Netting Runs

[Malt 379]

I just use normal 4ft purse nets over the runs in hedges. They work well if you set them up gently, but I use 4z nets they're a pain the arse for getting tangled.

 

Been using 4ft spun poly for the runs, they don't seem to tangle too badly but because they're heavier they are harder to set without collapsing, maybe a heavier z would be better.

 

It's six of one, half dozen of the other IMO. The long grass and cover I usually ferret makes it difficult to lay nets of any sort down properly and while a heavier net would tangle less on the cover, I find that if you take your time and set the 4z carefully they stand a better chance of catching a rabbit even if they don't purse cleanly. I like the way that 4z nets tangle a rabbit up, it's the just the laying them down & untangling them after I don't like!

[Phil Lloyd 10,739]

4z can often be the Daddy,..but,.ya gotta work with it,.never against it....

 

 

 

 

 

[Brimmer 220]

You mean like a bag, or sack?

 

Kind of mate, stiff wire in the shape of a "D" with the net tied to this and being a funnell shpe out behind, in principal the rabbit runs into the D end and is caught in the bag behind,

I'm not sure if this would be any better than setting the purse nets like we do now, I would think the good thing is they wont collapse like a purse net can when it's set in a run, but maybe the down side is they wouldn't work both ways, in that if a rabbit hits it from behind and not through the D, I don't know if they wiil work. Just wondered if anyone had tried them before.

When my mate makes a couple I'll give them a whirl if they're crap they'll stay in the shed, if they're any good I'll let you know

 

Have thought about this for a while now myself, in certain areas of our land, many rabbits will take the same run straight back to cover in the strongholds, maybee through a wall, or a fence.

Sure, a permanent drop box could catch a fair share of these, but have always wondered what a tube type net like an keepnet, set in place for a short time would manage to catch.

Downside for a net set for any amount of time is the rabbits will chew there way out, like they do from a longnet.