BS40liam 203 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I havnt had much luck of the last couple of weeks with only having 2 or 3 rabbits over the last 3 weeks or so but got an invite from another member from here to go and do a bit of ferreting on his land. So it started sunday morning having defrosted my car and set of for the hours drive south, I wasn't sure on how the day would turn out with thick fog over the fields and motorway as I drove down the m5 but as soon as I arrived at my destination it soon cleared up a bit more. After a little chat with chris and a look at some kit, luke another member of here turned up so wellies on out the door and we were off! The short walk brought us to the 1st hedge, longnet out either side and all 3 of us including lukes dog in the hedge which wasn't to bad once you were in there netted up all the holes we could find then out to let it settle for 5 mins while the ferts was collard up. Ferrets now ready so in they went, it wasn't long before the rabbits started bolting, some diving in the hedges to make sure no rabbits slipped the nets and an embarrising performance from me with one rabbit lol we got 6 in total from here. Moving on to the next part, back inside the hedge scrambling about trying to find holes by now the weather had warmed up, and rick then turned up better late than never lol. The rabbits in ths hedge proved to give the ferrets the run around and after a while we only got 3 rabbits from this part. Gathered all the nets up then while everyone moved up I sat on my box and had some food lol all this hedge diving made me work up an appetite! Rick then had to leave so we netted up a smaller warren and decided to collar up my albino gill and give her a try, she's a real fast little thing and either due to lack of experience of what she didn't bolt anything but worked through the warren a little faster then what I want...we tried chris's older gill and after about 20 mins or so of no show he got the disco carrot out and located at 3ft then the gill moved and a rabbit bolted, chris dived in the hedge and grabbed it. The fert was still down there tho so back out with the locator and got a mark not to far down, grabbed the shovel and started to dig, soon enough broke through, chris stuck his arm up and with some force managed to pull the rabbit out! Put the ferret back down just to have a check and the ferret kept scratching pulled her out and there was fur all over the ferrets claws, a little more digging and some awkward stretching chris pulled number 2 rabbit out! Packed everything up and decided to call it a day. The end result was 12 rabbits, which I enjoyed 5 of them and 2 made some wonderful rabbit fajita wraps last night . Lukes got some video footage to add at some point aswell. Thanks for looking liam. 1 Quote Link to post
The one 8,594 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Sounds like you had a great day mate Quote Link to post
Sirius 1,391 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Nice little haul, once that cover gets knocked back things will be easier... Quote Link to post
johnny boy68 11,726 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well done mate, hedges are real heavy with cover so thats a fair number. Quote Link to post
BS40liam 203 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Was a good day! Enjoyed my self can't wait to get out again! Johnny boy yes the cover is still thick but once your in the hedge its not so bad appart from cutting my ears on the blackthorns haha need to wear a hat next time. Atb Quote Link to post
chrismdd 787 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) Cheers for the write-up Liam, saves me a job, you know what its like with us teachers and all the work we have to do . Looking forward to our next trip out this Sunday, lets hope the weather is on our side again. Sounds like a tasty dish you made of the rabbits, puts my rabbit in cider casserole to shame. Went and had a look out with the lamp last night and there's plenty of bunnies waiting for us on Sunday, might even try the new longnets at night if conditions are good. See you on Sunday, all the best Chris. Edited October 16, 2012 by chrismdd Quote Link to post
BS40liam 203 Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Haha thanks for having me down, and yes hopfully the weather is good! I'm gonna try a little spot around the corner from aswell in the next couple of days once I've finished my little girls room! May even get the misses to make up a few wraps for us on sunday if she's up to the task lol see you sunday mate. Atb Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well done lads sounds a good day I got you pm Chris glad I was of help ill pm you back tomorrow busy night lol Quote Link to post
tegater 789 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well done pal, and good to see a few of you getting together. Quote Link to post
BEARINATOR 2,924 Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Well done lads , nice to see other members helping people out Quote Link to post
bullmastiff 615 Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Was a cracking day as always, on the walk to the first warren the fields were obscured by a thick mist and everything had a coating of frost, making the ground crunch as you walked. On the video you can see the mist blowing away and by the time we'd finished the first warren (maybe 25-30mins) the mist had cleared, the sun was up and the temperature had climbed considerably making us shed our fleeces and jumpers! Tess did well considering it was here first encounter of a long net, only trying to walk through it once! Also never noticed before but she's like a baby with a dummy, constantly having to hold a rabbit in her mouth! The amount of times I have to tell her during a day to put them down, or turn around and a rabbit had been placed behind me! She's still pretty new to the ferreting game but seems to be showing a bit more respect for the nets and even letting us pick up the odd Rabbit without her trying to chomp down on it! Was good to meet you Liam and also to see Rik back on his feet again. I'll apolagise now for the ridiculus length of the video (almost 30 mins), my new Cam records in MP4 and I haven't got anything to edit it! also most of the rabbits were caught in the hedge so not much 'rabbits hitting nets action' so it's not really worth watching after the first 6-7 mins. Thanks again to Chris for arranging another successful day Hope the rest of the season goes as smooth as Sunday! All the best Luke. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqpjpSV4XpQ Quote Link to post
BS40liam 203 Posted October 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Cheers luke nice to meet you to matey, was a good day and that dog of yours has definatly swerved my oppinions of bull crosses she's a credit to you mate. I will watch the footage once I get on the laptop 2morrow, can't watch it on this crap phone lol atb Quote Link to post
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