cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 me and my mates went out ferreting around my house with my longnet and purse nets. we were out all day and got 19 rabbits. our best ever result. hope to beat it. jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 :thumbs: Bit late in the season now mate as you can see by the amount of young uns you got there in my opinion its a waste of decent food as theres no meal on them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinkus Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I agree mate far too late to go ferreting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i know it was a few months ago though. killing the young ones prevents them from growing up and eating ruining our farm as an adult. jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 fair enough then mate the only reason i said anything is its next seasons sport your killing and as i only ferret for fun i dont like killing the young ones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i know were your coming from but ive got lots of land to go on and all these rabbits were taken from my land so id rather travel further for my sport than have all the crops eaten :thumbs: jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 well done mate you still ferreting now.i gave up end of feb did you get many layups because of young? what mesh you using on your longnet did any of the cute cuddley ones get through your nets? keep up the good work. my best day so far is 45 in 6 hours just using longnets around the burrows and either side of the hedges somedays they bolt well other days they just keep running up and down the hedges. that day everythiong went hunky dorey.i was runnig up and down the hedge like a man possesed. i see you have modified your net into a quickset type what length is it and do you go out at night with it.my best set was this year7th jan when we had them really strong gales. we set 250 yards of net on a stubble field against a wood .ther was 4 of us 2 set the nets and the other pair banted in. theres nothing better than fealing the rabbits hit the net.then the rush come trying to get all the ******* out 35 in total. must have lost half a dozen that managed to get out as well.we had three of them when we where picking the nets up they had come out to feed from the wood and got enmeshed in the back of the net.started at 7 wrapped up and in the local boozer for 8.30 what a night to remember neadless to say we celabrated in style and managed to drag our sorry ***** out at 4.30 :thumbs: the farmer who we catch the rabbits for used to do a bit of rabbiting himself manymoons ago and he tryed his hand at longnetting to no avail. that night he come along with us. a real country gent.quote"i shall never forget this night a truly marvelous way of catching rabbits he was grinning from ear to ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 (edited) did you get many layups because of young? no none atall rather suprising :thumbs: what mesh you using on your longnet i use the normall diamond net like the purse nets are. did any of the cute cuddley ones get through your nets? yeh but there were three of us and we just ran after them i see you have modified your net into a quickset type what length is it it is a 100 yard net. the qiuck set system is great. just peg the first peg in and walk backwards till you feel a tug and put the next one in. its really easy. do you go out at night with it have tried though it would be easy because it was a quick set system. it wasnt lol couldnt get the hang of it atall. Edited April 19, 2005 by cooke103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 what size mesh? 2 1/4". 2" .2 1/8" i use both traditional and quickset. only down sides on quickset nets are the poles sometimes clatter together if your not carefull and there a bit bulky to carry around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 what size mesh? 2 1/4". 2" .2 1/8" im not sure mate i`ll messure it tonight if you want. i know what you mean about being blulky a hole day out with that does your shoulder in lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 :thumbs: Bit late in the season now mate as you can see by the amount of young uns you got there in my opinion its a waste of decent food as theres no meal on them Jordan, I enjoy reading your posts especially as you are a young lad in the sport and what is more you write in a legible way. However you seem to be wearing two hats on this subject because your topic on "a few bunnies" (which I see you have deleted), you were defending your right to shoot young rabbits and I wholeheartedly agree with. You either agree with their shooting/netting etc as crop protection or not mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 ooops get ready reach for your handbags i feel a heated debate coming on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 19, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i hope not i only wanted to talk about my day out ferreting :thumbs: jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernyha Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 i hope not i only wanted to talk about my day out ferreting :thumbs: jake I hope not as well, I was just making an observation and in no way intended to upset Jordan, just trying to find out where he stands on the taking of young rabbits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game_boy Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 Who cares. Rabbits are out there to be controlled, you either control them or you dont. I dont belive there to be any middle ground. If I had land that was overun with rabbits I wouldn't care what time of year it was, just get the ******* out of here! Why do you control pigeons ? Cause there's too many of them. Why do you control rabbits ? Cause there's to many of them. Why do you shoot deer ? Cause there's too many of them. And so on... If i found out somebody left the small ones to grow and just shot the big ones then it would be a word in the ear or someone else would get the rights to my land if I had any. Dont forget your whole permission revolves around keeping numbers of pests down. Not conserving them for your yearly sport. Wether it be deer, pigeons, rats or indeed the rabbit. Your job is to control them first and enjoy doing it as a sport or hobby second. I dont think that you can justify it any other way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 ernyha i can unserstand doing it for pest control but i personally ferret for fun so dont like killing next years sport the land i was shooting on is land that i do only shoot on hence why i kill the young uns as it is purely pest control hope that cleared it up. any other questions about ti please pm me as i dont want to hijack cooke103's post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coney hunter Posted April 19, 2005 Report Share Posted April 19, 2005 I can see both sides of the argument here but for myself I do it purely for the fun and the meat but if your land depends on it then so be it. :thumbs: David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 My six pennorth, for what its worth. :thumbs: Killing rabbits 12 months of the year for the purposes of crop protection is quite acceptable. Putting ferrets to earth, when rabbits are breeding, or there are kits underground, is bad practise. It encourages ferrets to, become lazy, kill and lay up. You also rarely get much return in the way of meat, unless you want to spend all day digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fert Posted April 20, 2005 Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 well said gameboy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2005 i dont want to hijack cooke103's post i dont mind it would be interesting to see peoples views. no fighting though! :thumbs: jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted April 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2005 what size mesh? 2 1/4". 2" .2 1/8" fert it is 2 1/4 inch i think. the baby rabbits can hope through it but the bigger ones arnt so lucky :thumbs: jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longnetter Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 What a waste of good meat, it's like cutting down an apple tree to reach the fruit, where do you get the apples from next year? :< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooke103 Posted May 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 i see your point but babies have to eat aswell. as ive said befor these rabbits are from my farm. id rather have undammaged crops that 15 or so more rabbits to shoot next year! jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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