[Locator not working]

I bought a deben mk3 off eBay and when I got it it was working fine but a couple days later it stopped working so I put new batteries in the locator and in the tracker thing but it’s still not working

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

5 minutes ago, terryd said:

Ah your stuffed then mate take up knitting. Finding rabbits with out a dog in that neck woods won't be easy though you get the odd little easy patch but few and far between. It was all going so well I was hoping you were up north some where they seem to have it easy there going from the reports I see on here 

I’ll try my best to find them but they’re not abundant 

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

26 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

I was down that way in the spring time an i was amazed at the rabbits I saw, hear loads saying there ain’t any but I saw a good few of them, all scattered about in little pockets here an there, keep looking about an you’ll come across some

Where in West Wales did you go?

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

20 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

What part country you from

West wales 

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

Ok thanks everyone I’ll give them a miss but it’s a shame because they’re the only holes with rabbits in that I know of.Hopefully on the weekend I’ll go to another place where there’s rabbits and no badgers to have a go.

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

But is is dangerous for the ferrets ferreting near them?Do the holes connect to the rabbit ones or am I safe as long as I make sure they don’t go into the badger ones?

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

6 hours ago, Wideboy said:

Are you sure it’s not big old rabbit holes? Some entrances can get very big over the years. Is there signs of badgers? 

Yes there’s lots of shit pits and I’ve seen badgers here last time I was here a couple years ago

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

1 hour ago, bunnyboiler said:

Have a look for shit pits around the set that’s a good sign of   

Yes Lots of shit pits nearby 

[Ferreting near Badger Sett]

There’s some rabbit holes I want to ferret on a hedge line but there’s a couple badger holes there too amongst them a couple feet away from the holes and I was wondering if it was safe to go ferreting there because I heard that the badger holes might link up with the rabbit holes? I’m not sure if that’s true or not but I was wondering if it’s safe for the ferrets 

[Are they ready?]

On 11/10/2021 at 14:57, W. Katchum said:

Rabbit travel quite far on a night in some places, i ferret a farm where the rabbits live in a hedge on the road side, but will travel up a bank an across a field for a good 800 yards easy to feed, disturb them an they head for holes in the field, these holes always have fresh diggings an fresh shite outside but never have any rabbits in during the day, they are just a sort of safe haven for when the rabbits feel threatened on the field. Keep looking about pal, your doing everything right just keep at it, an try be quiet as possible when your putting ferrets in, might be best to leave the nets off first couple times so your sneaking up an slipping ferret in real quiet, a rabbit that knows you are there will most likely head deep or find a stop end an sit it out, so young ferrets just might not be finding them, keep us posted tho

I went out again earlier and as I was walking through a field I saw 2 rabbits, one went down a hole which was in the field and one ran down the hill into cover, so I put nets over all 3 of the holes that I could see in the field and put both my ferrets down and around 5 minutes later I heard the bells from one of the collars 20 yards away at a hedge line so I went there and I saw one of my ferrets out of the hole walking along and he came out of some rabbit holes that I had no idea linked with the one in the field because it looked like it was quite far away and I hadn’t netted the ones on the hedge line either so in the end I managed to grab my ferrets because if I was going to ferret those holes I feel like I’d need more people to keep watch and it was going dark soon.But another thing is there’s a couple badger holes amongst the rabbit holes and a lot of badger activity in the area so I wasn’t sure if it was safe,do badgers dig their own holes or do they open up already made rabbit holes so I’m not really sure.I could go there with more people one day and earlier on in the day but I’m not sure if it’s safe with the badgers

[Are they ready?]

Thanks everyone so much, yesterday I tried them on some holes a couple of which looked like they might of been in use and some of them had holes outside where the rabbits had been digging and some lose dirt but I don’t think there was any rabbits in any of the holes I tried and I found some loose rabbit fur on this patch of mud and I tried the nearest holes to that still with no luck but I had a walk last night and outside a hole that I put the ferrets down there was fresh droppings still wet and I found some wet droppings outside a hole that I haven’t ferreted so I’ll keep trying and I’ll try to go somewhere better next weekend maybe.And I might see how my dog is on a long lead because a trained dog would help

[Are they ready?]

6 hours ago, Daniel cain said:

Do you have a dog to mark or can maybe get out with someone who has? Would be more productive than trying every set of holes

I have a vizsla but I’m not sure if she’d mark, I don’t think my ferrets would get along with her and she’s not good with sheep 

[Are they ready?]

On 19/08/2021 at 16:36, Wideboy said:

 

Should I put them both down the holes or just one?

[Are they ready?]

I have 2 hobs and they’re around 4 months old and I’ve bought 10 purse nets, a carrier,pegs, and a mk3 locator with the trackers and coolers but I was wondering if they look ready and is that all I need because I was thinking of going out this weekend, even though I live in the county and everything there’s not actually many rabbits around here so I’ll see how it goes.

[Start of ferreting season]

On 19/08/2021 at 16:36, Wideboy said:

I started last week, as if I didn’t the farmer would get someone else in. Had 11 yesterday and only one was milky. 

What do you mean by milky?

[What Purse nets]

What purse nets should I get like what size, brand and material because I’ve seen nylon ones but I heard about one that was made out of a different material and it tightens more or something or doesn’t it matter

[What can ferrets eat]

1 hour ago, hambone said:

They like fish but don't feed too much and they love camel toe as a treat.

???

[What can ferrets eat]

1 hour ago, Guss33 said:

Depends how you cook it. 

Oh so not raw?

[What can ferrets eat]

Can ferrets eat crows and magpies?

[How old do the ferrets have to be before you start]

I have 2 hobs that are around 3 and a half 4 months old and I want to know when are they old enough to start working? And is there anything that I need to do to prepare them?