Brimmer
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If its a true feral, it will never make a worker. It will be near impossible to catch up out of the holes, and is unlikely to get on with its job below the sod. Tried it years ago, and failed, learned my lesson.
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Whats peoples thoughts on unmated jills.
Brimmer replied to ferretguy12345's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
Read most of this thread over the last few days. I have never had any problems with leaving a jill in season, mine are clean and fed on a good diet of flesh, and have owned a lot of ferrets in my time. No doubt bringing them out of season is probably the safest way for any animal to live, either by covering them with a snipped hob or the jab, but in my experience i have not seen any side effects. (By the way, most of my ferrets, hobs and jills rarely make it past 9-10 yrs old at best). Can anyone explain the side effects of what will happen to the jills, and what there condition is ra -
Here am i slightly amused by tonights antics. After a day of bollocking the local kids for smashing up a telly on the back street, and bollocking them for going through the garden in front of my house, Mr Grumpy had to go with cap in hand and see if they had seen anything going on behind my house. After the weekly big cleanout of the fezzers in the back yard, i found evidence that i had been a dozy twot and not shut up the cages propper. The tracks on top of the cage were fresh, it was hours since i'd cleaned them out, Must still be around luckily! Checked the cages, and a
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No, as said already i've seen pet ferrets given to people that have never seen a hole turn into good workers, Sometimes a ferret can benefit from being started later on in life,
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Lovely to see . reminds me of the old Jackdaws I had as a lad which would follow me everywhere. definitely looks like one thats been lost! the problem is its so tame its going to walk into all sorts of dangers which is a shame. it looks in pristine condition so obviously been in a flight and looked after. bet somone whos lost it would give their right arm to get it back. Jasp It would land on our cars and take food from anybody, it is fearless. Hope it learns a few life lessons quick.
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Shame for this bird, obviously if you see the vid it must have been hand reared but is now wild, only looks like a young bird, its fearless which makes me worried for its safety. It was doing ok on the offerings of our food and caught a large grassshopper in front of us, so is feeding ok, but a cat or sparrowhawk might put and end to it. Anybody know anything about it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmLAhElu1eU
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Could not of put it better myself Ideation. 100's of years ferrets have been bred to do a job that suits us, usually taking them way beyond any natural instinct that a wild poley might have. The domestic ferret are at best trustworthy and can be handled without fear, even with your hand alongside them up a tube drawing a rabbit. They can be picked up outside the holes without skulking, some decent domestic poleys are a bit too fast for us tbh. This is the best bit, a good ferret can be equally as lethal below ground as any wild ferret, but most faggs out there are too scared to
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Hi Charlie, i'm interested in your plans for the euro's, i.e working or pet plans? Sure they will look the business but dubious of whether they will be an easily handled animal. As you know I understand the in's and out's of the working ferret, and have found some of the slickest of polecats a touch slick to handle when out in the field due to instinct. The feral ferrets living out on the hills are way beyond any kind of taming, some albino's, some a light polecat colour, all capable of living in the wild, these are probs a generation or two down the line from captivity. these are the
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You have to stop sometime mate, maybee 6 weeks ago would have been more inline with myknock off point, but i,m sure you know your own ground.
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Ha ha, go on Shabba, get it dug! Man after my own heart!
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Allright chaps, not much to post this season TBH, been out only a handfull of times, not because of lack of interest, just lack of rabbits! The first trip out at the end of Sept confirmed our worst fears, the previous harsh winter had wiped the rabbits out on the high ground we have worked for 20yrs, we had a few days, but far from the big bags that came before last winter fell. After the first trip out, I spent many a weekend driving around prospecting most of the north, same old story, any of the high open ground looked barren, but i've spotted some decent spots to knock on in the future,
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Quiet or not Max, the rabbits know you are there. Is there any surprise you are getting hung up at the end of August, shortly after the third drop?
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The chance of a block in is low, they only probs happen to me once or twice a season. Like has been said, an early start is worthwhile as digging is out of the question and sitting about may be on the agenda. Can you not use any other methods like Mk6's or snaring? Or the air gun yourself?
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The 'Blueys' Occur naturally, as do what we call 'Dutchys' And also the 'Blackies'. These are all wild rabbits, and not crossbreds from escaped pets. The variations seem to occur in equal proportions of each of the above, probably at a rough guess, one in every hundred rabbits we get seems to be one of these, its just down to the genetic make up of the animal, maybee the genes were spread from tame rabbits many generations ago, who knows mabee decades or century's ago? (Have heard tales of the old warreners who would introduce blood to improve the wild rabbit, and ma
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Superb effort on the piccies, as anyone knows who has tried to take piccies of the dogs on the job, its a job in itself! Many thanks for sharing them with us.
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I'd travel double that to get on decent bags, got to be worth a look at matey.
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maybe you did a good job last year, thats how we get permission "rabbit eradication" might be time to find some new permission Would like to claim credit for it Paddy, but the winter was a better hunter than ourselves mate.
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Been out this morn on our patch. After last weeks low tally, had an idea the pickings would be slim, spoke to one of the sons of the farmer we had not seen this year, and he confirmed it, you are lucky to see much life on the high ground. He shoots a bit himself with the rimmy, but has left it late himself before he goes out, as everything is late, he said he may as well leave the rabbits untill they are full grown before he drops em. Heavy rain all morning, dogs having to work overtime to find a single scent. 5 rabbits seen, 5 rabbits caught, only one hole ferreted after a missed stri
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Get into at as soon as! If there are rabbits there, then unless they see a threat outside, they are probs more likely to get out if they feel under threat from beneath the sod.
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Seems ages ago since I last put a post together. This weekend we started our season. Last season was cut awfully short by the snow which came on December the 18th 2009. It covered the ground solid, nearly 18" deep. It took over 8 weeks to clear patches of green. Previously we had done well, out maybee 2-3 times a week, getting good bags. In 17 days out we had hit over 700 rabbits just with the ferrets and dogs, hitting 60+ four times. After the snow came, we didnt have a single trip out during that time, fingers crossed hoping the next week would see the thaw. Eventually, whe
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Nice to see somebody considering the young uns might need a gentle breaking to the job. Years ago I'd get the kitts going as soon as possible around the end of Sept, at which age they were usually around 4 - 5 months old. They did'nt just get a few rabbits to shift, they had to earn there keep and mix it with the experienced ferrets within a few trips, to be honest they got hammered. I didnt need too, but impatience got the better of me, I always kept the whole litters I bred on, and tried them before any were moved on, mixed results to be honest, but one thing for certain, the early le
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One of each (male and female) is a good starting point, but will require seperate cages during the summer unless you get the vet in on the old bits. Most of what Aaron said is correct, apart from the jills needing taking out of season, (allthough its probs safer in doing so, but never had a problem myself.) Albino's seem a little easier to handle above ground, due to there limited sight, but still do the same job beneath the sod. If you get this years young you probs will spoil them unless you only give them light work, so a couple of older ones will probs fit the bill. If you dont intend
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Yep 20 plus digs a day sometimes if things are not going to plan, not bunnies, usually a few more than that. In my 34 years of rabbiting, (I'm 38 now) have seen things progress from bolting rabbits with jills, no locaters when i was a youngster and creeping around on the holes quietly netting up, to not worrying one bit whether they lie up behind a blocked in bunny, and in some cases, entering a killer hob to pin the rabbit and not netting up, if it bolts the dogs are always there, knowing i can have dug out the kill long before a dozen nets could be even set. It works for me, and i know
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This is about the most i've moved to get the monkey back, but had a few similar depth in the past but no photo's sorry. Not really deep, but at 6ft is was out of arms reach, and blocked in. Most are around arms depth, like these, but usually around 20 plus a day.
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Like you say Malt, i believe a higher percentage of terriers would mark and pinpoint better than the same number of lurchers, lets face it they are naturally driven towards it. The best dogs of each type would be a better question though, as for marking you would be hard pressed to pick a winner purely on marking ability, the best of both do the job 100%. A good terrier can sometimes get to places where a good lurcher wont though, but there is not much in it tbh. A lot of dogs from pure mongrels, to pedigree gundogs can soon take to marking up if they get the right upbringing, probably a
