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  1. lifelong cumbrian
    I have just started trapping moles, i find interesting. I been around hunting and countryside all my life and i though i would give it a go. Like i said i bought either type of trap to try and i have had more success with the puntange trap. As far as i know i am setting the duffus trap correctly and have caught in them. Im just enjoying something different and helping a farmer friend out who lets me hunt and shoot on his land. Just as a bit of interest what does my post illustrate to you? you have to learn somehow, trial and error for me i am afraid, ATB.
  2. lifelong cumbrian
    Who is the seller of bulk buys mate, ive ordered the the 50 steel ones anyway now but if i can find stainless ones at a good price i may get some more.
  3. lifelong cumbrian
    were do you get these stainless ones mate, i could only find them in 2's and to dear so i just bought steel ones.
  4. lifelong cumbrian
    I have just started mole trapping, been interested in it for a few years but never taken the plunge. I bought myself a few duffus traps and some putange traps. Watched a few videos on youtube and give it a go. I am doing a farm doing a farm in walking distance from home were i walk my dog. I am really enjoying it and catching a few, more success with the putange so far, i like them better at this stage. Looking forward to the winter now to get a few traps out, ordered myself 50 more putange traps.
  5. lifelong cumbrian
    SFS
  6. lifelong cumbrian
    I had a mk1 bought new years ago, great gun, big mistake selling it, i personally think it was a notch up from the hw100ks i have now.
  7. lifelong cumbrian
    When i started ferreting in the mid 70's my great uncle had a very lish built hob ferret, he called it a greyhound ferret. He was in his 70's then and had had been at it all his life, there were a fair few old timers then that had been into ferreting and they would all describe the same thing. Personally i think it is a lightly built ferret and that is it, same as you get chunky ferrets.
  8. lifelong cumbrian
    Yes that’s what bothers me lol
  9. lifelong cumbrian
    Do you lads think the above scope would be any good on a springer (probably hw95) when i used it on my hw100 it was fine but you have to have your eye right up to it, i would probably end up getting a smack in the eye on a springer ? Thank you.
  10. lifelong cumbrian
    Tomo if the plastic is to waffy you could solid rivet a thin bit of aluminium plate in each side to stiffen the slot in.
  11. lifelong cumbrian
    you on about these mate, handy in woods, you can set them down, getting no sticks in the bag on a normal basket, etc
  12. lifelong cumbrian
    Nelson has the best netting available in my opinion, its stuff he has sourced himself.
  13. lifelong cumbrian
    I buy my pole material in 6 meter lengths , I like a pole to be a meter so get 6, I think retail ones are shorter because they are getting 7 to a length? I like extra on because they are more versatile, you can slide the grommets up and down to suit, I shove poles up behind wire etc to keep things ridged, as I don’t want to run a full net out to cover a small set I just run out what is needed the shove the other end behind the wire so it could be any pole really, I also use a pole pusher for hard ground etc which I slip over the pole end
  14. lifelong cumbrian
    I was just thinking the other day, for the type of ferreting i do a 3/4 collie 1/4 whippet type should be ideal, just a little sharper hopefully to nab net slippers and should catch a few on lamp in small fields. my beddy whippet has little pace but done ok on short lamping trips in small fields. i like tractability and brains in a ferreting dog, the beddy whippet has loads of drive and knows the ferreting job but is a hard mouthed little fecker and you have to be on top of it all the time the young lurcher i have is a dream to handle in comparison. Lurcher is 27" and is fantastic to handle b
  15. lifelong cumbrian
    Good luck with the pups, i used a pure collie for ferreting years back, she suited me fine, caught the odd rabbit, but was a biddable marking dog for me and that was what i wanted. I think as you say it is a good type for a ferreter to have, loads of eyes on folk today and you wont get as much suspicion put on you with one one them. I will probably be having another collie next time i need a ferreting dog or maybe a kelpie. There will probably one or two in the litter go a bit more to the greyhound, maybe looking like a heavy half x. Some of the lighter framed collies are quite sharp anyway, f
  16. lifelong cumbrian
    The quick set is very adaptable, not many places you cannot use one either night or day.
  17. lifelong cumbrian
    on big sets in woods i just run quick sets through and sometimes split with stop nets.
  18. lifelong cumbrian
    Thing is as well at night you can run a quick set in any direction you want, round corners if fields etc, same as when ferreting, i run them along cow trods in whin bushes etc and between trees in woods.
  19. lifelong cumbrian
    i have never had a problem, if you are bothered about it use a bit of twine with a peg on either end, when ferreting i often slip a purse net ring over the end poles and peg down putting tension on the top line. That is a good idea on bumpy ground you can run the net out a bit slacker when putting poles in, the slack will go into the low bits, i will use tent pegs to fasten into hollows, then put a purse net on either end under tension to tighten the top line.
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    Last drop £250, if it does'nt go i will just keep it. ATB.
  22. lifelong cumbrian
    how he can say song birds are not affected by carrion crows magpies jays jackdaws and the like is beyond me, the man is a fool.
  23. lifelong cumbrian
    i done this video a few years back when i was just in the process of playing about with this pole stacking idea. them nets on the vid would be 25yds 6z set at 5yds, now i use 4z all the time set at 6yds. i only use the big baskets when doing a lot of netting when ferreting and at night. I much prefer a small basket with 46yds in. if doing hedges myself i take 2 small baskets, that way you can run out just what you need to cover the set on either side of the hedge. a small spade small ferret box and 2 small baskets is all i want to be carrying, i have a gammy ticker, have to look after myself.
  24. lifelong cumbrian
    I like 4z netting best, i set mine 100% at 6yds, never gat many bounce outs, i buy 6 meter lengths and cut 6 poles from it, i prefer them a meter, you can slide grommet up and down to suit. sometimes in woods were the ground is really soft i might be pushing a foot in the ground so still enough length if ground is bumpy. Also when i set on a fence line i shove the end poles up the back of a square of fencing of what ever, keeps i net more ridged. Just my personal opinion though. ATB.
  25. lifelong cumbrian
    Well really it is just like keeping a entire hob with them. Only thing different is his pipes are tied up, the hoblet is gelded so wont have any interest in the jills, ragging them and that. Any Vasectomized hobs i have had just behave like a entire hob. I once had a good hob that had bred good young ones gelded, never had a interest in Jills or hobs after that, never effected his work either.
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