Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Hi chaps, been far too long since i was last out 10 days ago, working every day since then in the closing stages of a contract, (sooner we get off site the better, need at least 3 days a week rabbiting!) Same again, me and the old feller, the two runners Jed and Robbie, and the two 4 yr old albino jills B'stard and Eyeball following up on the same ground again. First job, was putting a wall back up that the poaching lads had felled the day before our last visit. Unfortunateley, it was 50 yrds away from where we have been parking for the last month, all fingers would point to us, so squared it with the farmer, and sorted it. Also found signs of them working on the fringes of the warrens, a couple of holes dug out, without a single hint of backfilling. If you read this come on lads, sick of clearing up after you, and looking forward to meeting you in person. As i said before its no fireworks, just as the title says, grinding out a few, constantly netting up, and ferrets shifting almost every stubborn rabbit below the sod, they rarely bolt freely, and cannot put my finger on why its taking such persuasion from the two jills to evict them. If they stay, thats the end for them. The dogs are as stated before are near redundant, only today my old feller decided enough was enough, and headed away up the hillside twice from the job in hand due to boredom, and re-appeared some time later with first a bag of 5, then a bag of 4 and a couple of worn out dogs! Good work! He was as always, netting up like a demon, but getting a bit laxed, missing a few holes, none got away, allthough one was close. As I automatically placed my foot in a rumbling hole without a net, near touchdown saw a brown furry lump appear and trap itself under my dunlop! Poor bugger! One of the jills, B'stard was getting a little heavy due to the food thrown at them, allthough Eyeball is in great shape, need to split them soon, B,stard eats a bit more than Eyeball, so need to put team them up with eating partners. Got the first couple of duchys out of one warren. Had only been saying on the way up how we had not seen one yet this year, and then 2 jump out! Had more than enough of these sort of knockings today. Stress has seen the grey levels grow on Jed. And hate these shaley sets that the roof caves in on bust through. The bag before the transport down the slope, need to do two trips nowadays. 32 all in all, nothing seemed easy, bloody rabbits! 4 Quote Link to post
Sjt657 191 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good going pal ..... Nice one the freezers full then lol Quote Link to post
MR TEA POT 1,287 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nice read and pics as always,glad to see your getting a few Quote Link to post
21dangermouse 86 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Top write up their keep them coming over the season. Atb dangermouse Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nice read and pics as always,glad to see your getting a few Rabbits are a fragile animal TP, most folks dont understand they need a little respect, around breeding time especially. They may be a pest, but hammering them at all times of year is no way of protecting the sport we are interested in. When the rabbit was first introduced to the uk centuries ago, they were looked after, the monks even built warrens for them in soil mounds to get them established! Starting to think the last bastion of the rabbit is on estates, with keepers looking after them, only on these places do they flourish without threat nowadays. 2 Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Top write up their keep them coming over the season. Atb dangermouse Will do DM, will probs stop mid feb, around the time the bunnys are paired up and starting to cherry! Quote Link to post
andy s410c 63 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nice bag B,got a few vicars on my place this year....watched them grow through the summer whilst keeping my finger off the trigger!!Hope them poachers don't meet you face to face tho :whistling: 1 Quote Link to post
TOMO 29,354 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well I'm ashamed,,,,a fellow northerner and one not a stones throw away,,, and you had to do two trips,, for just 32 rabbits,,,, you big fairy.......lol Nice wright up mate,, yeh them shaley digs are a fecker, I was pushing my hand down the tube both ways last week ,,,muttering about the b*****d rabbit moving...............no it was stone dead under the pile of shale.... 1 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,626 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 very good mate Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Nice bag B,got a few vicars on my place this year....watched them grow through the summer whilst keeping my finger off the trigger!!Hope them poachers don't meet you face to face tho :whistling: Like you're idea of conservation Andy If you hold back you'll be getting accused of racism! Poaching always has, and always will go on. But at some point, one rabbiter is going to get a bit more hacked off than another when he's got out of the wrong side of the bed. Asking who you have permission off at that point wont even come into it. Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well I'm ashamed,,,,a fellow northerner and one not a stones throw away,,, and you had to do two trips,, for just 32 rabbits,,,, you big fairy.......lol Nice wright up mate,, yeh them shaley digs are a fecker, I was pushing my hand down the tube both ways last week ,,,muttering about the b*****d rabbit moving...............no it was stone dead under the pile of shale.... Pies were at the motor on the first trip down, home on the second! And the stones throw is over the hill! Yes ive turned into a pussy! Its still funny though to see an albino ferret pop its head up through the shale Tomo, try poking your spade down there first, its amazing how it moves when a corpse is underneath it! Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Well done brim,and very nice to hear someone talking about conservation of the humble coney 1 Quote Link to post
Sirius 1,391 Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good read Brimmer I enjoyed that, shame the dogs don't get to see more work! But a lot of ferreting is like that unless you dont bother with the nets isn't it! Good hunting Sirius 1 Quote Link to post
Brimmer 220 Posted November 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 Good read Brimmer I enjoyed that, shame the dogs don't get to see more work! But a lot of ferreting is like that unless you dont bother with the nets isn't it! Good hunting Sirius A few years ago Sirius, it was all fast paced, bolting to dogs, on the high ground, not a net in sight and bloody big bags, mainly by the dogs and the spade, a few years on and we have had to adapt, bleeding slow, but still rabbiting. Quote Link to post
Guest scramble Posted November 14, 2012 Report Share Posted November 14, 2012 well done brimmer, good read that and nice bag. SCRAMBLE Quote Link to post
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