cjw Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) hi guys been out this morning with this years hob got 7 little bunnys broblem is little b******* wont come out of hole keeps backing in any ideas from anybody please thank cjw Edited January 14, 2008 by cjw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Don't crowd the hole or rush toward it when he shows. They often come out with a puzzled look and I imagine they are thinking "Ohh, that's where this one goes" or "******, wrong turn" :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 would have to agree with pin, or maybe he just aint wanting to come out, or knows something you dont, like more rabits down there etc. cheers flash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsmith Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 He will come out when he is good and ready, like others said, he might just be up for air he might be just looking, he might be having a little rest "ish" normally a ferret will come out when he is good and ready. Whatever you do as a rule dont tempt him out with food etc, will result in a bad bad near none fixable problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 I have a sure way of making sure he won't do it again, next time he does it give him both barrels , problem solved :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 StealthStalker on here recalls his with a little whistle, by and large it works as well :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul in North Lincs. Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 if you make a grab for him, you can make him very nervous.......if he has just started doing this perhaps he's been nipped or rough handled...... Sometimes you cant empt em out by putting a dead rabbit in the entrance...but they soon get wise to this after a while.... welcome to the world of ferreting.......is bloody annoying isnt it!!!!!!!! :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 The best thing to do is to wait it out, never try to pick them up until they are clear of the earth. You can offer your hand and let them have a smell , so they know its safe. I also make sure I am kneeling, or squatting when I pick them up, don't forget how big you look when looming over a ferret, especially a young one on their first working season. If it is time to go home, then try to tease him out with a dead rabbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The best thing to do is to wait it out, never try to pick them up until they are clear of the earth.You can offer your hand and let them have smell , so they know its safe. I also make sure I am kneeling, or squatting when I pick them up, don't forget how big you look when looming over a ferret, especially a young one on their first working season. If it is time to go home, then try to tease him out with a dead rabbit. Just add to that try slitting the rabbit open and "waft" the scent from the warm entrails down the hole with a cap. Has worked many times, failing that get your next Ferts from LB, ideal little workers. D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjw Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 thanks boys going out tomrrow with him hope he does better thats if its not chucking it down like it says its going to weatherman might get it wrong again . speak to you all soon thanks again cjw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkrout2007 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 hello gents I would like to know does the ferret chase the rabbit out for you to shoot or does the ferret kill it and drag it out . I know it is a dumb question .But we cannot use anything like that we use beagle hounds .If the rabbit makes the hole he has it made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The general idea is to get the ferret to "bolt" the rabbit out. There are loads of methods for catching the resulting evictee. Purse nets / long nets / gate nets all designed to entangle mr bunny so he can be rapidly despatched. Some people bolt them to a gun, others might bolt them to other things but I don't think I can talk about that here because of our stupid laws Ferrets are very capable hunters and will easily take on and kill a rabbit, the idea is for them not to kill underground but it happens. Good ferrets will move off the kill and come out, good ferrets will also embarrass you just as you say "I never have to dig to my ferts" Ferreting kit will generally always include a spade. These days most people use electronic collars on the ferret combined with a locator, the good ones can locate down to 16ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 hello gents I would like to know does the ferret chase the rabbit out for you to shoot or does the ferret kill it and drag it out . I know it is a dumb question .But we cannot use anything like that we use beagle hounds .If the rabbit makes the hole he has it made Is it just because you don't use such things or is it not allowed to use ferrets (or similar) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkrout2007 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 pin just not legal to use anything like that but sounds like FUN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I think you'd love it my friend! I have some footage of ferreting I will dig out and put on a website some place for you if you'd like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elkrout2007 Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 pin sure like to see it just not to handy on the computer yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pin Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Don't worry, should be click and play! I'm uploading it now, will take a little while so I will send you a PM with details tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 People also bolt them to lurchers. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 People also bolt them to lurchers. FM Or as I saw recently to Cockers, LMSO D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Some people put a dead rabbit on the outside of a hole and when the fert has latched on pull the rabbit out with the ferret on it. It helps to do this properly and not fall off the back whilst trying to do it! Hear that FM!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Some people put a dead rabbit on the outside of a hole and when the fert has latched on pull the rabbit out with the ferret on it. It helps to do this properly and not fall off the back whilst trying to do it! Hear that FM!!! I will have you know tumbling several meters down a steep incline headfirst with a rabbit in my hand after the ferret decided to walk out and was about to go off on one before I made a grab for her is a very serious matter. I swear even the ferret was laughing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antuk99 Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 You've been framed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted January 19, 2008 Report Share Posted January 19, 2008 Get yourself a couple of bits of pipe and play with your hob in the garden. Just sit and let him come right out and give him a bit of liver or a splash of milk in the palm of your hand other times just let him come out and wander round and dont pick him up just stroke him on the ground after a couple of weeks of doing this daily you can bet he will come right out and not sulk at the mouth of the burrow . Be gentle when your picking him up as you can nearly alway bet the sulking starts in a ferret when a rabbit bolts and the owner picks up the ferret roughly whilst trying to deal with the rabbit in a net . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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