out again today. rolf weighed in at 1lb 5.7oz this morning and set off for the road at 10. was at the farm and in the fields for 11:30 first had a small forest and i had two or three flights, one of which he really deserved, hit it twice, but didnt hold. then headed of to do a nice open ground set, only to find it had be filled in by the farmer. so we walked the bottom of that field, were there was some thick thistles. managed two good flights out of it, but again, no catch. so crossed the road to a feild that held about 5 ground sets. done the first four and not a rbabit, but the last one looks alot more promising. it was a small 4 holer, covered in nettles. a few minutes had gone, and i heard a rabbit in the hole, sounded like we were going to have a dog. but a minute later rolf bated towards the set, i didnt see anything, but i had to trust him. right enough he ruse up and stooped into the nettles, out runs the rabbit to nearest set, rolf gets back up and nails it about 10 yards away. not the best of footing, but soon climbed up its back and had both feet to the head by the time i got there. another 3/4 grown rabbit. fed up rolf, and it turned out the ferret had killed in the set. dug to ferret, but rabbit moved on. fed rolf and headed back to car.

was a good day sean, looking forward to next time

follow up to this post on ferreting

kev

What a great way to spend a few hours on a Sunday.... I love seeing the posts of rolf


Tracey X