out with my daughter & nephew for a few hours

[simonrocco 175]

i was supposed to go out for a good days ferreting this morning on some new permission but my mate phoned last night and he had to cancel so i desided to have a look out with my daughter and my nephew i was going to go out for first light but when i got up it was raining so i desided to go back to bed for a couple of hours as i didnt want to take my daughter out in the rain and cold anyway when i got back up about 10am and it had faired up so we got up had some breakfast and then got all the nets locator spade and ferrets and set off i went to a bit of permission i have just got theres a lot of rabbits there but not many sets on the bit iv got permission on the surrounding fields are owned by someone else who wont give me or anyone else permission and thats where most of the sets are anyway we got to the first set it was a 3holer in a old tree i could only net one hole up as the others were impossible to net so i desided to use a 7yrd longnet that i made i never used a longnet before so it was a bit of trial and error today so i stretched it out in front of the holes and then entered the ferret the ferret went in and worked the set but there was nothing at home so i took the net off and picked the longnet up and boxed the ferret and we moved on to the next set which was in a little bit of a strip wood i thought that there was a couple of sets in this wood but it all turned out to be one big one that stretched the full length of the wooded area once we realized this it was a mad scramble to get the rest of the nets on before something bolted we managed to do it between the 3 of us and i desided to enter another ferret with it being such a big set and about 2 mins later a rabbit bolted into a net by my daughter who has never picked a rabbit up in a net yet and was a bit scared to pick it up i think (she's only 8 yrs old) as she screamed rabbit as it bolted and i told her to pick it up but she just looked at me then at the rabbit and stood there by the time my nephew manged to get to it it had got out of the net and ran back to the first set we did anyway there was no more in the big set so we moved back to the first set we did and netted up again and put the longnet out again put the ferret in but to our suprise it went in and worked the set but nothing there the rabbit must have ran round the back of the tree and along the dyke so we picked the nets up again and had a look round the rest of the permission but couldnt find anymore sets so we desided to move to to another bit of permission that i have we tried a few sets but there was nothing at home we moved up the dyke to an old allotment where there a couple of sets we tried the first set on the allotment nothing at home again then we noticed a shed that had some holes going under it which looked well used so we netted up best we could and entered the ferret a few seconds later we could here bumping coming from the shed then my nephew shouted as a rabbit had bolted out of a little bolt hole that was covered by grass and been missed but luckly it was covered by some old chicken mesh and as i got round the shed my nephew had hold of the rabbit through the wire thank god for chicken wire so that was number 1 in the bag we got back i position as we heard more bumping coming from under the shed and a few seconds later the rabbit bolted from a hole i was watching it didnt purse right in the net i tried to dive on it but just landed in a pile of mud empty handed at least it kept the kids amused they couldnt stop laughing we moved on from that set and we did a couple more heading back to the car but nothing more was to be bolted then it started to rain so we desided to call it a day and head for home not a big bag but an enjoyable day with the kids. hope you like the write up and pics atb

[simonrocco 175]

a few more pics

[craigy 1]

Well done pal looks like you and the kids had a great wee day out i also had a laugh at the part when you tried to dive on the rabbit been there many times myself nice pics also.

[simonrocco 175]

Well done pal looks like you and the kids had a great wee day out i also had a laugh at the part when you tried to dive on the rabbit been there many times myself nice pics also.

thanks pal i wouldnt have looked so stupid if id caught the rabbit but it was the high light of the kids day ill probally never live it down now atb pal

[johnny boy68 11,726]

Good write up and pics mate........its great to see the young uns out.

[simonrocco 175]

Good write up and pics mate........its great to see the young uns out.

thanks pal i try to get them out as much as possible with me they both seem to enjoy it and get involved as much as they can just a bit noisy at holes sometimes but im working on that atb

[foxing machine 144]

well done pal. ill be out next time mate.

[rossi_j 99]

Nice one mate, like the pink purse netts

 

sounds like a good time was had by all

 

.atb. .Ste.

[simonrocco 175]

well done pal. ill be out next time mate.

cheers pal are we still on for day out next sunday

[simonrocco 175]

Nice one mate, like the pink purse netts

 

sounds like a good time was had by all

 

.atb. .Ste.

thanks pal it was a really good day out i cant wait to get out with them again atb

[Rake aboot 4,936]

Matching jackets and purse nets !!! dear lord ,,,hahahhahaha

 

Good one mate,, get them keen when they are young

[simonrocco 175]

Matching jackets and purse nets !!! dear lord ,,,hahahhahaha

 

Good one mate,, get them keen when they are young

never noticed till you said could start a new trend off there :laugh: she likes the pink purse nets i made them for my missis whos going to start coming with me soon with the kids. atb

[foxing machine 144]

yes mate still on for sunday

[simonrocco 175]

yes mate still on for sunday

spot on pal ill give you a bell nearer the time to sort it out

[KittleRox 2,147]

good write up but you need a dug