ferreted. ATB Quote Link to post
stubby 175 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I find that the sound of the smoker gets on my nerves sometimes - last year we used ferrets a bit and i enjoyed it more without the monotonous whine of the smoker in the background all the time. the dogs can scent better too.also, rats will bolt from one hole to another and see the dogs then will not bolt again. they will rather sit in the hole and put up with the smoke making the rat fall asleep and ultimately die in its hole if it is continuously pumped with smoke. a rat with a ferret on its tail is more inclined to bolt. smoke will not seek out rats - it finds the path of least resistance through a set - a good ferret will smell the rats and head straight for them. in my teens when i first got in to ratting it was always ferrets as i didnt have a smoker - jills were better than the hobs. my advice is give it a go and see how you get on. some places will be better smoked others will be easier ferreted. ATB its obvious you havent watched the rallyscene dvd's, "the ultimate ratting" ones, as you can now get non petrol, non noisy smokers "the rat attack" as for dogs scenting better, they have far better noses than use, we may only smell petrol, and pig shit, but they smell rats too we will all have different opinions on this matter, so maybe best if we leave it at that, it can be seen by the posts, that some do, and some dont, I think ratting with ferrets is purely down to the individual Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 ultamate ratting............ dog spuws more times then Lena Zavaroni Quote Link to post
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