Question time...

[Rhodey 96]

Is it possible to just use purse nets? I don't know how to set a long net and no one to teach me, my dog is an 11 year old collie x and can't catch rabbits if he did he wouldn't bring them back he's just a pet. Do you reckon I will have much success or do I need to get a crash course in long netting?

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Bloody sure ye can! Long net's a great addition, in some circumstances. Purse nets are fine alone though.

[moxy 617]

Of course it is possible to just use purse nets

Thats all i use. One of the benefits with a long net is if you miss a bolt hole or two you have a long net as back-up.

[Rhodey 96]

Cheers wasn't to sure as most pics and vids i've seen everyone seems to use long nets a lurchers surpose it's just to get the excapees. I'm sure I will have many more questions in the future a complete novice at this, of course it doesn't show.

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Thats all i ever use mate.Oh and the dog of course to catch the wanna be steve Mqueens lol

[Rhodey 96]

Any one in the stoke/stafford area fancy taking a novice out for an insight on how to ferret properly?

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Rhodey; What ye have to realise is that, even just ten years ago, hardly Any f*cker was ferreting to long nets. The damn things were so shrouded in an air of mystery and there just weren't enough who truly knew how to use them to go round.

 

Then there seems to have been an explosion of some sort and now, as ye seeing, the Non ownership of a long net appears to be the exception. Viva the internet, in that respect, I s'pose?

 

Anyway, while ye looking out for a mentor, why not get onto Google and find yeself a copy of a book called " The Ferret and Ferreting Guide " by Graham Welstead. It's available second hand for under a tenner and is a mini classic. Reading that'll prime ye up nicely on all aspects of the game

[T78 4]

ive never used a long net,just purse nets.although i keep threatening to get one and learn to use it!

[Garn 0]

Ferreting ain't rocket science. It's simple and based on pure logic. Get yourself the plummer book on ferrets, that'll give you the basics. It's just then for you to work things out for yourself. You really, really can't go wrong

[dytkos 18,005]

You will need ferrets as well! Cheers, D.

[The one 8,596]

We mainly use purse nets and only use the long nets on one piece of ground ,you just need to be a bit more quieter walking over the berry putting nets on the holes but they pick up the hole hoppers that the longnets dont

[Rhodey 96]

Rhodey; What ye have to realise is that, even just ten years ago, hardly Any f*cker was ferreting to long nets. The damn things were so shrouded in an air of mystery and there just weren't enough who truly knew how to use them to go round.

 

Then there seems to have been an explosion of some sort and now, as ye seeing, the Non ownership of a long net appears to be the exception. Viva the internet, in that respect, I s'pose?

 

Anyway, while ye looking out for a mentor, why not get onto Google and find yeself a copy of a book called " The Ferret and Ferreting Guide " by Graham Welstead. It's available second hand for under a tenner and is a mini classic. Reading that'll prime ye up nicely on all aspects of the game

 

Cheers i will get a copy, i've brought Jackie Drakefords Working Ferrets and James McKay complete guide to ferrets which have been a good read.

[Rhodey 96]

You will need ferrets as well! Cheers, D.

 

Thats where i have been going wrong it's been killing my knees crawling down the holes.