Ready for the off again

[col g 0]

Ferrets a good un then!

These are the hardest rabbits to shift, even a mans hand can struggle to shift them so it's way harder for the ferret to do it. (plus there is probably a few stuck in front of it!)

Some stick at it, some come away.

Probably for maybee more than 10 yrs, most of my work has been clearing everything out, mostly i'd say 60% digging them out. (if this on average is 15 digs a day you know the score)

When you see most of your bag come from beneath the sod, and see the critters doing (or not doing the job) below the turf, you know exactly what is going on down there.

Sounds like the ferret you have is good un mate, keep hold of that one.

 

the two jills i lost didnt scratch the coat off the rabbits but they wouldnt shift out until everything was out and they never killed to ground.im hoping i can say the same for the two new ones ive just got in.but if yesterdays antics are anything to go by i can see a lot of digging coming our way

[Brimmer 220]

The two jills you had did not probably have the same muscle you have now with this hob, even the biggest nastiest hobs cannot shift rabbits with their back ends up easy, some will even eat the rabbit from the backside and it will not move. (ending in a kill)

It's a tall order to shift what must seem like a brick wall in front of you, Its the equivalent of a dog trying to move a cow out of a doorway with no exit or turning space, faced only by it's back end looking at it. If it gets to the business end then it will shift it by reversing it up.

Sounds like a bit of digging will follow this feller, only use him on the easy looking stuff.

[col g 0]

The two jills you had did not probably have the same muscle you have now with this hob, even the biggest nastiest hobs cannot shift rabbits with their back ends up easy, some will even eat the rabbit from the backside and it will not move. (ending in a kill)

It's a tall order to shift what must seem like a brick wall in front of you, Its the equivalent of a dog trying to move a cow out of a doorway with no exit or turning space, faced only by it's back end looking at it. If it gets to the business end then it will shift it by reversing it up.

Sounds like a bit of digging will follow this feller, only use him on the easy looking stuff.

we have worked him on some big setts aswell mate.we found the jills couldnt shift some of the rabbits and were getting kicked about so when this was happening he was entered and soon got them on the move.its worth its weight in gold.im just hoping the young hob ends up with the same working qualities as him

[Brimmer 220]

He's my sort of ferret!

Edited February 8, 2009 by Brimmer

[col g 0]

a couple of shots of our permission.this first one is where i lost my two jills.im standing on top of the sett.

 

first rabbit of the day and connor looking really happy with himself

 

a couple of the old dog ferret

 

sally marking up.we bolted a rabbit out of this embankment sett but she was telling us there was another one at home.sure enough there was

 

the baldy backed rabbit i mentioned in my post.te old feret stuck at it til it was dug to

 

john,saly and bouncer with the final bag

 

and finally connor,the poor little bugger must of found it hard going and decided to have forty winks while we were busy digging a five foot trench

 

Edited February 8, 2009 by col g

[John-B 4]

My dad said that Buck didn't want to part with it's skin, he had to do half of it last night and finish it off today, bet it's yough as old boots to eat

[stealthy1 3,964]

No luck with the jills you lost in that warren, thought you may have picked them up on the MK3, they must have moved on or your new hob would have chased them up, shame that, I thought they would turn up.

[John-B 4]

No luck with the jills you lost in that warren, thought you may have picked them up on the MK3, they must have moved on or your new hob would have chased them up, shame that, I thought they would turn up.

 

we didn't put a ferret anywhere near that set mate, I had a scan with the mk3 but no luck, the bunnies have moved back in so the ferrets must of moved elsewhere.