FERRETBOY 680 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 (edited) four days into the new year and another decent bag of rabbits ,didnt start of to well as the first two sections of hedgerow didnt produce any rabbits.to make matters worse one of the pups ran into the stopnets tangling it up bad and snapped one of my hazel poles.within seconds a rabbit bolted and ran over the stop net which was laying on the ground,but fern gave chase ,jumped a wooden fence and put in a good course that wasnt to be.then another rabbit bolted into my other stop net which gave us our first bunny.we went to were fern had coursed the first rabbit and netted up this produced two ,one which we dug to (i mean dad)moaning all day again ,mardy arse lol .and the other was held at the entrance by the ferret.we bolted two more out of this section of hedge row ,the first one made its way across the field with fern snapping at its scut but it made its through the sheep fencing.the second one same again across the same field with fern striking but still missing as the rabbit went through the sheep fencing fern jumped the fence but went up rather than over and landed on the top which was barbed wire ,i hate that stuff . she started screaming but as i made my way over to her she managed to free herself.checked her over she was very lucky only a couple of tiny punctures and some long scratchers.we moved up the hedge row and managed to bag another in the purse net ,then one bolted further back down the hedge row from were had just came from and fly and fern both gave chase but this also made it to safety.we moved to were these three rabbits had ran and found a nice little warren which we netted up.we put the ferret down and straight away we had two bolters.my dad pointed to were i was standing and at my feet was a baby stoat which didnt seem worried at all.my dad went to speak to the land owner who was across the field,and as i was waiting for the ferret to emerge so we could get packing up another rabbit was added to the bag.these were legged and hung on our blue rope.the land owner understands these hedges are hard work to ferret as you cant net up most of the holes but when he saw all seven rabbits he was chuffed. eleven in two days ,hopefully some bigger bags to come .took some photos when we got home before we skinned and gutted them ,and in one of the does there was two young .couldnt believe it for this time of year as it has been freezing aswell as anyone else experianced this . just a few pics. good hunting rew Edited January 5, 2008 by REW Quote Link to post
Guest Frank Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 Smashing stuff REW. Them bunnys are rolling in now. Quote Link to post
pigeonphill 69 Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 keep a eye on your dogs punture wounds as they can get all sorts off crap in there off the barb wire make sure u clean them with something ,even just salty water. good day though Quote Link to post
Tyla 3,179 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 i know what you mean about young ones, i went for a mooch with the rifle yesterday and saw a couple of real small rabbits. They must be breeding all year round. Quote Link to post
FERRETBOY 680 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 yes frank and only a small fraction of what theres to be had .so i should be putting up some more threads soon.fly and fern are getting better with the nets ,not flying in to them when the rabbits bolt.thanks for that pigeonphill we have been keeping it clean.looks like were going to be hunting all year round now.cheers everyone will remember to take the batteries next time.lol good hunting rew Quote Link to post
Knifebar 0 Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Hello all, Just started ferretting with a friend last week, (It was bitter cold). I never did this before. At first we tried for a few hours at different borrows but not 1 rabbit, we began to think the ferret was not working but then we moved to another part of the farm and bingo Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits. We had good sport, then the snow came on, undetered we continued and it was brilliant. This was the first ferret sport I had and I am hooked. Can't wait till next hunting trip. Yours Knifebar Quote Link to post
FERRETBOY 680 Posted January 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 glad you enjoyed it mate my first ferreting trip was when i was about 4 or 5 but i cant remember it like, except we lost our ferret but 13 years on im still enjoying every second of it. good hunting rew Quote Link to post
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