i must be mad going ferreting now

[sureshot 0]

i got everything sorted last night and i should be at my warrens bt 6am i really must be silly. lol

[max abell 196]

We personaly dont ferret in spring/summer but there are a lot of paid pest controlers that successfully do

wish you all the best of luck and dont forget youre spade cos youre proberbly gonna need it

[Ideation 8,217]

Yer and look forward to getting stung to shit! I was out for a walk yesterday on one of my permissions and the stinging nettles are already coming up over the holes!

 

Jai.

[longnetter 32]

Yer and look forward to getting stung to shit!

 

Jai.

 

Such a delicate way with words

[Ideation 8,217]

Yer and look forward to getting stung to shit!

 

Jai.

 

Such a delicate way with words

 

My forte!

[lamping rabbit 11]

im of ferreting tomoz it pest control 4 me the customer needs the little buggers thining out .im ready 4 lots ov diggin yipeeeeeeeeeee NOT lol.

[Ideation 8,217]

I never really get why people use ferrets for summer time pest control. It's not very efficient and not much fun . . . .

 

atb

 

Jai.

[The one 8,585]

Schools off for a forntnight im just waiting on my son asking to go out for a bit

[Leeview 792]

well i've been ferreting 4 days in the last week hedges have been slashed ditches cleaned out, the warrens blocked and I've been back and done the warrens that have been reopened,I did actually bolt some kitts yesterday and they were despatched no sentiment in pest control.I used stop nets through the hedges no purse nets,2 jills and a dog the nettles did sting but not one dig in 4 days enough faith in the ferrets to know they'll kill and move on.This is a new farm bought by the estate and the numbers need reducing drastically before the cover is up.One of the boundaries is horrendous and I'll have to approach the adjoining landowner tomorrow to access his side of the hedge

Y.I.S Leeview

[rosspti 2]

Well, I have a lovely brace of nice, quick moving, yearling hobs. They are bred from my best friends hob and a good working jill that he bought - and they are fantastic just like their parents.

 

No plodding about like some sluggish hobs you see, these are faster than racing snakes!

 

When I'm out working them, using my home made purse nets and my quick-set long-net, or just bolting to the shot gun, these ferrets (like their father and uncle) are like hounds on a fox. I very rarely need to dig if they make a kill as they wont lie with a dead-un, they'll often bring them out. They are great at catching rabbits and will often catch them just as the rabbits are leaving their holes, or in thick undergrowth, and then bring them out into the open for me to pick up.

 

Sometimes I take them out without any nets or guns and just hunt them like hounds! Admittedly you don't get the numbers - but its such great fun. Last week I did a small hedge, about yards, and just let them do their stuff. They killed 2 and brought them both out to the mouths of the holes for me to pick up, and these 2 rabbits kept them fed for a week. Great exercise for the ferrets and a different element to the sport.

 

Best day this season was 41 rabbits on a 200 yard hedge using 4 ferrets in rotation (max 2 at a time), purse nets and long nets.