Well .. my daughters are in Rushton and Kettering so if you fancy a day out ........Used to love my ferreting had my first ferret 30 odd yrs ago prefer to let the beaters have a go these days ,but I have still got a few nets and a brand new MK 1 Deben locator so never say never !
Moving on to silent hunting...Ferreting again In about 2 weeks...Really lookig forward to this year, anyone else?
I've been ferreting for well over sixty years and it is still my favourite winter sport. Won't be starting for a month as the cover here is way too thick. I really believed this was going to be a bumper year as there were more rabbits about in the spring and summer than I have seen for years. In fact I boosted the ferret stock to a dozen to cope. Should have known better, VHD and myxi have decimated the stocks so it will be a job to get my quota. Trouble is now the season is so short with young about pretty well all year. When I started you could ferret from October to late March and never see a young rabbit.
Know the area well as I lived at Rothwell and stalk on an estate close to Kettering ,I really wish my kids had gotten into Fieldsports something about ferreting hearing that thump thump thump stays with you forever .Well .. my daughters are in Rushton and Kettering so if you fancy a day out ........
I've been ferreting for well over sixty years and it is still my favourite winter sport. Won't be starting for a month as the cover here is way too thick. I really believed this was going to be a bumper year as there were more rabbits about in the spring and summer than I have seen for years. In fact I boosted the ferret stock to a dozen to cope. Should have known better, VHD and myxi have decimated the stocks so it will be a job to get my quota. Trouble is now the season is so short with young about pretty well all year. When I started you could ferret from October to late March and never see a young rabbit.
Know the area well as I lived at Rothwell and stalk on an estate close to Kettering ,I really wish my kids had gotten into Fieldsports something about ferreting hearing that thump thump thump stays with you forever .