For something a little different for you guys .Check this out .

[rabbiter]

It had been raining off & on for a number of days ,so when it stopped early yesterday I loaded up some gear and bolted to a local farm for a spot of rabbiting & ferreting .These lovely bright yellow nets had arrived all the way from England And they have proved to not only great to use but very good rabbit catchers .
I chased two rabbits both into the same 5 holer with the dogs ,left is 1/2 hr to settle down & popped in "zena",the wait was only a short one ,both bolting together the first into the net & the other I  let get out aways  before shooting it .





I ended the two hours with 5 fat rabbits before the light went and the winter day closed in .

[Mike]

Now that's pretty cool right there! I've never seen that before.

A big pot of rabbit and dumplings sure does sound good!

[HIPOCKETS]

So how much is one of them (STRIKE FERRETS ) worth ?

[capt jack]

thanks for sharing that story. that is very interesting.  i have never seen any thing like that before.

[rabbiter]

      I don't know but he looks alittle gritty to me he is caught in pics 4-5........ but awesome hunting technique...




I like your style



Realdogs

Yep sometimes the ferret "catches " your finger !!

[Jeff]

awesome - you ever use hawks?

[Noah]

Too cool, never seen anything like it

[rabbiter]

I use a gundog or some type of terrier to tell me if there is in fact a rabbit in the hole ,then you can either pop a catch net over the hole or just use the shotgun as the rabbit bolts out at top speed.The ferret after it has been entered into the hole gos down deep using its nose to "find" the rabbit and will attack either killing it or moving to on to bolt out .We sometimes run them down with a running dog ,usually a greyhound or whippet after they bolt .

[Noah]

Will the ferret bring him out if he catches it in the hole?

You're making me want to get a ferret.....

[aussiedogger]

ferrets are illegal to own where i live

[rabbiter]

ferrets are illegal to own where i live

Don't let that stop you!!

[aussiedogger]

is there ferral ferretts in new zealand?? my mates dad killed one while he was over there tahr huntin??

[rabbiter]

is there ferral ferretts in new zealand?? my mates dad killed one while he was over there tahr huntin??

Yes ferrets are found out living in the wild,you find good numbers of them where there are enough rabbits for them to eat .They eat alot ,something like every 3 hours and up to 8 times per 24 hours as they have very small stomachs and eat alittle offen.They are very good hunters & have a  good tracking nose for finding the rabbit deep under ground ."ferreting" or using ferrets to hunt with is a very old ,almost lost form of hunting ,which was at one time a very common passed time ,practiced most sunday afternoons to keep  the whole family in fresh meat for the week .

[aussiedogger]

sounds fun. lol

[wcg89]

bahhahahaha thats sweet!...how do you train a ferret? ha

keep your hands away from that ferret son....he's a catch ferret hahahahaha

i want to see this happen

[rabbiter]

You could not only see this happen but you could feel the bite if you lived here me ,once you have been bitten by a ferret ,thats plenty and you won't want to happen again .

[mradel]

that's pretty cool

[BA-IV]

Thats probably one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile, my yard is covered in rabbits eating my wifes plants.  Now I gotta show her this post so I can convince her to let me buy a ferret or use her lil half number 2zu half yorkie to fetch em up