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7 hours ago, neil b said:
Either your dogs are false marking our your ferrets aren’t up to scratch
I think that's a bit harsh to be fair.
There is every chance that a rabbit has passed through that Warren not too long before (especially if it was the first one of the day) on its way back to wherever it is nesting / sleeping so there could be fresh scent there.
I've had it this year where I've seen bunnies using a warren (whilst out foxing with the nv) yet turn up the following morning or a couple of days later and there is nothing home.
Im not sure if a lot of the warrens on some of my perms have been vacated after the prolonged hot weather as they are fairly shallow in hard clay ground on one farm in particular but there are a few small woodland areas on the land next door. If it's been a lot cooler under the shade of the trees I'm not sure if the bunnies have moved across there and are usikg their old warrens purely as cover whilst feeding.
It makes no sense to see the numbers I've seen under nv but none of the warrens holding even a fraction of the number unless they are dwelling elsewhere. 7 different proven ferrets cannot all have turned crap overnight.
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24 minutes ago, fred90 said:
if the dog marked then it's either dog or the ferrets that's wrong.
On a few patches we have been second guessing the dog due to signs on the ground but she is proving reliable. On others the dog has marked a bit and we have been pulling singles.
The chances that 2 dogs and 7 seasoned ferrets are all wrong is somewhere between slim and none to be honest.
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The ferrets aren't missing anything chaps, between buzzards, fox, disease, poachers and roadkill - all of my perms have been hit hard and numbers are scarce
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After that 250 odd yard hedge being totally empty, we dropped 5 out of an 8 ish holer on another hedge the following week (video for that goes live 9.30 on Monday) then pulled another 3 out of a 5 holer at the front of a horse paddock next to the path.
It's been a very odd season.
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How many people are seeing things like this...
Fresh droppings, freshly dug out holes, new scrapes in the fields but no bunnies at home!
We didn't blank, but would have expected a lot more considering the damage starting to be done on the ground.
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Another stint in the kitchen yielded a very tasty terrine.
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Cheers, si.
Appreciate the feedback and glad you like them.
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My 2nd recipe video, a gamey adaptation of another old specials board favourite I used to do.
Deliciously simple when you break it down into steps and easy to modify too.
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Despite being decent steel, opinel are not good field knives imho.
The wood swells and binds up on the blade and after a bit of use the blade loosens up and the locking collar with it which means the tip can just drop out of the handle in your pocket and get you when you reach in to get it (and I've been bitten by one a couple of times before I stopped using them)
All you need for bunny gutting is a sharp tip, for me, if you want a proper knife rather than a craft / Stanley type then look for something with a decent clip or drop point so you can puncture cleanly.
If it's going to be a dedicated gutting knife for bunnies then it's also worth dulling the blade with the exception of the 1/2" at the tip then you can safely choke down the blade to avoid cutting through or puncturing the guts
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Paul Sullivan (of Paul Sullivan leather fame) is doing them now.
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On 26/11/2018 at 20:49, The one said:
great idea putting all the instruction at the end
Next 2 that I film will be a rabbit & pheasant terrine (ideal for Xmas buffets or a starter!) and I am going to make a roasted pork loin with rabbit & chestnut stuffing, all wrapped up in parma ham!
Should hopefully have them both filmed & posted in the next couple of weeks
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Still struggling for half decent numbers in the easily accessible parts of my main permission while I'm waiting for the cows to be brought in for the winter and cover to die back, but I'm still getting the odd couple here and there.
Hopefully over the next couple of weeks we will get a keen frost or two so I can actually get near & hit the busier areas of my land hard over the Christmas period to fill the freezers.
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15 hours ago, jok said:
First find a rabbit......then. Jok.
That's the biggest problem for most people this year!
Typical that when I decide to have a proper go at developing and growing the channel the little sods go into massive decline across the couple of thousand acres I've got rights over!
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First in a series of quick & easy restaurant quality rabbit dishes for people who are bored of stews & pies!
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3 hours ago, Lee farrington said:
Great video. Glad the lad enjoyed it. I love taking my girls out with me. I've stopped taking them when I'm shooting because they don't stop talking
I know what you mean, Lee.
He didn't make it out at all last year because when I was going the weather wasn't exactly kid friendly or I knew I was in for a long slog and really don't want to put him off.
We have talked about why we do it for a while and why I shoot certain things but not just anything that is there and he is starting to get the hang of the differences between just killing something for the sake of it being wrong and doing it in the right way, for the right reason being acceptable.
I had him out with me the day before setting a load of mole traps as well and catching his first ever mole was the cherry on top after we got back home with those three bunnies.
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1 hour ago, countrymon said:
Great vid. Looks like the lad enjoyed himself
Keep it under about 2 1/2 hours and he is great, he starts getting twitchy after that so not overdoing him while he is still young.
I figure if I teach him the basics slowly and give him the knowledge base he will be better equipped to be successful and get more out of it.
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Took a quick trip out on Friday morning with the boy to grab a couple of bunnies for the pot asaa favour for a close friend.
Not a bad morning, gave my vas hob his first workout for the year and he did his thing very well in a large warren that is easy to lose bunnies in when the ferrets are in there working solo.
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It depends entirely on how the land is owned / occupied.
I shoot over a council farm but can only take vermin as another individual owns the game rights (bought them many years ago when he was a serving Councillor if memory serves me correctly).
On that basis even the odd opportunistic pheasant would be against the terms of my permission as the farmer cannot actually give me permission to shoot any game on there even if he wanted to.
Estate owned farms operate in a similar manner regarding centrally controlled game rights but they should still be able to conduct their own pest control.
The issue with this is that the commercial aspect of the estate's shoot (or a shoot occupying / paying for rights over private land) don't want us mooching about and moving birds around or bumping them to a different part of the estate or off land they have the rights over and as a result they will also buy / reserve all hunting rights to preserve their shoot as the beaters will usually be given pigeon, squirrel and rabbit access from the last day of the season through to the pouts arriving for the following year.
For tenants in this position they normally need to provide evidence of detrimental effects on their business before the estate will actually do anything proactive but even then it would more than likely not involve a local ferreter doing a day every week or two.
The best way in on land like this is to find the shoot meet point, have a word with them and do a few days beating for them and have a word with the keeper about ferreting through the winter months around the shoot days and in places / times to suit him and not affect the birds.
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2 hours ago, vin said:
I'll also bet you a tenner that the collar is working fine with a little tap on a hard surface ?
It's still sitting on the kitchen windowsill.
Im giving it a good hard scowl everytime I walk past it!
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3 hours ago, ferretracer said:
Good video and looked a great day for despite some hiccups. Did the ferret come out in the end
3 hours ish.
Me and the dog were sat against a tree bored to tears waiting on her and the little sod just comes sauntering along the top of the bank with a 'what are you two lazy b*****ds doing?' sort of look on her face!
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I don't really know what's going on with this particular permission to be honest.
There is a lot of fresh digging, a lot of fresh poo and going over the perm at night and looking under nv the areas I've worked so far have had anything up to 8 or 9 bunnies lurking close by a week or two before I've done them.
On this farm there is a railway track running through the middle of it, a shoot at one side and the motorway along one edge.
I'm wondering if the bunnies are using the hedgerow warrens as bolt holes more than dwellings and migrating back across to the railway embankment for safe cover as it's waist high in brambles.
Things may change when it drops a bit colder and the cover dies back but it certainly hasn't been a promising start to the season with regards to numbers.
I know this permission got hit hard with myxi in June / July so that would account for some loss of life but I'm wondering if the prolonged hot spell took a percentage of kits in the nest through dehydration / overheating.
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Quick vid from this week's outing.
I was unsure whether or not to bother editing and posting this one for a few reasons (as you will see if you watch it)
Not my best work in the field and definetely not a benchmark for the quality of footage I am hoping to be putting up over the rest of the season but if it helps one person (or gives a couple of people a laugh at my expense) then it will be worth it!
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14 hours ago, toolebox said:
I enjoyed that video ,I bet the finger nail bite brought tears to your eyes ,the flesh underneath is tender along with a lot of nerves .
It wasn't feeling too peachy on Saturday night and Sunday but thankfully its been fine all week (although my darts were a bit wobbly on Monday night!)
I think by piercing it she has stopped it getting too much pressure under the nail so it hasn't ended up as bad as I first thought it would be.
It was one of more experienced Jill's too, she's never nipped in 2 years of having her so was probably quite stressed!
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3 hours ago, Flacko said:
Forgot to say your stock looks well jax13 &keep the videos up atb Flacko
Cheers, I've got a busy couple of weeks coming up with work events so there might be a bit of a gap unfortunately, although I am trying to get something up each week over the winter then maybe every fortnight to 3 weeks through the summer.
it may not always be footage from the field but I'm enjoying editing them to be honest.
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One to watch if you are bored...
in Ferrets & Ferreting
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Current batch all have between 2 and 5 full seasons of experience behind them, usually out one or twice a week - most weeks (I probably miss 3 or 4 due to work commitments between mid October and mid Feb but try to make it up because I can get out with the boy through the week when he is on school holidays on October half term, Xmas and Feb if I'm still going)