DRAGNETS

[ferret boy charlie 0]

WHAT ARE DRAGNETS ? I JST HEARD SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT EM TODAY WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW ARE THEY USED

 

CHEERS ALL

[Shooter08 0]

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managed to find that but dont know if its what your looking for ?

[ferret boy charlie 0]

NO MATE I THIN IT IS FOR PARTRIDGES

[Shooter08 0]

yeah mate just found out sort of!

on this website it says a simple net for catching small game....

if thats any help mate?

[ianrob 2]

WHAT ARE DRAGNETS ? I JST HEARD SOMEBODY TALKING ABOUT EM TODAY WHAT ARE THEY AND HOW ARE THEY USED

 

CHEERS ALL

 

 

They were made of fine hemp, or linen, about 2" mesh. I think about 30 yards wide and 10 to 12 yards deep. Sometimes a canvas tail was added to stop the back wearing away. You had two people , one each side, and you used a stick to lift the front of the net to about 9 or 10 ft high. You dragged it into the wind over known partridge roosts. You obviously dropped it on a covey errupting, trapping them. The keepers would scatter cut down thorn bushes in the fields to thwart their efforts. This was obviously done at night in a wind to hide your approach.

Edited November 4, 2008 by ianrob

[mackem 29,522]

I bought one YEARS ago,from either youngs of misterton or KP&S??I was only about 15?There was no canvas tail on mine,and I remember how difficult it was to synchronise dragging it with my mates,I remember we caught birds in ford quarry in sunderland with it,not many,very low numbers then I got a .410 shotgun and used to shoot them with the lamp,quicker and more effective,I wouldnt kill an english partridge nowadays though Very dainty beautiful birds.

[ferret boy charlie 0]

I bought one YEARS ago,from either youngs of misterton or KP&S??I was only about 15?There was no canvas tail on mine,and I remember how difficult it was to synchronise dragging it with my mates,I remember we caught birds in ford quarry in sunderland with it,not many,very low numbers then I got a .410 shotgun and used to shoot them with the lamp,quicker and more effective,I wouldnt kill an english partridge nowadays though Very dainty beautiful birds.

i there anywhere where i can get hold of one

[Guest blackntan]

we used to drag net a river bank , we had a big old net with a heavy rope along the bottom into the wind to catch pheasants it worked , its a steep bank and was hard work but a good laugh when your young, a local keeper a proper old fella from lincon told us how to do it ,

[mackem 29,522]

I bought one YEARS ago,from either youngs of misterton or KP&S??I was only about 15?There was no canvas tail on mine,and I remember how difficult it was to synchronise dragging it with my mates,I remember we caught birds in ford quarry in sunderland with it,not many,very low numbers then I got a .410 shotgun and used to shoot them with the lamp,quicker and more effective,I wouldnt kill an english partridge nowadays though Very dainty beautiful birds.

i there anywhere where i can get hold of one

Make one ferret,square-mesh net,not difficult mate

[ferret boy charlie 0]

I bought one YEARS ago,from either youngs of misterton or KP&S??I was only about 15?There was no canvas tail on mine,and I remember how difficult it was to synchronise dragging it with my mates,I remember we caught birds in ford quarry in sunderland with it,not many,very low numbers then I got a .410 shotgun and used to shoot them with the lamp,quicker and more effective,I wouldnt kill an english partridge nowadays though Very dainty beautiful birds.

i there anywhere where i can get hold of one

Make one ferret,square-mesh net,not difficult mate

i cant make nets mate so is there anywhere that still sell them ? and how much will i be looking at to pay ?

cheers

[mackem 29,522]

I cant remember how much mine was to be honest,it seems like wayyy back in time so I probably paid in groats or bartered for a goat Contact one of the guys who make nets on here,one of them would do you a bespoke

[ferret boy charlie 0]

I cant remember how much mine was to be honest,it seems like wayyy back in time so I probably paid in groats or bartered for a goat Contact one of the guys who make nets on here,one of them would do you a bespoke

cheers mackem is anybody reading this willing to make me one willing to pay

cheers

[Guest MIST NET]

pm molecatcher...he should be able to sort you out

[ferret boy charlie 0]

just pm,d iarob and mole catcher

Edited November 4, 2008 by ferret boy charlie

[Netter 0]

But how much?

 

There are plenty of people who would like to use bespoke handmade nets, but not many willing to pay a man to sit for hours and hours to make one.