free ferreting needed in midlands nr birmingham

[shanekiely]

Hi I have a permission that had a pathway so would need someone to ferret it while I shot further up in the field where it is safer. Any takers? Its near shustoke in the midlands.

 

 

 

Edit: Possible for a airgunner to also take this on. There are hundreds and hundreds of rabbits.

Edited May 1, 2014 by shanekiely

[steve_b_wales]

A generous offer. I hope someone takes you up on it.

[The Essex Hunter]

Hi I have a permission that had a pathway so would need someone to ferret it while I shot further up in the field where it is safer. Any takers? Its near shustoke in the midlands.

 

This time of year any self respecting ferreter will not be taking up your offer! For reasons the self respecting ferreter would only know...

 

TEH

[babs2020]

two many young about mate you will be lucky to get any body to do it but if the jobs got to be done its got to be done good luck

[shanekiely]

Ah well they are just concerned using a shotty near the footpath even though the is a dirt bank between the footpath and field that would absorb any shot its not worth the risk.

[Scully]

I have no self respect, nor do my ferrets, but you're too far away I'm afraid. Sorry.

[Michaeli]

So im told ferreters will only ferret if there is an R in the month. Due to there being tomany young about.

 

Michael

[camokid]

nice gun shop at shustoke get a 22lr or pellet

[shanekiely]

pellet may be an option but there are so many rabbits and warrens it'd take a bloody age to get them even dented in numbers. .22lr in my previous experience bounces like a bleeder so i definitely wouldnt go FAC route on this one.

 

if someone else feels they can spend the time on the smaller area with the pellets be my guest but the permission points to a public footpath which is protected by a large dirt bank.

 

i know footpaths are different to highways and it should be okay but it felt risky on that part of the property to me.

 

a diamond oppurtunity for someone here though, i'm sure.

Edited May 1, 2014 by shanekiely

[D_No]

I grew up in Furnace End, I've got an idea where you're talking about, if I'm right you have dog walkers all over the shop during the day, a real pain in the ariss when you're ferreting or undertaking any form of pest control! I don't ferret during the summer and unless I was being paid to do crop protection I don't like shooting does in milk either as you know you're leaving young to die in the burrow. Wait till September and get out at night with an airgun and a lamp, better still an airgun and a mate with a lamp, I've found you get better results with one man on the lamp and another on the gun.

[shanekiely]

I grew up in Furnace End, I've got an idea where you're talking about, if I'm right you have dog walkers all over the shop during the day, a real pain in the ariss when you're ferreting or undertaking any form of pest control! I don't ferret during the summer and unless I was being paid to do crop protection I don't like shooting does in milk either as you know you're leaving young to die in the burrow. Wait till September and get out at night with an airgun and a lamp, better still an airgun and a mate with a lamp, I've found you get better results with one man on the lamp and another on the gun.

solid advice. cant argue with that.

[pestbry]

22lr + NV sorted late night/early hours shooting

[team tractor]

I grew up in Furnace End, I've got an idea where you're talking about, if I'm right you have dog walkers all over the shop during the day, a real pain in the ariss when you're ferreting or undertaking any form of pest control! I don't ferret during the summer and unless I was being paid to do crop protection I don't like shooting does in milk either as you know you're leaving young to die in the burrow. Wait till September and get out at night with an airgun and a lamp, better still an airgun and a mate with a lamp, I've found you get better results with one man on the lamp and another on the gun.

I used to shoot there and Hurley

[shanekiely]

Really dont want to invest in that much new gear! If any of you have remaining con tacts to help me get some more permission id be grateful!

[simon1979]

pellet may be an option but there are so many rabbits and warrens it'd take a bloody age to get them even dented in numbers. .22lr in my previous experience bounces like a bleeder so i definitely wouldnt go FAC route on this one.

 

if someone else feels they can spend the time on the smaller area with the pellets be my guest but the permission points to a public footpath which is protected by a large dirt bank.

 

i know footpaths are different to highways and it should be okay but it felt risky on that part of the property to me.

 

a diamond oppurtunity for someone here though, i'm sure.

 

 

not sure if id rule out using a .22lr to quick, hard to say with out seeing the area but I do tend to use my .22lr in sensitive area. I have used a ns200 on my rimmy which works well to.

 

atb

simon

[shanekiely]

Seeing it I think itd put you right off rimfire. Its like a garden for the one part with a busy sailing club next door. Still looking at 9mm garden gun and teaming up

[evo]

my god ,,we have a few bunny huggers on here,,

 

pest control is exactly what it says on the tin PEST CONTROL ,, I don't care what time of year it is,,if the farmer or land owner asks me to control pests be it rabbits or pigeons then I, to the best of my ability sort them humanely,,

 

just because they have young about really does not interest me,,what should I do, leave them to cause more damage and let they young get older and add to the damage,,DONT THINK SO,

 

by the sound of it with the public footpath a decent sub 12ftlb air rifle/ nightvision seems the best tool for the job,,shame it wasn,t closer as myself and my two shooting buddies would be there in a flash to sort it no problem and I wouldn,t care what month it was,

 

if they need controlling or thinning out then go and do it, but it does sound like a .22rf would be very risky with walkers about that's for sure,

 

atb Evo

[Eddie57]

Got to agree with you Evo if the end goal is to reduce the numbers then there shouldn't be a question about the time of year etc. The problem I have which I would have thought many on here do is that I need to ensure I have some sport all year round. By hitting them hard this time of the year I'm basically shooting myself in the foot for the rest of the year (pardon the pun). For me I'll be wetting some line and getting on the bass and and on the fly for the trout for a couple of months, then back on the perm in September. Mind you my lurcher picks up the odd one or two, when he's locked on the target there's not much stopping him.

[Scully]

my god ,,we have a few bunny huggers on here,,

 

pest control is exactly what it says on the tin PEST CONTROL ,, I don't care what time of year it is,,if the farmer or land owner asks me to control pests be it rabbits or pigeons then I, to the best of my ability sort them humanely,,

 

just because they have young about really does not interest me,,what should I do, leave them to cause more damage and let they young get older and add to the damage,,DONT THINK SO,

 

by the sound of it with the public footpath a decent sub 12ftlb air rifle/ nightvision seems the best tool for the job,,shame it wasn,t closer as myself and my two shooting buddies would be there in a flash to sort it no problem and I wouldn,t care what month it was,

 

if they need controlling or thinning out then go and do it, but it does sound like a .22rf would be very risky with walkers about that's for sure,

 

atb Evo

Sanity prevails at last! I was hoping there'd be someone else out there who lives in the real world.

If you can afford the luxury of carrying out pest control to suit your own moral code then you're just playing at it. If a landowner says to us 'can you get rid of those rabbits?', and we reply with 'sorry, they're breeding just now, but we'll be back in October' (or whenever, when there's even more of the little blighters) he would think it was hilarious, and when he'd stopped laughing he would get someone else to do it.

[hawkeye]

Sanity prevails at last! I was hoping there'd be someone else out there who lives in the real world.

If you can afford the luxury of carrying out pest control to suit your own moral code then you're just playing at it. If a landowner says to us 'can you get rid of those rabbits?', and we reply with 'sorry, they're breeding just now, but we'll be back in October' (or whenever, when there's even more of the little blighters) he would think it was hilarious, and when he'd stopped laughing he would get someone else to do it.

Agree with you if they are a problem get them sorted sod what month it is after all thats why the farmer lets you on his land..

[benson]

pm sent

 

[steve3562]

Have you ever thought of going down the snaring/trapping route? Blocking some of the holes and using some Mk6 fenns would cause some serious damage in numbers

 

Steve

[shanekiely]

I have but the owners would need to buy these and I have advised them on mk6 fens. Waiting for a reply at the moment

[demonwolf444]

my god ,,we have a few bunny huggers on here,,

 

pest control is exactly what it says on the tin PEST CONTROL ,, I don't care what time of year it is,,if the farmer or land owner asks me to control pests be it rabbits or pigeons then I, to the best of my ability sort them humanely,,

 

just because they have young about really does not interest me,,what should I do, leave them to cause more damage and let they young get older and add to the damage,,DONT THINK SO,

 

by the sound of it with the public footpath a decent sub 12ftlb air rifle/ nightvision seems the best tool for the job,,shame it wasn,t closer as myself and my two shooting buddies would be there in a flash to sort it no problem and I wouldn,t care what month it was,

 

if they need controlling or thinning out then go and do it, but it does sound like a .22rf would be very risky with walkers about that's for sure,

 

atb Evo

 

Time of year is irrelevant for GOOD pest control agreed evo.

 

BUT

- I say this comment not knowing your experience with ferrets evo - i know you can shoot!

Ferret men don't work ferrets through the summer because the ferrets will regularly kill the young, will bock themselves in like nobody's business, eat the young, lay up and sleep, and generally not be time effective. You will quickly find that you will not be pushing the volume or numbers out of the warren in summer and will spend all day digging up ferrets. Last year i said ******** to it and decided i would try and work the ferrets through the summer, by this time last year i had lost one ferret and its collar and just given up.

 

No one is saying they won't shoot young rabbits for PC just saying that using ferrets at this time of year is generally not half as effective as other methods, like trapping, gassing, or shooting with an air rifle.

 

If its unsuitable to shoot with a rifle - air rifle is. Early hours in the morning are your friends to keep away from the public and get decent numbers in my experience. Although young rabbits sit well for shooting all day long.

 

Failing that get someone to gass them. Its effective.

[Scully]

I'll work my ferrets in Summer if needs be; the only criteria for not doing so is if I consider it too hot for them, but it never is underground.

I find that, although my ferrets most certainly do kill young rabbits underground, if they aren't particularly hungry ( I always feed them a small amount prior to working them) they don't hang around too long after killing. Nets snagging in cover is a major pain in Summer so I tend to ferret to guns, and in fact do this most of the time no matter what time of year it is.