johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 Hi everybody...........Well got up yesterday morning for a mooch with Ideation,well I'd been thinking about cancelling has I was ill :sick: and really didn't feel up for it.What with all the bad weather lately and not being able to get out as often as I would've liked and the fact we had a young lad tagging along with us I sucked it up and got my s**t together. We got out on the fields at first light on what was a crisp bright morning,the scent seemed good has the dogs were straight onto a few lines and within minutes had a mark we netted up stinker in and a rabbit in the net.Got rabbit out of net to find it had mixy :realmad: not an ideal start,on we go along the edge of this field and get another mark almost immediatley in with the ferret and another rabbit in the bag though this one also had mixy So we carry on mooching around but with no luck........not a sniff! Its now 2.30 and to say I'm fecked off is an understatement we had 2 rabbits within half hour of starting then nothing for hours and I'm thinking this mixi as killed the whole estate and were it not for the fact we've got the young lad with us I'd have willingly packed up for the day.So we decide to have a bash on the horse paddocks leading back to the truck and what a contrast these were.......things immediatley picked up and within minutes we had another(fat and healthy)rabbit in the bag.Both dogs were now working with real purpose I was especially impressed with Ideation's young whippet he's got a cracking nose on him and uses it well.We got to a long hedge that runs a fair way,netting up is a nightmare so we decide to just net the accesible holes and leave the rest in the hope that the dogs can pick them off as they scurry to the next set of holes.Well this plan worked and we had some good action for the last hour of the day and all the rabbits accounted for on this side of the estate were mixy free So what was mostly a bad day we ended up with 7 rabbits,not a great day by a long shot but thats life! A few(crap)pics........ John 1 Quote Link to post
runforyourlife 361 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 nice one.... Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Quote Link to post
Guest stewie Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 spot on mate mixy is hitting my area hard at the minute too :thumbdown: fecking nightmare as there aint a great deal of rabbits around either but the rabbit is the great survivor so im sure there will always be one for the pot Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Yes mate I think its time for pastures new.........it ain't like we haven't got other ground anyway is it Young Tom is learning the ropes and he dosen't seem to mind too much when the going gets tough.......one thing he needs to address!He needs a bigger flask Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 spot on mate mixy is hitting my area hard at the minute too :thumbdown: fecking nightmare as there aint a great deal of rabbits around either but the rabbit is the great survivor so im sure there will always be one for the pot Cheers stewie mate.......at least it was only the one side of the estate that was affected Besides gives us an excuse to do some of our other ground now Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Yes mate I think its time for pastures new.........it ain't like we haven't got other ground anyway is it Young Tom is learning the ropes and he dosen't seem to mind too much when the going gets tough.......one thing he needs to address!He needs a bigger flask He even puts up with your bad humor and my swearing. Aye i think that land is 'job done'. Shame really as its so damn close. Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted January 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Yes mate I think its time for pastures new.........it ain't like we haven't got other ground anyway is it Young Tom is learning the ropes and he dosen't seem to mind too much when the going gets tough.......one thing he needs to address!He needs a bigger flask He even puts up with your bad humor and my swearing. Aye i think that land is 'job done'. Shame really as its so damn close. You only think its bad humour because its usually directed at you Quote Link to post
leepieman123 8 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Yes mate I think its time for pastures new.........it ain't like we haven't got other ground anyway is it Young Tom is learning the ropes and he dosen't seem to mind too much when the going gets tough.......one thing he needs to address!He needs a bigger flask He even puts up with your bad humor and my swearing. Aye i think that land is 'job done'. Shame really as its so damn close. not a bad day then jai mate Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 A very demoralizing day, that ended in an hours god sport. Had we done it the other way round we would probably have happily doubled the bag. As for the rest of the estate i think our efforts and then a final wave of mixi has reduced the rabbit population to barely anything so that can now be left for the rest of the season, with no complaints (other than from us!). The important thing is that the young lad (13) enjoyed himself, and is shaping up into a decent ferreter Yes mate I think its time for pastures new.........it ain't like we haven't got other ground anyway is it Young Tom is learning the ropes and he dosen't seem to mind too much when the going gets tough.......one thing he needs to address!He needs a bigger flask He even puts up with your bad humor and my swearing. Aye i think that land is 'job done'. Shame really as its so damn close. not a bad day then jai mate Up until the last hour it was demoralizing in the extreme, walking whole areas of holes where we usually get plenty of marks and finding nothing. Usually we can only get through a couple of these areas (hedge rows, cover crops, woodland) before we lose the light but this time we walked all we had planned for the day and only caught two diseased bunnies and i dont think we really put many up either. At one point i was trudging along a muddy ditch staring at johnnys back with two bored dogs and a 13 year old boy and i just thought 'f**k this'. The wee horse fields saved the day at the end though The numbers are not important but its good to have some sport at least. You were on the phone when we were doing that last hedge, i noticed johnny chatting away like an old woman Quote Link to post
leepieman123 8 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 lol,opeing to get out and do abit of lamping friday Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 lol,opeing to get out and do abit of lamping friday Quote Link to post
leepieman123 8 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 lol,opeing to get out and do abit of lamping friday that pups looking nice mate,hows he doing? Quote Link to post
malc1 544 Posted January 10, 2011 Report Share Posted January 10, 2011 well doneboys glad you had a good day we went out sunday me trigger my lad and his mate we had 5 and lost the ferret for over an hour we were froze but good old trigger got her out thank god my boys face was a bit down but he was beeming when she came out alb malc Quote Link to post
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