A question

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

I was ferreting a warren in a hedge,one side of the hedge you could not set purse nets as there was a electric fence right up againest it on the other side you could set purse nets.

It was ferreting this hedge that made me wonder about something.The rabbits that where bolting on the long net side where just hopping from hole to hole,not realy at speed while on the other side the rabbits where hitting the nets at high speed.It made me wonder if the rabbits know the purse nets are there and try a barge them out the way as they would grass or some thing.What do other people think as to why rabbits hit purse nets set over holes at speed yet just hop around on open holes.

I did post this question last year but didn't get any answers so i thought i would ask again.

[stubby 175]

quote; What do other people think as to why rabbits hit purse nets set over holes at speed

 

a ferret trying to eat their nutts

 

I think those hitting net have a ferret on their tail, those just hoping out, know theres a fert about, but aint being chased, as for sides, could just be luck of the draw

[MR TEA POT 1,287]

Yes i thought about the ferret on their tails but surely if the rabbits had the ferret on their tails on the unnetted side they would bolt at speed?.Some of the rabbits that hopped out of the holes just hopped down another and then the ferret popped out of the hole the rabbit just came out off.

Edited December 16, 2007 by MR TEA POT

[pigeonphill 69]

its a bit like how they know which hole u missed when netting up they always find it

[Malt 379]

its a bit like how they know which hole u missed when netting up they always find it

 

Tell me about it! I lost 2 like that yesterday, and 1 slipped the bloody net!

[the fezz 44]

its a bit like how they know which hole u missed when netting up they always find it

 

thats allways the case .................rabbit instinct