hargreavesheber 93 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Morning folks, Had quite a lot of advice off you folks over the past 8 months of having my 1st lurcher. Bit more required please.... My dog is good on the dummy, and is very sharp on with a tennis ball now, grabbign it on the 1st pass 95% of the time. She's had a couple of dropped uns, and did rather well for a 1st attempt, retrieving and quick onto them.. My problem being is that my father in laws farm has a lot of woodland, drystone walls etc. There is quite a lot of bunnys knocking about, but they always seem to stay quite close to the walls and fences, dashing under and through hole's in a flash, seemingly too fast before the dog has a chance to do owt about it... whats the best way to go about it to get the dog onto them or just use the .22? . Cheers again folks... Quote Link to post
davey 310 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 What time you going out Quote Link to post
bryson 562 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Morning folks, Had quite a lot of advice off you folks over the past 8 months of having my 1st lurcher. Bit more required please.... My dog is good on the dummy, and is very sharp on with a tennis ball now, grabbign it on the 1st pass 95% of the time. She's had a couple of dropped uns, and did rather well for a 1st attempt, retrieving and quick onto them.. My problem being is that my father in laws farm has a lot of woodland, drystone walls etc. There is quite a lot of bunnys knocking about, but they always seem to stay quite close to the walls and fences, dashing under and through hole's in a flash, seemingly too fast before the dog has a chance to do owt about it... whats the best way to go about it to get the dog onto them or just use the .22? . Cheers again folks... Is your dog used to ferrets mate if so just enter the ferrets and dont put no nets down let the dog run them or if you can put nets down get the rabbit take it in to the middle of the field with the dog and let it go and see what happens mate atb Quote Link to post
hargreavesheber 93 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Tried both early and late. Not on lamp though fella.. Quote Link to post
tb25 4,627 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 i take it this is in the day,if so try it on the lamp they will be not a close to the fence,feckin loads wrond here what sit close Quote Link to post
hargreavesheber 93 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Morning folks, Had quite a lot of advice off you folks over the past 8 months of having my 1st lurcher. Bit more required please.... My dog is good on the dummy, and is very sharp on with a tennis ball now, grabbign it on the 1st pass 95% of the time. She's had a couple of dropped uns, and did rather well for a 1st attempt, retrieving and quick onto them.. My problem being is that my father in laws farm has a lot of woodland, drystone walls etc. There is quite a lot of bunnys knocking about, but they always seem to stay quite close to the walls and fences, dashing under and through hole's in a flash, seemingly too fast before the dog has a chance to do owt about it... whats the best way to go about it to get the dog onto them or just use the .22? . Cheers again folks... Is your dog used to ferrets mate if so just enter the ferrets and dont put no nets down let the dog run them or if you can put nets down get the rabbit take it in to the middle of the field with the dog and let it go and see what happens mate atb Thats the main prob fella, they vanish into the wood and theres no holes in sight. and on another part of the farm they live down a Badger set, doubt my ferrets would come out there in 1 piece. cheers Quote Link to post
bryson 562 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Morning folks, Had quite a lot of advice off you folks over the past 8 months of having my 1st lurcher. Bit more required please.... My dog is good on the dummy, and is very sharp on with a tennis ball now, grabbign it on the 1st pass 95% of the time. She's had a couple of dropped uns, and did rather well for a 1st attempt, retrieving and quick onto them.. My problem being is that my father in laws farm has a lot of woodland, drystone walls etc. There is quite a lot of bunnys knocking about, but they always seem to stay quite close to the walls and fences, dashing under and through hole's in a flash, seemingly too fast before the dog has a chance to do owt about it... whats the best way to go about it to get the dog onto them or just use the .22? . Cheers again folks... Is your dog used to ferrets mate if so just enter the ferrets and dont put no nets down let the dog run them or if you can put nets down get the rabbit take it in to the middle of the field with the dog and let it go and see what happens mate atb Thats the main prob fella, they vanish into the wood and theres no holes in sight. and on another part of the farm they live down a Badger set, doubt my ferrets would come out there in 1 piece. cheers Then you should try the lamp mate rabbits always move further from home of a night time i have permission on a runway the rabbits always sit tight to the hedge line through the day but when i go with the lamp they are always out in the middle easy pickings Quote Link to post
DottyDoo 500 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 like has been said, lamp the rabbits for the dog, pick the rabbits furthest from cover, as yer dog is up there arse so to speak, an the bunny is heading for the fence or wall in quick style, gee the lamp a wee shake Quote Link to post
davey 310 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Lamp mate get yourself out around 11ish Quote Link to post
hargreavesheber 93 Posted July 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 like has been said, lamp the rabbits for the dog, pick the rabbits furthest from cover, as yer dog is up there arse so to speak, an the bunny is heading for the fence or wall in quick style, gee the lamp a wee shake Do any of you use filters on the lamp. I've got a Deben Tracer. Got Blue, Green, Amber and Red. Cheers Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Morning folks, Had quite a lot of advice off you folks over the past 8 months of having my 1st lurcher. Bit more required please.... My dog is good on the dummy, and is very sharp on with a tennis ball now, grabbign it on the 1st pass 95% of the time. She's had a couple of dropped uns, and did rather well for a 1st attempt, retrieving and quick onto them.. My problem being is that my father in laws farm has a lot of woodland, drystone walls etc. There is quite a lot of bunnys knocking about, but they always seem to stay quite close to the walls and fences, dashing under and through hole's in a flash, seemingly too fast before the dog has a chance to do owt about it... whats the best way to go about it to get the dog onto them or just use the .22? . Cheers again folks... Is your dog used to ferrets mate if so just enter the ferrets and dont put no nets down let the dog run them or if you can put nets down get the rabbit take it in to the middle of the field with the dog and let it go and see what happens mate atb Thats the main prob fella, they vanish into the wood and theres no holes in sight. and on another part of the farm they live down a Badger set, doubt my ferrets would come out there in 1 piece. cheers hello pal a few years ago i had some permission where all the rabbits used to live in a massive active badger sett and i used to ferret them and did so for a year or 2 and never had any problems but then all the rabbits caught mixy and they got wiped out and its never been the same since theres just the odd rabbit there now. Quote Link to post
Big bald beautiful 1,231 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Ferreting a badger set! Quote Link to post
lunita 57 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 can u ferret a badger set! ive seen a what happened a terrier when it got put down a foxhole that ended up having a badger in and wasnt nice surely a ferret have no chance...unless they just have sense to turn round and get out quick.. Quote Link to post
alan626 305 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 Ferreting a badger set! go ferriting wit a terrier Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted July 10, 2011 Report Share Posted July 10, 2011 can u ferret a badger set! ive seen a what happened a terrier when it got put down a foxhole that ended up having a badger in and wasnt nice surely a ferret have no chance...unless they just have sense to turn round and get out quick.. i never had a problem ferreting it i used to get good numbers of rabbits out of it to. Quote Link to post
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