There have been a few weird and old fashioned questions on here lately. Basically the "old fashioned" ways of doing things have died out because they are just that, "old fashioned". Old ferreters used to keep what was known as a liner hob, it was a hob that was kept on its own away from all the other ferrets. The way it worked was that i8f one of the other ferrets killed under ground they would attach a string line to this hob ferret and it would enter the warren and chase the other ferret off. The ferreter would then dig along the line until they found the kill. The downside is that the ferre