Last nite it was agreed that ther would be a challenge between redtail and myself for the Title of Ferretmaster January 08. the winner would be who ever produced the most rabbits on todays ferreting.


we arrived at a farm that we had last visited before christmas. and after a few hours ferreting in the pissing rain we werent having much luck. the rabbits that were bolting were rolling down a large bank and this was enabling them to slip the nets and escape. and not only that but we were coming across many rabbit with fresh signs of Myxi... Full of fleas, puffy swollen eyes etc.

decided to quit with that farm and headed else where, by this time the weather had vastly improved and it was turning into a nice afternoon for ferreting so i got the camera out

we call it a day at 4 rabbits. 1 myxi 3 healthy















Kev

looked like fun kev but dont think you can count the myxi 1
some great pics again

was a good day is a pitty tho the weather wasnt very good. yeah our final count is 3 bad to see myxi on the ground and it will get worse before it gets better.

thanks for the comments mick

knee pads ?!?!?!?!!?

think i need to get myself some aswell, they handy for netting in the wet ground

Well after a great day ferreting with BeauBeau, , her son, myself, carrie and Leah. With Tess, Billy and Meg we ended up with 10 rabbits.

6 caught by the dogs.
3 in the nets, (brought back for the hawk)
1 in the nets that unfortunately wasnt in the best of nick after Bob (the ferret) got hold of it.

So sorry Kev but yet again we won the competition. Bring on next time.

BeauBeau will post pics tomorrow.

well done *shakes hands *

will see who wins the feb challenge then shall we

am looking forward toseeing the pics

kev

very sporting!

Whats not sporting about using the rabbits we take as food for Daves hawk?

Is yours a vegetarian

well if i caught 10 rabbits, i wouldnt keep the best untouched ones for the hawk, afterall he doesnt care. from the post, it seems to imply using the rabbits that are netted, for baggies for the hawk. why else would he not just say, kept 3 for hawk food, gave rest to farmer...

Sorry you misunderstood Daves post, however nowhere does it state that the hawk was given live rabbits, why would she need to be given baggies when she is taking hare !!!!

Dave likes his hawk to have the very best food, not damaged in anyway by the dogs. Sorry if this is a problem for you.

The post no way implies these were baggies maybe you shouldnt jump to conclusions so quickly.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT NO RABBITS TAKEN BY OURSELVES GO TO WASTE, WE BROUGHT 3 BACK FOR HAWK FOOD AND THE OTHERS WERE BROUGHT BACK HOME FOR THE DOGS DINNER !!!!!

Please dont take this as they were brought back live for the dogs.

well, the way i read it, it came off like they were being used as baggies. as i guess antis would think the same, hence why i brought it to attention. you never know whos reading these posts. and yes i know its memebers only, but it wouldnt take much to become one.
sean

Misunderstanding a post does not give you the right to post things like this.

If you want to use language like this use your own forum. A PM would have been better to me as its my site

its an open forum, i just typed the word, and seeing as it wasnt stared out, i kept it there, i didnt know. i edited it there. now are you goign to edit your post? i know you and carie were there, so it wouldnt come into your head at all, but for someone ready it, it seems different. could possibly change it to (hawk food)

There is nothing wrong with the post, if there was i would edit it but as there isnt i won't.

I'm sure after people have read the full topic they will understand.