Guest little_lloyd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Woke up at one today lol and somehow felt like doing a last bit of ferreting to finnish the season. Got out the house by two,, headed up to the gorse'y highland of the valley and got settled in a nice little woodland.. I packed 24 nets and only reaslised when i arived at the warrens that most of the warrens had a few hundred holes So we did two and Got two,, Long story Bolted more rabbits than we could see and of course did not have enough nets for a full swing session ,, afterall im glad a few got away for next year. First warren a big rabbit bolted out of an unetted hole and backnetted itself in another,, follwed by mu pup that held it there Moments after rabbiuts where bolting left right and centre.,,,But from unetted holes And i did not slip my pup as he yaps in cover and stands no chance on hilly woodland,, However a nice little junior bunny bolted and i let him have that and he nailed it,, A bit of confedence for my old Pup,, Then it got all wrong,, a rabbit bolted,, through the gorse in the wood and he was coursing it openining up fustradly And ran flat out in to a tree,, Fell over and carried on running a rabbit through the wood and up onto the hillside,,, DETERMINATION 100%,,but came back limping. So while i netted up the second warren he was tied to a tree,, this pup will not be seing any ther work untill next season,, only easy catches through the summer. Anyway second warren,, three rabbits bolted at we where netting up,, before the ferrets where even entered No wonder i was half way through digging and there was a squirrel that the ferrets where dragging around underground,, And they left it somewhere so i could not dig it,, So all in all we headed home,, and i can defenetly say,, i will be back to this spot early next season to account the others. LL Quote Link to post
Kay 3,709 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Oh well done LLoydie Quote Link to post
Rolfe 2 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Is that you in the picture LLoydy........you handsome bugger Well done mate you had a fun day........shame about the dog.........is he ok now like? Rolfey. Quote Link to post
ferretville 69 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 At least you got a few rabbits and the pup seen a bit! Nice looking dog you got there lloyd atb FV Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Is that you in the picture LLoydy........you handsome bugger Well done mate you had a fun day........shame about the dog.........is he ok now like? Rolfey. He is limping around,, im sure he's ok tho,,a vet trip might happen if hes no better in the moring,, But without him today i would not of had those two rabbits,, But he will certanly not see any serious work till next season now. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 Nice one Lloyd mate. Quote Link to post
bullsmilk 2 Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 am i right in thinking you ferreted in the dark? Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 am i right in thinking you ferreted in the dark? No went from 2. pm to about 4.pm Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted March 24, 2008 Report Share Posted March 24, 2008 well done chav and what the dog bred mate Dont know his breeding for sure,, but some Saluki , Whippet, grey And all sorts in there., Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 wel done mate good looking lurcher there i bet he could bend a hare , ye some dogs sing in cover others dont , two is abit late in the day for ferreting get up early finish early Quote Link to post
Keeps 403 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Its hard work ferreting large woodland warrens little Lloyd - like you we used to net them, but its very often nigh on impossible. Hope the dogs ok. Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Its hard work ferreting large woodland warrens little Lloyd - like you we used to net them, but its very often nigh on impossible. Hope the dogs ok. It sure is keeps,, not as hard and awkward as my usual thick thorny hedges tho. Quote Link to post
Guest little_lloyd Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 wel done mate good looking lurcher there i bet he could bend a hare , ye some dogs sing in cover others dont , two is abit late in the day for ferreting get up early finish early Whin,, He is a fast and determined dog,, Just im not going to push him at ten months of age,, Only bring him along to hold them in the nets and catch easy little bolters,, Can not wait till his first season next season,, Will be an adventure. Quote Link to post
Keeps 403 Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 Its hard work ferreting large woodland warrens little Lloyd - like you we used to net them, but its very often nigh on impossible. Hope the dogs ok. It sure is keeps,, not as hard and awkward as my usual thick thorny hedges tho. Very true Lloyd, I used to hate doing thorny hedges Quote Link to post
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