going it alone

[s horsfield 7]

right lads went out today for couple of hours on my own as my partner was at work.tried to do a hedge row on my own with purse nets a ten holer but found it hard work as you know you can not be on both sides of the hedge at the same time, so i thought the long net should get a outing next time. so how would you lads approch this or would you just leave the hedges alone until you are manned up .

[southern lamper 3]

Hedge rows on your own can be hard work.If you got a good dog thats trained to sit and wait on the other side there worth there waiting gold. With a dog and long nets put out with stop nets cutting the hedge up.I find this afective

[longnetter 32]

I always work alone mate.......had that many knobheads come out with me that I just don't bother any more.......you get used to working hedges alone.....just a matter of practise but all the hedges in this neck of the country are very thin.

When I was a young 'un the old lad who taught me always worked alone(wrong side of the fence sometimes )but he started taking me when he realised I wasn't the average dickhead found hanging round street corners

 

 

ATB

[deanflute 550]

Invite me!

[s horsfield 7]

how do you go about working on your own then longnetter on a hedgerow?

Edited November 16, 2010 by s horsfield

[longnetter 32]

how do you go about working on your own then longnetter on a hedgerow?

 

The hedges around here are mostly quite thin and not often on a high bank.

Pick your ground first of all ,you don't want to be trying to ferret hedgerows that are ten foot thick and on a six foot high bank.

If the hedge is a bit on the thick side don't be frightened to tie back a couple of bushes to make a gap(baler twine)you won't do any damage, they'll spring back into place when you cut the twine.

If you think you've got two warrens and you've got the nets, net them both up and go back to the first to start ferreting, if you need to you can tie in your gaps when you do this .

Then it's a matter of keeping your eyes and ears open, often I'll hear a rabbit hit the net on the other side of a hedge before I see it .

Sounds odd but stand well back, you get a better view of what's going on than if you stand up close and you can hear just as well.

Any help?

 

ATB

[s horsfield 7]

thanks for the info longnetter i'll give it ago this morning and let you know how i get on. To be honest i did enjoy going out on my own with the dog, once the dog as been trained abit more it should get abit easyer. But i dont think you can beat walking round in the country side on your with the dog

[max abell 196]

Try a few bolt traps they work and hold well use them on the side of the hedge or areas you cant get to quickly or on holes with bramble on them

we use ours quite a bit but we are lucky enough to be able to drive the 4x4 over all our permissions bolt traps are not practical if your on foot as they are to bulky to carry but highly recomended if your driving to the burries you intend ferreting GOOD LUCK MATE

[The one 8,584]

Got enough permission i can pick and choice where i go and with whom.So i tend to leave the bigger stuff till there's more of us

[longnetter 32]

thanks for the info longnetter i'll give it ago this morning and let you know how i get on. To be honest i did enjoy going out on my own with the dog, once the dog as been trained abit more it should get abit easyer. But i dont think you can beat walking round in the country side on your with the dog

 

Just takes a bit of practise mate you'll be OK