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Looking good there chap, well done! Mind you, that last pic looks like a your ferret has a huge bushy tail!! Like an albino sabre-tooth squirrel! ATB
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--- You do know that antis are protected, don't you!!
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Anyone else call young rabbits "bun-yips" lol ?
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For me, personally, I always wear cheap wellies. Mine cost about £6 from Cornwall Farmers. There just green wellies with normal soles, no steel toes or anything. I have worn walking boots before at the very start of the season cause hot feet can be uncomfortable - but around here you never know if it might be wet or muddy, etc. I just stick to the wellies and if its warm I wear thinner socks, if its cold then I wear nice thick shooting socks. ATB
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The rabbits on our farm are nearly all a very pale ginger colour. Like they've been sitting out in the sun too long! I'll have to get a picture up soon. Also shot a blue one a couple years back, have a photo of that one too somewhere.
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Feel real sorry for you there chap, but at least you're a bit wiser for it - and you may have saved someone else from the same shite by posting up your story. There are some really filthy people out there who will cut your throat for a quid. If he genuinely couldn't afford £30 for some ferrets until after getting paid, then how the hell is he gonna afford to keep them! But as you saw the cash on him, he is more likely to be scammer. Perhaps you could post a pic of the ferrets so others can keep a look out for them - just in case they're sold on, etc. It makes you feel mad as hel
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Cheers Cornio! So you call moles "Wants" too, up there in Dorset! I wonder how far up north that name for them goes?? How do you pronounce it? We say it like "pants" as in what dogs do when they're hot.
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That's right Cornio, for poaching a single rabbit you could be flogged, hanged, or deported to Australia as a prisoner.
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Someone mentioned not hammering pegs in cause the sound will deter coneys from bolting. This is very true and will increase the number of digs. I like a dig but not too many! Anyway, if you wear a cap then I recommend putting the brim of the cap onto the peg, this makes it more comfortable to push a lot harder without hurting your hand! If no cap, a stone or stick will do the trick. Also, avoid bright coloured clothes. Often rabbits will peek out for a second before bolting and if the see you they will sit tighter. Plus if you look like a chav then onlookers will be suspicious. F
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Know what you mean Smokin'! Tried longnetting em on the M6, but the cars played f**k with me longnet, and flattened the ferrets! 'Twas hellish you. You can't bleddy win ken ee!
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My best mate's farm is quite big at about 400 acres. His great grand father was a rabbit trapper and he made enough money to buy the farm and first 50 acres. There used to be a local rabbit society before mixy. The government provided the cartridges too! The local train used to be sent to London laden with salted Herrings and fresh rabbits in their skins. Like Father says, "they days is gone boy."
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Cream teas are 'ansome! Just remember in Cornwall the jam is first, and cream on top. Devon does it ass about face (upside down). My missus is from Cumbria so I get to visit up north from time to time. Don't see so many rabbits up around the lakes though? See e drekly! ATB
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Hi Chris, and Dytkos I think the Cornish language board have decided now which of the three versions of the Cornish language to stick with and to focus on teaching to the new generations. Only a few thousand people in Cornwall speak the language - but it is getting more popular. The reason for the three versions is that it almost died out in the 1800s and so when it was revived people couldn't agree on which form to use. The three different ones are all the same language - but from different periods in history. A bit like Shakespeare versus modern "Street" versions of English!!! Wassu
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Thanks Dan So what sort of "pins" - do you mean panel pins with the tiny heads? If so, what length were they? Also - I've googled everything I can think of for those catches, but can't find anywhere!
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Got out Rooking with my best mate on Sunday. Scanned the farm for crows but it was unusually quiet. Eventually caught up with them hanging around on a big barn roof from which they were flitting to and from the growing barley. This particular patch of barley was a neighbour's, and we didn't want to disturb the crop. Also figured that after one shot the hundreds would soon diperse from the barn roof! Anyway between the hedge and the barley there was a 10 foot high earth bank with a post and barbed wire fence on the top of it. The otherside of the fence there was a deep ditch on the
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My brother is a fish merchant down here in Cornwall, and I used to work in the shop for several seasons when at school / uni. Anyway.... with tricky fish membranes we just used to rub the fish with a clean dishcloth which used to be great for the job. Try that.
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Sorry to hear you had to go through all that MG. We had a lamb born with an extra leg a few years ago, but it was a tiny little thing when born, and it was born dead. Might be worth freezing it and seeing if a museum, etc. wants it.
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Amazing!!! Someone PMd to say that the slang word that we use down here in Cornwall for moles - "Want" (pronounced like "pant"), comes from the old Anglo-Saxon word for them - "wand".
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Hi Countryboyo Well, the Cornish language is a Celtic language and more specifically it is one of the "Brythonic" ones, apparently, which includes Cornwall, Wales & Brittany. Cornish is actually more similar the language of Brittany than of Wales. The gaelic of Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man are also Celtic - but a different branch called "Goidelic". Wikipedia is a wonderful thing!!! However (this with either inerest you or bore you SH**LESS)... as rabbits are not native to the British Isles, and came from Southern Europe, there aren't actually any original Britsh C
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Hi Punydan Great looking box there mate Just wondering what you used to fix the ply together? On the first pig (00033) you can sort of see little circles but can't see if you've used screws or what to butt-joint your plywood sides together. Also, the hinges and clasps - they look screwed in, but the screws must be seriously short?? I have also been trying to find those sort of clasps on the internet - but can't find anywhere. Any ideas?? I have just built myself a new double-decker hutch with a sloping felt roof and slide out trays for easy cleaning. I have some spare ply a
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Yes CM we say Charlie, or Reynard, for fox down here too. And Brock or Pig for badgers. We also say Jasper for wasps lol, and Sandsow for woodlouse (pronounced ZAN-ZOW). Another of my favourite old words is Want (said like pant) for Mole. I'd love to know if they say that anywhere else! Winnard = Redwing Also if something is make shift or crappy, we say it is a "lashup", or if something is gone wrong or broken it is "scat to lerrups". Mazed = Angry or mental Miky dashels = dandelions If someone is unwell you say "I'm feeling wish'd" or "You'm lookin' wish'd" And if someon
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Hi, I just thought it would be interesting to see what different local terms/phrases you all use. Probably not just to do with ferreting I know, but this is my favourite forum so I've posted here! So, give your location and the words you use. Here in Cornwall, Brogh (said like loch in Scotland) is the old word for badger. yewgenn = polecat conna-gwyn dof = ferret konin = rabbit kevelek = woodcock lowarn = fox skovarnek = hare Im not saying we use these words all the time though!
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Do a lot of ferreting here in Cornwall. Can't say we have a problem with old Brogh. If there's any fresh sign of coneys in residence then it's pretty unlikely that brogh is lodging with them!
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A big thank you to Simon Whitehead of Pakefield Ferrets for taking the time to read my Email, and get back to me, about my Listening Stick idea. -----Original Message----- From: Simon Whitehead <simon@pakefieldferrets.wanadoo.co.uk> To: rosspti@aol.co.uk Sent: Sun, 2 Aug 2009 21:05 Subject: RE: Listening Sticks - Did I have a good idea or has anyone beat me to it? Good evening Ross, Thank you for sending me this message as I am curious about using such painful looking apparatus. Many years ago I knew some one who used a doctor’s stethoscope, and lately I hav -
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