ianrob
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I wish you and your good lady all the best mate, take care. nice catch too.
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I'm sure you can ferret on Sandringham estate on Christmas day, but grab your stuff and run if anybody comes. Seriously though as far as I'm aware, there are no restrictions on ferreting, just on shooting.
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GLOVES :wankerzo4: HERES A FLESH WOUND I GOT FERRETING LAST WEEK............STICKING PLASTER ...2 DAYS....RIGHT AS RAIN LOL You needed a plaster on that? I was kicked by a hedgehog one morning, yet still managed a full day out. I do remember a guy at work though, off 8 weeks, with a broken flask.
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Certainly a stylish chap.
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A cracking day mate well done.
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I have aquired some ground, that's terrible to do. A good few rabbits, but it's all ditches which are soft on the bottom, brambles, gorse, etc making it a nightmare to purse net. I have long nets aplenty, but what are ditch nets like, and poke or bourse nets. Any info greatly appreciated, ian.
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Polished hemp, nice stuff, enjoy
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Had a bit go this morning, on some ground I've never been on for about twenty years. Really hard going, as everything was overgrown. We opened the scoring with one pursed and into the ditch. We had one in a longnet in a rape field that had a tiny two hole set, in it, "Note to self, "avoid using long nets in rape" strewth,". Then we lost three from a really bad brambly set. My fault, I totally misjudged where to set the long nets, however, I'll know better next time. We then got a visit from a couple of guys who had been shooting pigeons in the next couple of fields, they asked how we were doin
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Aye the lad said he felt it's neck gan. I tend to neck them more than chin them when they're in purse nets anyway. I usually chin them in the long net, as the head's usually right through, and you can feel more whats happening.
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I'll certainly take a look, thanks mole trapper
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A petrol strimmer, tap one from a mate. Cut a way in, and a strip for the net. Sorted.
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No need to selvidge, 4 ply hemp is plenty strong.
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Well done mate, that's what it's all about. We don't have loads of good ferreting, a day out and a couple for the pot, just the job.
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I was workin 'till lunchtime today, so decided to have a quick couple of sets. The first is an awkward one, as it has a five foot high rotten wooden fence round it held up by wire netting. It also has trees planted in it. We, " My oldest lad and me, he's 29 and 6 foot 3" netted it up and put two ferrets in. Tthe ferrets were gone awhile, when a rabbit bolted, and my son grabbed it and chinned it. We have worked together loads of times and he does most of the killing, "he's quicker than me". 10 minutes or so passed and we got the ferrets back, and as we were lifting the nets, the rabbit he'd ch
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Never had that, they only scream from fear or pain, so possibly she hurt herself.
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Buy yourself 6 Duffus type "double catch barrel " type mole traps. tie a string round them and leave them in a running stream for a week, failing that bury them for a fortnight. Dig a hole as near trap sized as possible into the tunnel, between the last two heaps made. Set the trap, and use pieces of soil and turf to make good the tunnel. Cover the whole trap with some soil from a heap. I could go on , but if you've never done it before , that's enough to be going on with. Tips, don't smoke, rub dirt onto your hands, and disturb the tunnel as little as possible.
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I took 24 snared rabbits to a local game dealer recently, one being black, I said there's a black one amongst them. The man said, there all the same to me, the bad lucks on you, you killed the minister. Fathom what you will from that.
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Gruel as usual "cough", or possibly a coney of't masters estate, less'n I get caught up in them there man traps I s'pose. I do like porridge so it don't really matter, "cough", perhaps they'll let me sleep next to't boiler, in't jail ifn I get caught, sigh.
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Hi Ditch, I've done it other ways, but as I see it, If you ferment a drinkable brew, ie a beer or wine type brew, if the result is drinkable, stilling it won't turn it to poison, it just seperates the alc from the flavouring. You probably want to retain some of the flavouring so only run it once or twice. Just follow basic good ingredient brewing and you'll be ok.
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I feed mine sardines in oil, and seafood sticks, this is only for treats mind, not their main food. They love it all, are fit as fiddles and look great.
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Have you got a noose or slip knot round your net to hold it? If you have, every time that you move it, put a finger in every mesh so they're pulled level, and don't start knitting till they are. The knots look fine from the pictures, as if they were slippy, the tops wouldn't lie together like that. Once you have that sorted, next time you start from the bad side, make an effort to keep your board at right angles to the net, knit the three bad mesh, then keeping your board level add a little to the other meshes so you are back to square. That will level things up. Good luck and well done so far
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Does anyone know where I can buy those dumbell looking thingys that you can use instead of rings for making purse nets. Alternatively perhaps someone can tell me how not to end up lopsided when clove hitching the last ring on. It isn't a severe problem and I've knit nets for years, including 3 longnets, dozens of pursenets and loads of other fancies I've taken over the years. It does annoy me that they're not perfect in my eyes . The net pictured is a 4 ft "bramble" coloured net, I tend to dye different lengths different colours.
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I tend to use hobs for easyness, however I would never keep just one, get two. The best and and coincidentally the best looking ferret I've ever had was a jill from a litter I raised a few years ago. I called her Rosy. A real demon with the rabbits, yet a pussycat with the kids. Good jills are great, but for first timers hobs are easier. Once you get sorted, and get more accomodation sorted out, you can then pick up a jill and raise yourself a litter. Hobs, as everyone says, tend to knock nets off, but so do jills to a slightly lesser extent. Hobs are much stronger and once they
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I read Harold Wyman's book, "the art of longnetting". In the book I noticed that he used 12 patent hemp thread to knit the old hemp nets, and how fine and webby it looked, and the fact that it was doubled. Earlier today I was looking for some misplaced fishing tackle actually "Fly tying materials" when I came across some fine Irish linen thread which I once knitted a short trammel from. It was I felt just too light. However I thought doubled, perhaps. What do you think?
