Ferret Andy 1 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Hi All ... I finalized some new permision last week on a sheep farm up the road from me. Basically its alot of ex MOD land, all grassy fields with clumps of tree's dotted around. Although i asked about foxing on this land, i was only allowed to ferret as he has a friend who has first dibs on the foxes. Anyway, i arranged with a couple of my mates to meet up at 0800 this morning and head down to the sheep farm. We hadn't really walked around it much so it was a day more about getting to know the place with a bit of oppotunist ferreting on the way round. The first warren we came across was a big, 52 holer, next to a clump of blackthorn. We netted it up and put down 3 ferrets, after a cold and blowy 2 hours, we decided to head further down the valley where it was abit more sheltered. With only 3 rabbits in the bag, we were hoping to have better luck further down. The next one we came to was another big one. 43 holes this time. It was alot more sheltered here and had some nice trees around us offering us even more protection from the wind. This one was soon netted up and the ferrets were put it. Within 20 mins we had 4 more in the bag. 2 clean bolts, and 2 that had hit the net, and tried to go back down, but had back-netted which was lucky. After a bit of a lull in the action, we were just about thinking about moving on again when one bolted from an un-seen hole . With this one quickly netted, we were spured on to stay here abit longer. After a bit of a wait, i located the ferrets down one end of the warren where i could hear a bit of action below ground. 2 mins later 2 more bolted, these were bleeding from the eyes a bit so the ferrets had obviously caught up with them. There was no more action after these 2, so we packed up, had a fag and decided to have a mooch round to try and find a few for next time. It was a great day out, not the best in terms of number of rabbits, but was great to be on some fresh land for a change! Gutted i didn't take the camera but will make sure i do next time! Thanks for reading.. Andy. Quote Link to post
web22 27 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 sounds like it could be a good place,good luck with it... Quote Link to post
Ferret Andy 1 Posted January 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 sounds like it could be a good place,good luck with it... Thank's Web22! Yeah im hoping it turns out to be good as its only 5 mins from me and land as far as you can see.... Quote Link to post
The one 8,403 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 It great having permission practicailly on your doorstep Quote Link to post
auld salmon 28 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 nice one Quote Link to post
Moe 108 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 hope it works out for you,id love a good spot on my doorstep, Quote Link to post
The one 8,403 Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 It is handy having permission on your doorstep more so when the snow was on the ground we just had a five minute walk but im thinking we maybe hit it too hard Quote Link to post
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