What is longnetting?

[adam s 32]

What is longnetting?

[Gold 0]

What is longnetting?

 

Long netting is a rabbit control method usually done at night, you go in quietly between the feeding rabbits and their burrows and erect a long net, you then walk the long way round to get behind the feeding rabbits and walk towards them making them head for their burrows, they then get trapped in the net, thats a basic explanation but its new to me and would highly recommend Long netting - peg to Peg by Molecatcher on here

Best wishes

Cliff

[adam s 32]

Sounds fun, I thought it might have been a net that you put around the hole warren and flush them out with ferrets.

[Gold 0]

Sounds fun, I thought it might have been a net that you put around the hole warren and flush them out with ferrets.

 

They are purse nets mate,

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Cliff

[Wolly 4]

Buy A Book That Tells You EveryThink

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Buy A Book That Tells You EveryThink

 

As i said, peg to peg, brilliant book on long netting, still feel free to ask questions though,most people on here are very helpful with constructive advice

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Cliff

[adam s 32]

Sounds fun, I thought it might have been a net that you put around the hole warren and flush them out with ferrets.

 

They are purse nets mate,

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Cliff

I know what purse nets are i have them, I just thought a long net was a net that was put up around the whole of the warren to stop the rabbit escaping from that little area.

[Gold 0]

Sounds fun, I thought it might have been a net that you put around the hole warren and flush them out with ferrets.

 

They are purse nets mate,

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Cliff

I know what purse nets are i have them, I just thought a long net was a net that was put up around the whole of the warren to stop the rabbit escaping from that little area.

 

Put a search into youtube, it has a few long netting videos to give you some idea

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Cliff

[dso88 15]

you can use them for flushing the rabbits out with ferrets as well mate thats how i use them

[Gold 0]

As i said, its new to me too but having a long net either side of a hedge you are ferreting sounds like fun

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Cliff

[adam s 32]

It certainly sounds like fun, i'll have to give it a go sometime.

[Pembshunter 23]

Longnetting is (for me) The sport of walking 2 miles to a field, tangling a net beyond recognition, tripping over wire in the dark and getting a hole under my arm from a sharp hazel pole...Then walking 2 miles home again, with the brilliantly tangled net, even heavier because its wet, a very bloody arm pit, no rabbits and a bad mood. Far from the romantic tales of Harold Wynman....But I will learn!

Edited June 15, 2009 by Pembshunter

[adam s 32]

Lol sounds like you had a really great time.

[mole catcher 1]

Longnetting is (for me) The sport of walking 2 miles to a field, tangling a net beyond recognition, tripping over wire in the dark and getting a hole under my arm from a sharp hazel pole...Then walking 2 miles home again, with the brilliantly tangled net, even heavier because its wet, a very bloody arm pit, no rabbits and a bad mood. Far from the romantic tales of Harold Wynman....But I will learn!

 

ouch how did you get it stuck in you arm pit?

 

sadly thats many longnetters realities of night time long netting. And yes adams you are right about using them whilst ferreting as to be honest i thnik you will find thats how many use their long nets and very efective it can be also. There are plenty of short films on you-tube showing folk using longnets during the day, but just be carefull you dont get taken in by some of the poor working habbits that many seem to have.

If you search the longnetting section on here yyou will se theres loads of advice offered on all types of questions regarding the nets by myself and many other members who are all experianced longnetters so the answers to all your questions are there somewhere. You just need to go looking.

[adam s 32]

Rido thanks mate.