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Post by bouncer965 on May 26, 2011 20:36:02 GMT
Ok so i have a difference of opinion to a fella i go ferreting with and want to know what you guys do or think is right.
I always make sure my ferret has eaten before taking him to work......in my opinion if he is not hungry then he may very well kill underground, but because he is not hungry then he is less likely to stay underground and feed, then sleep. Ok i may lose a bunny by not knowing where it is underground but thats my loss.
Now my buddy on the other hand doesnt feed his ferret before going out.......his belief is that if its hungry then he works harder to get a bunny.......and then if he kills underground then he will stay with the bunny and you know where to dig and get the bunny and the ferret.
Its true what he says in one term but i for one dont envy a dig every venture i go on.
Just wondering everyone elses methods.
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 26, 2011 20:44:49 GMT
any time i go hunting i always make sure they have had a bit to eat, they still hunt well with a full belly, i would never go hunting with a hungry ferret, for the simple reason as you mentioned if the ferret catches up with the rabbit and kills it and then eats the rabbit they will go asleep and you will have to start digging. if they have full bellies and catch the rabbit they will just kill the rabbit and then leave it in the borrow and come out. to be honest with you i have never yet had to dig out any of my ferrets,
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Post by midge on May 26, 2011 20:49:47 GMT
, i find that with a small feed they work a hell of alot better than if fed a full feed, also a really hungry ferret works alot less..
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 26, 2011 20:54:12 GMT
, i find that with a small feed they work a hell of alot better than if fed a full feed, also a really hungry ferret works alot less.. exactly, and if they have food in their belly they tend not to eat the rabbit and then go for a nap if they kill it |
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Post by midge on May 26, 2011 21:14:12 GMT
i have yet to see a ferret aslp down a burrow any time we have dug they have hunted on but we have been able to get the dead rabbit, we dug a a ferret last year and ther was 3 rabbits in a blind we got them all, brilliant days craic very shallow burrow 2 and half foot..
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 26, 2011 21:21:16 GMT
they will eat and lay down and stay with rabbit if they are hungry. anytime my buck killed a rabbit in a burrow he always came back out after killing him, never had to dig him out touchwood.
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 26, 2011 21:28:15 GMT
anyhow to get back to the topic in question, i would say make sure your ferret has some food before you go working with them
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Post by bouncer965 on May 26, 2011 22:04:23 GMT
Ive only had to dig twice. My ferrets always have a munch before working. Now i love my ferreting and all that goes with it.......even the odd dig is welcome on a crisp frosty morning .......but fed is best ......but my mate still has his ideas about it. Guess we'll just have to agree to disagree
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 27, 2011 20:00:28 GMT
fed is best, and to tell you the truth m8 a good ferret should never have to be dug out, they should always come to out when they are called, the longest i was ever waiting for my ferret to come out of a burrow after a kill was about about 10 mins of calling him out.
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Post by bunnybuster on May 28, 2011 11:51:58 GMT
i feed lightly before working and reward at end of the day with liver heart etc
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Post by fredtheferret1 on May 29, 2011 14:25:36 GMT
i feed lightly before working and reward at end of the day with liver heart etc same here i always give them the offal from the rabbits at the end of a hunt |
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Post by Kieron jones on Mar 13, 2015 11:45:14 GMT
I went working with my ferret an I didint feed her and I put her down the barrow and she didint came out I had rabbit but I was there for 3 hours digging never again il always feed her before I goes working
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