max abell 196 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ? WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? Quote Link to post
pashley1988 0 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 aint had the chance to get out since the snow, planning a quick recky of some permission tomorrow to see if there is anywhere to ferret next weekend so i will let you know how we get on Quote Link to post
Guest mickyrichardson Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? It depends what you call good numbers mate Quote Link to post
The one 8,522 Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 No getting any more than 4 rabbits lamping or ferreting now mate Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted February 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 mickyrichardson said: max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? It depends what you call good numbers mate 12 to 15 ferreting and up to 30 odd lamping we think thats not bad for this time of year we av ad a lot worse febs i can tell yer Quote Link to post
COMPO 54 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Comparative to previous years.. yes there are still a few about, natural wastage normally reduces the population besides whatever control you do I tend to ferret the same warrens and areas of land the same months every year.......had 16 today where last year i had 8! Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 Up here the rabbit numbers were high in the Summer, but I think mixy had caught hold by the end of Summer due to there being more rabbits about to pass it on, at the minute there is very few on my patch. Quote Link to post
Guest mickyrichardson Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 max abell said: mickyrichardson said: max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? It depends what you call good numbers mate 12 to 15 ferreting and up to 30 odd lamping we think thats not bad for this time of year we av ad a lot worse febs i can tell yer this season has been up and down in numbers start of the season was ok hitting 30+ bags were the norm then it dropped like sh1t middle of season really bad conditioned rabbits then its picked up towards the end Quote Link to post
jcrcrew 0 Posted February 8, 2009 Report Share Posted February 8, 2009 max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? hiya mate, we are from the south east and we started off the season (end of september) with an average of 40+ for the 1st 6 outings. then the bags increased to mid 50's, then a couple of 70's, three 90+ bags and then one big hit of 112 last week. today was season end with a tidy bag of 86, and we finnished just after lunch when we started bolting our first youngsters. other than that we had all good rabbits, no mixy!!! check out our vids on youtube, extreme ferreting, power ferreting, a days ferreting, ferreting the mega-warren and ferreting. we didnt film every outing but we got a few on tape! let us know what you think... regards the JCR crew HAPPY HUNTING!!! Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 jcrcrew said: max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? hiya mate, we are from the south east and we started off the season (end of september) with an average of 40+ for the 1st 6 outings. then the bags increased to mid 50's, then a couple of 70's, three 90+ bags and then one big hit of 112 last week. today was season end with a tidy bag of 86, and we finnished just after lunch when we started bolting our first youngsters. other than that we had all good rabbits, no mixy!!! check out our vids on youtube, extreme ferreting, power ferreting, a days ferreting, ferreting the mega-warren and ferreting. we didnt film every outing but we got a few on tape! let us know what you think... regards the JCR crew HAPPY HUNTING!!! hi there jcr crew watched the videos on youtube they were great and the music put to the videos suits the films your blokes certainly know there stuff when it comes to rabbit catching well done on some good footage have you made a full lenth dvd yet for sale ? cos if not it might be worth you thinking about doing one your blokes are good enough to make a great film i for one would be interested in it HAPPY HUNTING TO YOU ALL Quote Link to post
The one 8,522 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 What's the thoughts on .If your doing a proper job controlling the rabbits you should be looking for new ground each season ????? Quote Link to post
jcrcrew 0 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 max abell said: jcrcrew said: max abell said: DONT KNOW IF ANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME GOOD NUMBERS ?WE DO A LOT OF RABBIT CONTROL ALL OVER EAST SUSSEX WITH THE FERRETS AND NIGHT LAMPING WE DID GET HIT WITH THE DREADED MYX THIS YEAR BUT THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE GOOD NUMBERS OR RABBITS ABOUT GOOD CLEAN HEALTHY RABBITS TOO ? JUST WONDERED IF ANY OF YOU OTHER FERRETERS OVER DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BRITISH ISLES ARE HAVING THE SAME LUCK COS QUITE OFTEN THIS TIME OF YEAR IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO GO A BIT DEAD EVEN THE SNOW AINT STOPPED THEM THIS YEAR ANYONE ELSE HAVING THE SAME LUCK ? hiya mate, we are from the south east and we started off the season (end of september) with an average of 40+ for the 1st 6 outings. then the bags increased to mid 50's, then a couple of 70's, three 90+ bags and then one big hit of 112 last week. today was season end with a tidy bag of 86, and we finnished just after lunch when we started bolting our first youngsters. other than that we had all good rabbits, no mixy!!! check out our vids on youtube, extreme ferreting, power ferreting, a days ferreting, ferreting the mega-warren and ferreting. we didnt film every outing but we got a few on tape! let us know what you think... regards the JCR crew HAPPY HUNTING!!! hi there jcr crew watched the videos on youtube they were great and the music put to the videos suits the films your blokes certainly know there stuff when it comes to rabbit catching well done on some good footage have you made a full lenth dvd yet for sale ? cos if not it might be worth you thinking about doing one your blokes are good enough to make a great film i for one would be interested in it HAPPY HUNTING TO YOU ALL heya mate, thanks for watching, we do try our best! we havent put a dvd together yet but we are definetly looking in to it. now that the ferreting is over we can start with airguns soon and then we should get some cracking footage and some very big numbers! so keep an eye out on the JCR page for new vids! thanks again the JCR crew Quote Link to post
max abell 196 Posted February 10, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 The one said: What's the thoughts on .If your doing a proper job controlling the rabbits you should be looking for new ground each season ????? we have in the past passed pockets of land on to other people whome obviously we trust with the landowners permission or course because we just havent got the time to do anything with it as thankfully we do allready have a lot of good ferreting land at the moment but depending what land you already have depends a great deal on what free time you have to go looking for any more ground ? we were offered to do a horse stud farm once all the horse paddocks etc but on further enquiries 1)we wasnt allowed to use guns 2)or long nets 3)or snares 4)or dogs 5)or do anything at night 6)or clear any of the bramble or scrub the rabbit holes were under ? ? I think the lady just wanted us to serve the rabbits with an eviction notice hence what i say there is good ferreting ground and ground like this horse farm which is just a waste of time im afraid you do get them on occasions GOOD LUCK IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR NEW GROUND Quote Link to post
doddsy1970 9 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I have alot of land but dont have any really large buries with the exception of one. But i have averaged 31 rabbits per session over the season. The average would have been higher if i hadnt done a few short couple of hour sessions. Quote Link to post
caterpiller 10 Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 Myself and Matt 241075 off here took 45 on Sunday. The Setts were very deep sandy ones and the Rabbits took a while to bolt. You will get big bags if they are there in numbers but, YOU CANT CATCH WHATS NOT THERE. Quote Link to post
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