phil
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rabbiting permissionHas anyone got a small rabbit warren on their land where i can try out a young ferret, Tubbercurry area.
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dara
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Hi Phil, there's a few good spots near charlestown I could show you. There's also a place near rhue on some land owned by the wifes cousin that's pickled with rabbits. I've never gone ferreting there but have shot rakes of them. So finding the warrens won't be a problem. Let me know and we could meet up.
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phil
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Cheers Dara.
Rhue might be better, is it opposite the graveyard??
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dara
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it's on the opposite side of the road to the graveyard but further towards the school and in a good way. Do you know the Rchardsons? They have land next to it. I'm doing nothing sunday morning if you're around.
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phil
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Yes,if its the same man he used to leave me stuff for the dogs.
Sunday dinnertime ish weather permitting sounds good.
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dara
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Sunday dinnertime-ish - weather permitting it is then.
Give me a call tomorrow and we'll firm it up.
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blowin
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I am already wondering what you might accept in exchange for a couple of rabbits ! Not mature bucks , tho' , as I find their flavour to be a bit strong .
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phil
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The main thing will be to give the ferret a bit of experience,but you never know we might be fortunate enough to get a couple,that would be a bonus.
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dara
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I'll bring me gun, save going home empty handed - you never know but you can't expect too much of a novice. Might be sensible to bring a good digging spade as well.
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phil
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I think the spade might be more useful than the gun.
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Camile
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I'll bring my slingshot too ! you never know !
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shark
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how did you get on with the rabbits.any luck
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Camile
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We ended up getting 2 rabbits altogether !
not a bad day out !
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shark
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how did you get on with the ferret phil.and camile, did you get any with your slingshot
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phil
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The ferrets worked well for young ones,if we had a dog that marked inhabited buries we wouldn't have wasted as much time netting holes with nothing in them.and we didn't need to do any digging.
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shark
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| phil wrote: | | The ferrets worked well for young ones,if we had a dog that marked inhabited buries we wouldn't have wasted as much time netting holes with nothing in them.and we didn't need to do any digging. |
a dog would save allot of time.how old are your ferrets, going to give my ferrets ago next week,did you bolt any,
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phil
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Their not my ferrets they belong to lad over from England,i only went with them for a walk.The ferrets bolted both rabbits.
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shark
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| phil wrote: | | Their not my ferrets they belong to lad over from England,i only went with them for a walk.The ferrets bolted both rabbits. |
very good.
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Camile
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Having never seen ferrets in action .. I was surprised how eager they were to go down the hole .. impressive.
and no luck with the slingshot though.. and we saw hips of them that we couldn't catch ..
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phil
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That walk out today has made my mind up to get another lurcher,a half decent dog could have picked up twenty plus rabbits very easily.
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shark
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| phil wrote: | | That walk out today has made my mind up to get another lurcher,a half decent dog could have picked up twenty plus rabbits very easily. |
find me a lurcher first  .seen one working a few weeks ago ,top stuff.
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phil
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Have you gone off the Plummers then.
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shark
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| phil wrote: | | Have you gone off the Plummers then. |
no,if i found one in ireland ,for sale it would be with me now .watching lurchers,go after rabbits, is great, just the speed off them .
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phil
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I'm phoning Dave Hancock up tomorrow see what he has and ask about getting a pup sent over.
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