GOOD MORNINGS FERRETING.

[Guest Frank]

The day dawned frosty and misty, no wind, for a change

 

Was walking along a hedge, heading to the first bury, when a rabbit in front of me stood, for just too long i thought, it went into the bury i was going to do.

Neted up, (had to cut threw a load of headge ), 4 holes in all, then got my big polecat hob out and enterd him where the bunny poped in. By this stage, a rake of young bullucks came thundering towards me, being a real pain in the arse , does anyone else find them a pain when ferreting? :11:

Anyhow, a short rumble and pop, the first one in the bag, a mxy , but seemed to bolt ok, that explained why it went in so slow, not to worry, moved on to some nice open sets.

 

Seen one go in on approaching, good sighn. 8 nets down, hob in, 10 or so mins later, number 2 in the bag. Hob went back down and right on the other side of the warren, number 3 made an appereance

 

Had a break, watched a stoat for a wee while working the headge, tryd taking a pic of it, but it was way too fast

 

Moved on, decided to mooch in some feilds i did not do yet and looking in the feild, a nice site greeted me, bunnys in the middle of the feild, going down and coming out holes.

 

Netted 15 holes and enterd Mr hob to play games with the bunnys, well, it was all action and i just managed to keep on top of it all and luckily missed none.

Got 5 out of their, could of been more, but it started to go slow and a herd of frishions had come to have a sniff, which made me decide to move on.

Got anotherr 1 and another did not bolt. had a mark at 3 foot, waited for 20 mins and the hob came out.

 

I have got into waiting 20 mins, as i have found if you dig too soon, the ferret comes out and you end up diging for nothing. If i get a solid mark for more then 20 mins, i will dig, saves making the feild look like the moon. :11:

 

Pics of the day below.

 

Pics of the place, the pain in the arse cattle :11: , mxyd bunny, my hob after a rabbit bolting, 3 bunnys at break and the final bag of 9 rabbits and my polecat hob.

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Frank.

 

[beagles 0]

cracking pics

[gibby 0]

Great read that mate. Looks like you had a good days ferreting

 

Thats happened to me too many times recently, Ive got to within 6 inches of the ferret and its moved out of the warren! On saturday I cut down half a holly bush so I could get in to dig only for the ferret to move on before I'd started digging! So from now on I will wait a while depending on the depth of the mark

[Guest Frank]

Cheers beagles and gibby.

 

Gibby, thats what seems to work with me.

 

Thanks,

 

Frank.

[robinmcleod2 0]

well done mate keep it up

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Well done frank looks like that hob of yours is turning out to be a good one.I will put some photos up when i can find my damm camera,i know its in the house somewhere .

[Rabbithunter 456]

them bullocks certainly like the hemp nets :11: they are a real pain in the arse, in fact i avoid them like the plague,.....

[Guest Frank]

Thanks all.

 

Rabbithunter, if i avoided them all, i would have not a lot of feilds to ferret. :11:

 

Bloody things, still, the farmer has to make a living some way, without them, we would be no where.

 

Frank.

[Guest JOEB]

Nice going Frank ........we had 10 Sunday, a couple in the longnets as well which is all good fun.

JOEB

[Guest Frank]

Cheers Millet.

 

Logs and rocks , i must give it a try :11:

 

Frank.

[Guest JohnGalway]

Great read Frank, looks like you'd a fun morning. Very good pictures as usual! Lol @ the bullocks.

[gweedo 0]

nice one mate

what its all about great pics

 

 

[Guest Frank]

Cheers all.

 

John, they werent your bullucks were they? :11:

 

Frank.

[Guest JohnGalway]

Cheers all.

 

John, they werent your bullucks were they? :11:

 

Frank.

 

 

:11: Wouldn't mind if they were Frank, definately keep one or two for the table (it's a big table...)

[Guest Frank]

yes, they seem to be well fed around them parts alright. :11:

 

Frank.