Quickset Net

[blueeyes 47]

Hi I am new to this sort of thing,although ferreted for over 45 years lol but grandson got me back into it,anyway heres my question is it better having the bottom line between poles slacker than the top to compensate for uneven ground tks.

[smithie 2,444]

i do this on a traditional sometimes and talked about doing this on here giving wheel ruts as an example (bad example as it happens) but im of the opinion a couple of inch slack in the bottom line is better than a rabbit getting under.. but im sure the net wont slide as well on the bottom line like this..

[blueeyes 47]

That makes sense I forgot about the sliding action of the bag, would pegging it not cause problems also tks.

[smithie 2,444]

if you peg the running line the net will not pass the peg.. i personly would just put extra line in it if the net,

[TOMO 29,456]

Both top and bottom lines should be equal ,,, so when your on flat land the lines are tight.

 

It's easy enough to put slack in the bottom line so it hugs uneven ground,,, just put the next peg in short of being tight,,, so the bottom line hugs the ground,,,to tighten the top line,,, there's a few things you can do,,, lean the peg back,, wich it should be any way,,, also lean it slightly toward the next peg,,,, or of course loop the top line over the peg a few times

[FERRETBOY 680]

Why do you lean the peg back TOMO? Does it help tangle the rabbit.

[blueeyes 47]

Yip i lean the poles back so the rabbit is already on the net before it hits any resistance,will experiment a bit thanks for the replies guys.

[Tiercel 6,986]

Yip i lean the poles back so the rabbit is already on the net before it hits any resistance,will experiment a bit thanks for the replies guys.

For night time netting that is how I set my nets, but for the day I use different methods. It is all down to how the rabbits hit the nets, in the day they are 99% of the time bolting into the nets at full pace. they then stretch the netting to it's extreme and start bouncing around. All too often the end up going over the headline, which can go either way 1. they take some of the net over the headline and bag themselves or 2. they just flip over the headline and make good an escape.

 

For that reason I no longer angle the pegs back during the day, if anything, ground allowing, I angle the pegs towards the oncoming rabbits. This is going to be hard to explain what I mean but I will give it a go. If we take this > as a net set vertical when a rabbit hits the net the distance between the middle of the net where the rabbit has hit and the mouth of the net where the lines are are roughly equal. If you slope the pegs back away from the oncoming rabbits the distance between the top of the v and where the rabbit hits becomes shorter, giving the rabbit more of a chance of going over the headline when it starts bouncing. However, if you slope the pegs towards the oncoming rabbits, the distance between where the rabbit hits and the headline increases making it less likely that a rabbit will go over the headline, that is not to say that they wont go over it just reduces the chances of it happening a little.

 

This is for daytime netting only, I still angle the pegs away in the night as the rabbits should be travelling a lot slower into the nets not bolting, giving the net on the floor a chance to do it's work on the rabbits feet.

 

TC

[blueeyes 47]

Thanks for your input again that makes sense as i said havnt had much experience with this type of net,I will be using them in conjunction with ferreting so again will experiment tks.