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    Wow ?. What a load of utter bullshit that is! Didn’t realise the bull x has only just started being breed though...learn something new everyday ?. Another example of the left leaning media trying to push there own agenda along with that disgrace of an organisation that is the RSPCA. Saw another article saying labour will make the hunting ban even stronger and much more strictly enforced if they ever win another general election....games f****d might not even be able to run a rabbit before long ??
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    Very nice offer for someone, fair play.
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    Shame you were redoing warrens some else had done. Were they poaching or do you have to share your perm? Well done on getting out, not all about numbers.
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    Surprised you didn’t stay out all night and all day...anything to get out the house at the moment by the sound of it! ?. Shame you didn’t catch anything could have left out for the sister in law ?.
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    Class both your dogs. Nice video
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    Good news that mate, I went back some where this year that I stopped going because there just wasn’t enough about so left them alone but this year there were really good numbers which properly cheered me up. It’s hit and miss round me though a couple of spots I was pleasantly surprised at the numbers but a couple of others almost nothing. Heard a few lads saying they have seen a few kicking about in spots that were very thin on ground a couple of years ago though so fingers crossed ??.
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    The only way a fresh rabbit could harm a ferret is if it had some kind of poison in its system (pesticides from crops?) and freezing may not solve that...I have ALWAYS fed mine a fresh rabbit after they’ve been out (or I’ve been lamping or shooting) and then freeze the rest for another day and I have not had a problem. Yes the very very very occasional unexplained death over the 30 odd years that I have owned ferrets but that’s all. I have also fed mine plenty of rabbits that have myxi and (I suspect but can’t know) RVHD and it’s not been a problem. Both diseases only affect rabbits (possibly
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    My whippet chased a couple of big fallow does across a large wheat field the other week and made absolutely no attempt to actually catch them but kept up with them just fine! Gave them some exercise for the day! He is bloody fast but a rabbit dog and no more think he just fancied a chase ??. The big lurcher who doesn’t mind a deer has been made to look slow by deer a few times however....
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    Not trying to be nasty mate but you won’t find it on here! Only place you’ll find it is knocking on doors or getting friends and family to ask people they know who own land. Might be worth starting off with asking about ferreting and then once you’ve been a couple of times ask if it’s ok to have a shine. People are less keen to let you on at night especially if they don’t know you. Good luck!
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    Already done mate ??. Should’ve been plan A since the start, we were always going to get stitched up by those c*nts in Brussels.
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    My mum always said the only good cat is a dead cat.....??
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    Appreciate the advice but I have other working collars so I know the box is working, I have changed the batteries for new ones and also put batteries from a working collar in the faulty one so know it’s not a battery issue. Have been in touch with deben and going to send it back to them to have a look at but from what they said it may be knackered as it’s a sealed unit..... Thanks for replying though mate.
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    I have tried that and it worked before but no luck this time....thanks for your advice though ??
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    On slightly different note I am having problems with the mk3 collars, I have used them for years now and have found them brilliant but two have just suddenly stopped working. Changed the batteries a couple of times and tried checking the contacts etc but nothing, are they repairable? Any suggestions appreciated, thanks.
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    Well do mate, good footage. Would love for holes that open and with that many rabbits in them. Fleet looks like he has a lot of potential hope he does you proud
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    The boys age is second to the fact that reading between the lines you neither have the money to buy or look after the dog, if you can’t afford £200-£300 to buy that dog then you can’t afford the vets bills if it hurts itself, decent food etc. People should not own dogs unless they can afford to look after them properly and what you’ve written on here doesn’t fill me with confidence...always a bad sign when someone’s primary concern when buying a dog is that it’s cheap.
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    Well done mate, some cracking bags there.
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    Bloody hell!!!!!! Serious volume of rabbits there, must be 75 there or more. All caught by the dogs or nets? Still some big populations around then.
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    My bloody whippet doesn’t just flush them he catches the damn things! Mainly hen birds just sees that flash of brown and he is off little f****r.
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    Good for you mate. Nothing like that excitement of getting a new perm with loads of rabbits on it and one with a landowner that supports long dog use even better! Enjoy it.
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    I think nature fills a void and with numbers lower (also October was dry warm) they are breeding for longer. With less competition for the best feeding and warrens they can breed longer I saw to chasing each other in what looked like a mating dance last weekend and caught loads of half growns in October (if they were unharmed by dog or ferret I let them go to grow). I noticed the few does I shot in the summer (I try to leave them alone but some land owners insist so I show my face) had 5/6 kits whereas a few years ago 3/4.
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    I think in answer to your original question you probably do have RVHD disease in Kent, I think it’s pretty widespread across most of the country. There are still rabbits around in most parts I think from what I’ve read and seen but just nothing like the numbers. Picked up a new permission recently 1300 acres used to be riddled but now just pockets but I’ll go catch a few and just enjoy being out. Good luck finding some rabbits!
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    Still a top day really mate, can’t ever complain at 24! Enjoy your write ups, well done for doing them although I must confess I feel envious after ready every single one! You are a very lucky chap to have the permission you have!
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    I have been told (although not personally seen it) that healthy rabbits drive the mixi ones from the burrows which is why you often see them on top of the warrens rather than below ground.
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    Because if you are ferreting an area that is due to be shot the next day then your presence could push birds away to other areas causing fewer birds for that drive or even worse if you are not in communication with the keeper and just turn up and start ferreting an area that is due for a drive that day that could ruin a whole drive by being in the way! People pay £1000’s of pounds sometimes for a days shooting and it’s the keepers job to make sure they have a good day so they won’t just let anyone come on the land. Keepers don’t really care about rabbits generally as to them they don’t really
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