gnipper 6,019 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I got asked to help a lad shift some rabbits last saturday so I went up there after work with Scooby, 2 older jills and this years hob kit. I don't think i've set as many purse nets as we did on this embankment in years since getting stop nets and longnets but it was nice to be ferreting like I used to. Some of these holes went really deep and the young hob kit didn't quite know what to make of them, he was travelling the burrow but not going deep yet but hopefully that will come. A couple of times I doubted the dogs mark until I put in my little sandy jill bred from my tiny white hob and Ivan off heres jill and she disappeared off into the darkness (and off the locator) and forced the bunnies out. We hadn't had a dig in this wood when I took these pictures but the last hole the dog marked was a nightmare. Took a while netting up as it was rough brambles on a ditch bank and then entered the sandy jill who after a bit of a run around bolted one which slipped the net and got over the ditch only to be caught by Scoob and then a bloody big rat bolted which managed to give the dog the slip in the cover and water :ranting2: . Still no sign of the jill so had a bit of a scan with the locator and found her in one spot at 5ft but she kept moving up and down the tube eventually settling in one spot so we started digging :yikes: . I've often found the mk3 can give a bit of a false reading but unfortunately it was telling the truth and the ground was full of bloody rocks from the top to the bottom eventually breaking through to a bald rabbit and a ferret wearing fur mittens on all 4 feet in a really tight tube which stopped her killing it. The dog pulled off one cracking catch where he was at the bottom of the bank and a rabbit bolted at the top which he spotted as it went over the top but even with the good head start it had he managed to catch it half way up the field. A few crappy pics off the phone anyway Cheers, Gnipper Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Your lucky, I had a net setting frenzy on sunday and nabbed less than you mate Quote Link to post
Marsh Lad 321 Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Your dog looks well pal Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,019 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Your dog looks well pal Cheers, he's not fit yet but getting there. Quote Link to post
muddy210 34 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 good read that fella Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,216 Posted October 25, 2011 Report Share Posted October 25, 2011 Good write up mate, and the dog looks a cracker Quote Link to post
simonrocco 175 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 good write up pal sounds like you had a decent day your dog looks in good condition there pal atb for the rest of the season Quote Link to post
whippetboy 2 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Nice read pal and a nice looking dog mate Quote Link to post
Westy76 546 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Nice read that,thanks Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,019 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 Cheers lads. Quote Link to post
theferreter 311 Posted October 26, 2011 Report Share Posted October 26, 2011 well done nice dog Quote Link to post
seany 54 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Nice one Gnipper your lurchers a beauty mate ATB Seany Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Get the dig piccies up! Well done Gnipper Quote Link to post
gnipper 6,019 Posted October 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 There was no way I was touching my htc wi dirty hands mate Quote Link to post
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