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Everything posted by NEWKID
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Why is anyone replying to this.....................shit just did it myself This is the worst wind up ever........ isn't it
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As acuspell said if you can get a trip out mid channel now till end of Feb there'll be some Lumpy pollack about
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Hi mate If you look at the top of this ( general ferreting) page you will see a guide to buying nets pinned this should be of help to you. As the lads have said about gate/stop nets they're not essential, but can be useful, not just for gates. We use them staked along a hedge at a right angle to the way the hedge runs ( around 15 yards apart), when a rabbit bolts from the hedge they usually try to run along the hedge and back in, if you stake a gate net out it will catch the rabbits as they run the hedge. I think they're around £15 each from Bridport nets 3 or 4 a side on hedge can be
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Cheers lads, she done well last night it was freezing though Ground was fine last night but hard frost this morning, not had any real cold weather until now.
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Got to the farm at 9-30 crap conditions no wind and quite bright, was back at the car by 11 with 7 rabbits in the bag. She ran well tonight only missing a couple all from decent slips. Just got to get the retrieve sorted but all in all for her first full season I'm pleased.
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That's a good offer mate, I've still got a fair bit to do down here to finish this season, but would love a walk out with you next season would return the favour with a day out on my permission I'm in Exeter so only an hour or so.
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Cheers Sean, I definately suffer more now than I did in my 20's and I've been told it only get's worse, but I wasn't too bad on Saturday, I had my 2 mates down from Torrington first thing so I couldn't let them down anyway. This farm is near the top of Haldon, the next couple of weeks we're up in cullompton to do a bit but back at Haldon after that if you fancy that day out wouldn't be a bad run for you, I'll give you a shout nearer the time. We haven't got long left starting to find young in them now
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Nice one Sean another good day for you
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Cheers lads Whin: It nearly had me, but I was glad I got out and on with it, felt right as rain after an hour in the fresh air whilst the rest of them were dying in their pits
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You'll have to put those collars on a bit tighter Baz....... sorry mate sounds like you had a nightmare
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Good job mate, it was colder yesterday but not a real frost yet for us down here
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Yesterday morning I decided to call a halt to a small after the pub party involving my brother his wife my wife and a bottle of vodka, it was around 5am when I carried the missus to bed, so when the door was being knocked down at around 8-30 my whole body screamed "no!" Gav and Bruce had travelled down from North Devon it was to be a nice social day on the farm up the road, I had lamped it last week and had decided to ferret a large hedge dividing 2 sheep fields where I saw a good number of rabbits run. I felt suprisingly Ok and was looking forward to a good day with good lads and dogs, Gav
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The coneys certainly ain't dull pal! I almost cry reading some reports on here with pictures of nice clean buries in the middle of short grass fields. Terrier gets pretty much wherever a rabbit can get. She looks a hell of a state after a good mooch in the brambles though, covered in blood from where her ears get nicked. She's pushed countless rabbits out when we're mooching but my lurcher's too thick to learn to work with her effectively. The 50% terrier in him gets too much and he's always trying to get in after her. Even if I hold him on a slip away from the hedge he's that wound u
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The coneys certainly ain't dull pal! I almost cry reading some reports on here with pictures of nice clean buries in the middle of short grass fields. Terrier gets pretty much wherever a rabbit can get. She looks a hell of a state after a good mooch in the brambles though, covered in blood from where her ears get nicked. She's pushed countless rabbits out when we're mooching but my lurcher's too thick to learn to work with her effectively. The 50% terrier in him gets too much and he's always trying to get in after her. Even if I hold him on a slip away from the hedge he's that wound u
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Bit of all sorts really mate, some woodland ground buries, large arable with big hedge rows and some hilly land too, 1 farm we do has a bit of all of it had a few rabbits off there this season
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You sound a decent lad mate and decency and manners count for a lot. As said you'll get knockbacks but at some point a door will open that will open another and you'll find it easier to get permission once you've got a bit under your belt. Keep knocking on the doors, being polite and once you get your bit do a decent job, let the farmer know what you've done after each trip, word will spread and the snowball will start. All the very best to you mate.
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A lot of the sets we do mate are in big old hedgerows 100's of yrds long with hundreds of holes, like I said already only get the box out when really nessacary, but wouldn't put a ferret in without a collar on in these big hedges.
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As vin said, never used a locator in my youth, we used to poach around the edge of the local golf course, one place that always held a few rabbits was a little bury under an old oak right in the middle of the fairway, we'd get there early, nets on, ferret in quick as poss one lad on constant look out for the golfers, rabbits out ferret out and back over the hedge a couple of times had to run for it whilst the ferret was still in, watching for her/him through the hedge and the golfers were swinging away down the fairway Use a locator now but rarely get the box out, I'm not a big fan of digg
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Nice one mate good wite ups and for me the dog looks well, had a walk out last night with mine and brothers pup we had good conditions down here last night gale force and rain managed 7 altogether 2 to the pup and 5 to mine some good runs on some nice ground
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Need advice on using dogs to 'mark' holes for ferreting
NEWKID replied to Joejoe's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
I'm sure it would work mate, just never done it personally -
Need advice on using dogs to 'mark' holes for ferreting
NEWKID replied to Joejoe's topic in Ferrets & Ferreting
Some good posts on here lads, A couple of things I've noticed in marking, is dogs mark in different ways, I've seen terriers mark very obviously ( my jack russel is very obvious when she marks) and others can be subtle ( a friends terrier will stop at a hole and stand, he will not always stay there for a long time as he moves on) you need to know your dog and the way they mark. I agree with Kittlerox in that I've got a Beddy whip and a Jrt, also ferret with others with different lurchers and terriers, if I was only going to have 1 of my 2 for ferreting ( it seems like this lad may have to -
Whats you view on whippet size lurchers?
NEWKID replied to panther82's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
3/4 whip 1/4 beddy 19tts Bitch on left first x beddy whip, bitch on right 3/4 whip 1/4 beddy, the 3/4 is quicker and turns on a sixpence , recall is good but retrieve has to be worked on, the first x hits any cover not as quick but is really driven. In my opinion decent little alround rabbiting dogs, ferreing, lamping and general mooching -
Totaly agree with you mate, the lads put the effort and time in and reap their rewards, hats off to you lads, can see no reason for any negative coments apart from the old green eyed monster,
