FERRET KILLING IN.

[Malt 379]

Most of the ones round our way were 20 years ago!

[Crow 1]

Most of the ones round our way were 20 years ago!

 

Then they should have known better in 1987!

[the fezz 44]

if you like digging every warren up that you work keep it , you will never stop it killing .you are going to spend more time with a spade in your hand than you will ferreting, i would nock it on the head and get another

Fezz

[Malt 379]

Most of the ones round our way were 20 years ago!

 

Then they should have known better in 1987!

 

We live in the arse end of wales, every new idea comes in here 10 years after everywhere else! Most people are stuck in their ways and are scared of change!

[pigeonphill 69]

if you like digging every warren up that you work keep it , you will never stop it killing .you are going to spend more time with a spade in your hand than you will ferreting, i would nock it on the head and get another

Fezz

how can u say nock it on the head when its doing what it was breed for just a bit to well ,breed from it and your have a litterful of useful workers with a bit of luck

[the fezz 44]

if you like digging every warren up that you work keep it , you will never stop it killing .you are going to spend more time with a spade in your hand than you will ferreting, i would nock it on the head and get another

Fezz

how can u say nock it on the head when its doing what it was breed for just a bit to well ,breed from it and your have a litterful of useful workers with a bit of luck

 

yea like you say ....... with a bit of luck

cant see the point of keeping it myself , but thats my opinion . Fezz

[Hob&Jill 258]

Personally I would rather a ferret with a real drive to kill a rabbit, that actually wants to hunt and stay with its quarry, than one of these amazing ferrets that never kills.

 

 

H&J

[Guest Magwitch]

This hob here will kill any rabbit that is silly enough not to bolt, he's a search and destroy ferret i use him in the orchard's we ferret where the digging is on average 1 to 2ft, they all have there uses.

"Driller Killer"

 

Edited December 14, 2007 by Magwitch

[Crow 1]

We live in the arse end of wales, every new idea comes in here 10 years after everywhere else! Most people are stuck in their ways and are scared of change!

 

Feeding meat isn't a new idea - they were feeding meat to ferrets long before we were an itch in our grandfathers underpants!

 

Oh, by the way, I live in the arse end of England

[pigeonphill 69]

every ferret will kill given the chance thats how they would live in the wild

[bill88 6]

Sometimes ask myself this question.I'v had many ferrets over the years,some seem to bolt every rabbit while others,including the two i have at the minute seem to kill to ground all the time,fed,hungry,quiet,noisy,bell on collar,it don't make any difference.Another thing is the speed of a ferret on hunt,i watched a rabbit bolt towards some cover,and the ferret weren't that far behind.

 

 

[Kay 3,709]

The two hobs here both kill as well, only tried the jill kit once & there was nothing to bolt so she maybe would have killed given the chance

[RichardC18 0]

If you EVER are using a muzzle make sure its cotton so when it gets wet it will rot and your ferret will not starve to death.

[dytkos 17,953]

every ferret will kill given the chance thats how they would live in the wild

 

 

Ferrets are killing machines in the wild. We have domesticated them and given them the comfort zone. Pretty much all ferrets will work, but would you expect a ferret, that is left for days, possibly weeks, in a run or hutch or worse in some cases, shoved in a box, then in a car, then bumped across a few fields before it is asked to go down a hole to bolt a rabbit to immediately return and then go back in he box again. People do though and have done for ages. I am of the opinion that the welfare of the ferret when not hunting should be a priority. The majority of ferreters I know do but there are are some, usually the macho types who treat the ferret as only a tool, to be discarded or replaced if it doesn't do the job. fair enough, but a bad workman always blames his tools is an old adage.

Sometimes they bolt, sometimes not. Sometimes they kill in, sometimes they can't find, sometimes they "peep", sometimes they nip.

My ferrets at the moment are working well, but tomorrow could be another story. That's ferreting! All the best. Cheers, D.