kentishsteve Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 (edited) Went ferreting today for only my second time along with my freind also only his second time. Started off at a golf course ive got permission on and have been shotting with an air rifle on but i didn't have a look before hand to see where the best ground was and after 3 hours i came away with one in the bag, so then we left to go to an orchard we have permission on, the first warren we came to we netted up but missed a couple of holes out and two rabbits escaped through those holes, then when we woved onh to a more wooded area the same happened again because there were so many leaves on the ground we couldn't see all the holes. After that we moved to a long hedgerow and i made doubly sure that all holes were covered the my ferret jill worked these buries for about an hour and a half and it produced four good sized rabbits. On the way back to the car we spotted a great bury in the open and decided to have a quick pop, so we put the equipment down and started to net up but when i reached for my jill she wasn't in the box and the catch was open ********! i say and instead grab my hob and put the collar on him, just as i was about to enter him a rabbit jumps out of one of the holes caught in a net and out pops my jill. All in all a great second time ferreting im learning as i go missed a few due tnets not being set as well as they could've been but oh well im still happy Edited November 15, 2008 by kentishsteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Sounds like you learnt some valuable lessons there Steve. I've been out today and worked hard for 3 rabbits with 2 escapees. The lads I had with me werent the most experienced but they got stuck in so can't ask for much more. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kentishsteve Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Definately i think i mite of been a bit to eager at first without really looking at the signs i just thought holes = rabbits and drew a blank a few times because they weren't occupied Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 That's one hell of a bunny in the last picture Steve! That'll make a fair-sized pie. Good work, good write up. It's a lovely time of year for it too. LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretman Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 nice1 mate me wingnut n protom was ferreting yesterday,had a really good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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