How Often To Work Permission? ?

[OldhamLad 66]

I have now a 45 acre plot with one or two warrens and a 250 acre plot with a definate 7 warrens and some more possibly. How often would you all work such land ? obviously wouldn't want to deplete the population? etc

Edited August 14, 2013 by OldhamLad

[The one 8,398]

How often do you think you can work them ?. whats the ground next door like if you empty the warrens are next doors rabbits going to repopulate them

[cookiemonsterandmerlin 145]

I only work each warren once a session but am blessed with alot of ground but if you keep work 45 acres a couple of times a session there not be much in two years

 

ATB Cookie

[OldhamLad 66]

the 250 site is in the middle of a huge area of other crop land so yes id imagine theres a large pop in the area, I imagine at some point Ill have permission on the surrounding areas through my contact who gave me permission being a popular land owner in the area.

[OldhamLad 66]

so twice a month go out and do a warren each time ? im new to this sorry of it seems a bit simple of me to ask! ll also only have two jills and a bed x whip so cant see me getting through too much????

[The one 8,398]

Ive a 60 acre plot the farmer bought for his wife's horses and i can ferret it every fortnight and its always good for rabbits the guy next to it just has sheep and the only guy on his ground lamps it for foxes . But i wouldn't worry about wiping them out

[OldhamLad 66]

brilliant advice cheers thankyou!

[OldhamLad 66]

out of curiosity at what point do you wipe out a warren or how do you know when to ease off it? is it literally a case of 2 rabbits when normal haul is 10 etc or could that just be a sign of a bad day ?

[smithie 2,429]

the 250 site is in the middle of a huge area of other crop land so yes id imagine theres a large pop in the area, I imagine at some point Ill have permission on the surrounding areas through my contact who gave me permission being a popular land owner in the area.

 

 

crack on and clean it off... you get the sport you yern for and then go ask the chap who lets you on if he knows of any where else you might get on as you cleaned him out..

 

if hes popular as you said and he likes you then he will help you out.. most people who give permision want the rabbits gone imo

 

edited to say you ask for permision to ferret so their's no point not doing it or you might as well not ask and just stay home anyway

[OldhamLad 66]

fair point ! work it right down move onto the next then work that and so on .

[Ideation 8,216]

We hit everything hard once, and take most of them, and tell the land owner to give us a bell if it looks like its picking up too much. Then we tend to have a quick scout end of season to mop up owt we've missed. And hope like feck it recovers over summer!

[OldhamLad 66]

cheers for the responses people as many tips as possible please

[Ideation 8,216]

Having a decent dog helps, you can walk onto a piece of land and quickly tell how much scent and therefore game is about and if its worth a trip etc.

[OldhamLad 66]

well ive had personal guarantee that theres an old railway line littered with them and at least seven warrens he knows off there so should be worth the trip! want wo work it for the meat and sport but also want some to return to next year , suppose its finding the balance

[GreyRake 108]

I think it depends on the individual land owner.

 

One farmer is a bit strict and im lucky to be on his land, the only reason im there is because he really does have a rabbit problem, im to call before each visit and when i arrive he comes out threatning to shame me if i dont get enough rabbits haha. So his land gets hit hard and constant, i intend for him to notice a difference. That permission has already led me onto another farm in that area.

 

Got another farmer who doesn't seem to really care about the rabbits, just let's me on because he's a nice guy. He just let's me do what I want, when I want. It's very close to me and one of my fav permissions so I usually just have short laid back mornings there with one ferret and a few nets only really aiming to get a few days ferret food at a time.