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leec

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i notice alot off you talk off a good line of ferret that will kill an leave wont stay to one assed up? are they not just mere jackers?

I know where your coming from leec, it all depends what the aim of your game is, I've been out with a lad who keeps ferrets solely for bolting rabbits for his harris hawks, and the first time I saw his ferrets work I thought that if they were mine I wouldn't be taking them home with me, They went in quick enough, but they came out quicker, and if they were in for a while they would come out to see if my mate was still there, but for his purposes they were perfect, because they didn't go deep, never killed, and if he wanted them out he just shouted, they obviously left rabbits in the warren, but he wasn't bothered because all he want's is a few flys on a saturday afternoon.

 

But for me they wouldn't do at all. Horses for courses.

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ferrets are put down holes to clear berrys if they leave awkward ones what ass up its cos they wont stick at the job. which means they are jackers. if thats what you want then fine but accept it them particular ferrets are quitters or jackers or whatever. give me one that will stick to every single rabbit like glue anyday.o and shooter 2000 dont forget ive bought 2 ferts off you recently they anygood

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ferrets are put down holes to clear berrys if they leave awkward ones what ass up its cos they wont stick at the job. which means they are jackers. if thats what you want then fine but accept it them particular ferrets are quitters or jackers or whatever. give me one that will stick to every single rabbit like glue anyday.o and shooter 2000 dont forget ive bought 2 ferts off you recently they anygood

Some of the best will come away during an ass on assault. Wait a few seconds and they will be back at them.

They go back, and only out of frustration do they move on around the warren again, and thrive on getting up close with the rabbit! :thumbs:

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yeah i agree what your saying but once a ferret has come away bolted whats still running about and dropped back in it should stick to the assed up ones one after the other til you have every rabbit out of each berry

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ferrets are put down holes to clear berrys if they leave awkward ones what ass up its cos they wont stick at the job. which means they are jackers. if thats what you want then fine but accept it them particular ferrets are quitters or jackers or whatever. give me one that will stick to every single rabbit like glue anyday.o and shooter 2000 dont forget ive bought 2 ferts off you recently they anygood

Some of the best will come away during an ass on assault. Wait a few seconds and they will be back at them.

They go back, and only out of frustration do they move on around the warren again, and thrive on getting up close with the rabbit! :thumbs:

 

My new jills a bit like that, when something bolts she's running after it even once its pursed, gives them a mauling, then shoots back down if there's anything left in there.

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i have a good contact shooter if your after some new stock he supplies 1 or 2 top rabbit catchers so let me no mate.the hobs are decent but one will only bolt the easy ones whilst the other one wont come out unless the berry is empty in my eyes the better ferret,

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i notice alot off you talk off a good line of ferret that will kill an leave wont stay to one assed up? are they not just mere jackers?

 

what you are saying are two different things once a ferret has killed its rabbit then yes if leaves it and hunts for more rabbits thats a good ferret in my eyes its down to you to mark the spot where its killed and dig the dead rabbit out .but if you are saying the ferret has one in a stop end alive and leaves and won't go back to it then thats not a good ferret.

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i notice alot off you talk off a good line of ferret that will kill an leave wont stay to one assed up? are they not just mere jackers?

 

what you are saying are two different things once a ferret has killed its rabbit then yes if leaves it and hunts for more rabbits thats a good ferret in my eyes its down to you to mark the spot where its killed and dig the dead rabbit out .but if you are saying the ferret has one in a stop end alive and leaves and won't go back to it then thats not a good ferret.

 

 

a situation occured today while i was out.myself and john-b were working an eight hole sett.after entering the ferrets the jill came back out.the dog was watching one of the holes with anticipation and we were expecting a bolt from that hole.after about twenty minuites we started with the locator box and located the ferret.the dog by this time had moved locations and was marking the hole where we had located the ferret.after digging down to roughly where the ferret was ,the ferret re appeared,we were thinking this was down to the commotion,anyway it went back down to where the rabbit was.as we were digging we noticed the ferret moving forward down the hole and it looked like it was atached to the rabbit.after a bit longer we decided to remove the ferret and have a rake about with our hands just to see what was there,sure enough ,i put my hand into the bury and grabbed the rabbit.the ferret must have had it stuck down a stop end and had been trying to get it on the move as when i got it out its back was completley bald off where the ferret had been scratting at it.strangely enough this ferret has had these sort of situations before but has NEVER killed to ground,so is this a good ferret or bad ferret,he also bolts every rabbit in the warren before coming back above ground

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