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whats the best breed of ferrets for working and hob or jill

 

 

a ferret is a ferret, they dont come in different breeds, unless you'vre made a mistake and mean colour :hmm:

as for hob or jill, both work warrens differently, so its really personnal preference,

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whats the best breed of ferrets for working and hob or jill

 

 

a ferret is a ferret, they dont come in different breeds, unless you'vre made a mistake and mean colour :hmm:

as for hob or jill, both work warrens differently, so its really personnal preference,

 

 

 

so whats a polecat then ?

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whats the best breed of ferrets for working and hob or jill

 

 

a ferret is a ferret, they dont come in different breeds, unless you'vre made a mistake and mean colour :hmm:

as for hob or jill, both work warrens differently, so its really personnal preference,

 

 

 

so whats a polecat then ?

 

 

ah cocky I see

 

a wild polecat is a polecat

but what we use in ferreting, is a POLECAT COLOURED FERRET

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Mate, without trying to sound disrespectful to yourself you really need to do quite a bit of research before you even contemplate going out and working ferrets, I understand that you are new to the forum and looking at your username you could quite possibly be young???

 

What I suggest is asking someone who is local to yourself to be your mentor until you learn at least the basics of working ferrtes, it's not as easy as people think and the myth of going out and chucking a ferret down is sadly a urban myth.

 

there's lots of things to consider before going ferreting, such as; are your ferrtets up to it? are you up to it? what type of land will you be ferreting and where is it? how many rabbits are on the land you will be working? do you even have any permission? do you have the basic tools of the trade? ferrets, nets, carrying box? a good strong pair of boots or wellies will make life easier for you, do you know how to dispatch a rabbit humanely? do you have collars and a locator box? (i'm not getting into a argument as to are they essential or not but they make life 1 million times easier) not forgetting a spade.

Ask around, find someone local who is willing to take you under their wing and show you the ropes, if you are lucky enough to get out with someone try to take a back seat and watch carefully and closely to master the art.

 

As per your original question, what breed of ferret is best?

 

Well, at the end of the day a ferret is a ferret and they all come in different shapes and sizes and all have different characteristics, a polecat is your bog standard looking ferret, usually dark brown and have a black mask over their eyes like dick turpin. I perfer to work jills, I have a polecat jill, a black eyed white jill and i'm currently bringing on a albino jill from one of this years litters, reasons for working jills, they are usually fast workers and will work the warrens quite quickly (depending on the nauture of the ferret they leave any stubborn ones behind)

 

Hobs, are usually quite larger and can take a lot of stick from stubborn rabbits and are often used when the jills have left.

 

As for colour, depends on the ground you are working, for example. yesterday when out, we netted up a warren and my white ferret disappered, and ONLY due to the fact that she was white i spotted her running through some thick woodland opposite the set we were working, if it had been my dark ferret chances are I wouldn't of seen her and possibly lost her.

 

Hope this little bit of information helps, but if there's a library near you have a look for ferreting books, use google and good luck with your ferreting :)

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Mate, without trying to sound disrespectful to yourself you really need to do quite a bit of research before you even contemplate going out and working ferrets, I understand that you are new to the forum and looking at your username you could quite possibly be young???

 

What I suggest is asking someone who is local to yourself to be your mentor until you learn at least the basics of working ferrtes, it's not as easy as people think and the myth of going out and chucking a ferret down is sadly a urban myth.

 

there's lots of things to consider before going ferreting, such as; are your ferrtets up to it? are you up to it? what type of land will you be ferreting and where is it? how many rabbits are on the land you will be working? do you even have any permission? do you have the basic tools of the trade? ferrets, nets, carrying box? a good strong pair of boots or wellies will make life easier for you, do you know how to dispatch a rabbit humanely? do you have collars and a locator box? (i'm not getting into a argument as to are they essential or not but they make life 1 million times easier) not forgetting a spade.

Ask around, find someone local who is willing to take you under their wing and show you the ropes, if you are lucky enough to get out with someone try to take a back seat and watch carefully and closely to master the art.

 

As per your original question, what breed of ferret is best?

 

Well, at the end of the day a ferret is a ferret and they all come in different shapes and sizes and all have different characteristics, a polecat is your bog standard looking ferret, usually dark brown and have a black mask over their eyes like dick turpin. I perfer to work jills, I have a polecat jill, a black eyed white jill and i'm currently bringing on a albino jill from one of this years litters, reasons for working jills, they are usually fast workers and will work the warrens quite quickly (depending on the nauture of the ferret they leave any stubborn ones behind)

 

Hobs, are usually quite larger and can take a lot of stick from stubborn rabbits and are often used when the jills have left.

 

As for colour, depends on the ground you are working, for example. yesterday when out, we netted up a warren and my white ferret disappered, and ONLY due to the fact that she was white i spotted her running through some thick woodland opposite the set we were working, if it had been my dark ferret chances are I wouldn't of seen her and possibly lost her.

 

Hope this little bit of information helps, but if there's a library near you have a look for ferreting books, use google and good luck with your ferreting :)

good advice john :clapper:

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