Ferreting, a Record Day

Rabbits are a resourceful species. If they have a pocket of land on which to build a warren and there’s a consistent food source, then before you have time to turn into Mr McGregor, they quickly become self-sufficient. Add to that a little disturbance and predation, and bingo, you have the recipe for a flourishing rabbit utopia. These pockets are rare in southern England but every now and then I stumble across one. Last November, one such venue presented itself but it quickly became clear that an operation to remove the rabbits would be physically and mentally testing, involving long hours of hard graft in unforgiving weather and a lack of quality sleep.

[@kmaassociates7999]

Amazing, well trained team work with Humans, Dogs and Ferrets doing what comes naturally.

[@mortarsquad12]

I love that these guys just walk around with an armfull of fur noodles

[@charlieavent6029]

That is one hell of a ferreting operation there! I have to say ferritin is one of the most amazing sports and methods of pest control I’ve ever been a part of

[@nyoungp]

These dogs are amazingly well trained, cheers to the trainers!

[@riverbankfisher]

My late uncle used this method and described it, so it is wonderful to see the process in action. The dogs look like they are having the time of their life.

[@roccorocks88]

Love those ferrets and dogs

[@steinderbush]

Lovely video!! I am Dutch and I really enjoyed it Awesome fast dogs you guys have I just subbed!!

[@northernshootingshow5806]

Another great video! Keep the work up...

[@oldgroot4826]

superb vid Well done lads. love watching the videos. just hope that there is another SW waiting in the wings to take over in the future when Mr W retires. but looking at his pace in dungarees it's a long time yet, thankfully

[@jamesbigmacmcintosh]

brilliant video

[@gallopingg1]

THAT'S A SERIOUS CATCH, BY A TOP TEAM.

[@crazyferret9409]

Beautiful Bella!

[@johnmckenzie-tj8ys]

great people and great dogs did this all my life love it

[@vancepageshooting2625]

Cracking video guys . enjoyed that

[@---___20]

Суперская охота. Экономия на многом. 💪👍

[@jasonmillsap8138]

fantastic display

[@geraldswain3259]

You earnt those rabbits lads!.

[@jimbojet8728]

Fantastic! Not for the bunnies, but hey, that’s how it is.

[@lucyoleary5680]

Good video Simon

[@rambofpv4402]

Bravo lads 👏

[@Sneaky-Snek]

honestly this looks hella fun

[@benfishing1092]

Amazing 👍👍

[@davidnewman9244]

brings back memories i used to purse net had lots of 30s one 40 with just two of us no dogs. there arent the rabbits round here now [west surrey]

[@paullaperriere9279]

My mouth was salivating looking at all that food! Great job guys

[@aaronakien1271]

Simon I was just wondering whats the name of the locks you use on your ferret boxes and hutches. And where could I buy them?

[@jamescasper5854]

That's awesome. I know some falconers use too talk about using ferrets to flush out game for the hawks to catch

[@Edward-iy4mi]

what do you do with all the meat and pelts ?

[@gallopingg1]

THAT'S AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF RABBITS, BRILLIANT JOB GUY'S, MICK FROM SURREY.

[@Ziggs-Kitchen]

that's grand to see chaps

[@SoaRMason]

Good going guys

[@motomeadyhuntingndmotocros6147]

Brilliant well done fellas cracking nice big bag you done well keep em coming

[@markmason13]

Love seeing vids like this were you can sit a watch the dogs and ferrets working and I also love working my own ferrets. My record is a 144 rabbits in one day off an old disused railway bank.

[@zippy4994]

thats good going, our best is 122, but cple o days later had 106, easiest ferreting i ever had, burriers no more than 10 holes, in open fields, but they never came back, the farmer filled all the holes in after we finished.

[@fatbysnacksident3217]

zippy4994 total non sequitur, but why are there so many pedos in the UK?

[@sadiefinn9443]

Where..!.? Please tell me best day I've had is 17

[@mr.j1400]

He got a tree branch in his eyeImagine how the rabbits feel but those dogs dispatching rather fast,

[@lisabissett9940]

Looks like a rabbit farm!

[@fishmut]

Man I would of had the time of my life with a day like that rabbiting . 👍

[@ashbyt1]

Excellent video. you are providing a valuable service. What do you do with all those rabbits?

[@mchughcb]

Brilliant video. Well done.

[@unusedaccount2423]

Amazing footage I can't believe how many rabbits!!!

[@eapc44]

???

[@jeancampton5421]

Yorkshire Outdoors )

[@azul239]

ES LA CANTIDAD MAS GRANDE DE CONEJOS QUE HE VISTO QUE ATRAPAN CON ESTA TECNICA

[@johnmetson7950]

Fantastic

[@zippy4994]

great vid, but would have put a load of purse nets down too, that spade was a bit big for my liking, been out today 14, one with mixy, hope this cold snap stops it from spreading. but good bit o sport there lads well done.

[@medicatedflowers821]

zippy4994 why would You put more nets down ? Hardly any got away

[@simonpeter57]

Great to see 👍

[@KalashnikIlya]

Все грамотно сделано, только я бы посоветовал для таких внештатных ситуаций приобрести "ручной земляной бур" - быстрее и легче откапывать будете.

[@googletaqiyya184]

B-b-but it's duck hunting season !

[@neilgilbert7672]

great sport there just wish there was that many rabbits in Shropshire

[@someonesomeone1616]

Someone is eating a lot of rabbit over the winter!

[@allenmoses110]

Laddies, is it rabbits ya want, eh! Beam me up Scottie!

[@tomblount5635]

Wow!

[@matthewreed8347]

Very good vidio Simon

[@eugeniatomas7608]

Matthew Reed secs

[@tkarlmann]

From the US here. This is utterly fascinating! Do the ferrets ever run away? Do they ever get lost underground?

[@michaelnixon8478]

Me uk you can get locators that go around ferrets neck if kills rabbit to ground down the holein other words he can put locator on search above the ground and collar bleebs tells you were ferret asleep hopehelps a bit

[@rickrolfe]

Good haul

[@traceyosterlind14]

love the "yellow card" comment

[@Dr_Mantis_Toboggan]

9:44 should be the thumbnail 😎

[@MatirManush-wu9cc]

The main credits go to the ferrets.

[@ambriadaniels8786]

huh?

[@glenicecrease5115]

What are the names of the dogs and the ferrets? How are the ferrets housed and are they vicious with people? In Queensland it is illegal to keep rabbits or ferrets. The introduced wild rabbit population was almost wiped out, but there are some about now.

[@danielobriot3116]

do you lose many ferret's.wish I could see rabbits like this one time. Nebraska USA

[@muhamadsuratman6856]

Good job smart

[@mulemouse]

You just make me get a glass of gin and watch more.

[@raivolillepool659]

Can you eat them after the dog bites them? But a great job.

[@gallopingg1]

YES, NO PROBLEM.

[@ambriadaniels8786]

I thought rabbits will fall over from fright and pass out

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

Good days when there were rabbits

[@advanmook7166]

Goed gewerkt

[@tinkhefferon9934]

Great ferreting well planned out when was this filmed must have been a long time ago hardly any rabbits about now Rhd 2 wipeing them out my friend who's a gamekeeper near Woburn used to shoot 100 rabbits lampin now lucky to get half a dozen won't be long before we have no wild rabbits at all very sad

[@gallopingg1]

THE BUZZARDS ARE WAY TO ABUNDANT, THEY ARE WIPING THE RABBITS OUT.

[@tinkhefferon9934]

@@gallopingg1 Rubbish Rhd2 is to blame the poor rabbit mixie now this ask anyone

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@tinkhefferon9934 Myxomatosis goes in cycles and runs with the life cycle of the rabbit flea, since it's introduction in the 1950 it's mutated from A to E but stopped mutating few years back, last year my patch was over run with Coney's.

[@nathanstevens2361]

not even ten rabbits in threlkeld cumbria

[@Itsmealways2410]

Nathan Stevens

[@jamesbowene9153]

Grate weekend u not going hungry

[@becky2235]

Lovely video! Thanks for posting, can I please ask those more experienced than me a question? I've been into hunting for years now grew up around it. Air rifle and shotgun,but I'm thinking of getting a lurcher. I'm a smallish woman and any wounded rabbits (which is very rare thankfully only had a few in mainly with the .410 as I don't like taking anything but headshots with the airgun which is sub 12ft lb) have been dealt with by my shooting partner my dad, who has taught me the since I was 12 now I'm nearing 30! I've been wanting to get a lurcher for a while Ive been told lurchers, a lot of the time bring rabbits back alive ( my experience with dogs is limited to terriers ratting and spaniels flushing and fetching) I've been shown how to dispatch them by breaking the neck, but I'm worried I'll get it wrong, and hurt them not dispatch humanly. Would a 6ft lb air pistol do the job at close range? Or should Iearn to break the neck? Any advice throughout appreciated! And sorry for all the questions! Good luck hunting all!

[@Delamerefencing]

Hi Bexs, just get someone to teach you how to nech or chin the rabbits. Once you've got the technique sorted, it really doesn't take much strength to do it. That said, not all lurchers retrieve live to hand.. 👍

[@kevincoe500]

get someone to show you it is quite easy as for lurchers collie /greyhound take some beating and easy to train

[@CityofShamballah]

6:14 to 6:24 that rabbit was too much for those dogs. It would have escaped if the net wasn't there.

[@peter4190]

😂

[@hetrodoxly1203]

That's why the nets there?

[@ttran8538]

Is this in europe somewhere? Here i never see such number.

[@HJDore]

Tien Tran England.

[@melisssacunningham8925]

The dogs r good hunters to

[@mr.j1400]

There’s some good range fed meat

[@chezchez31]

How are the dogs taught to not harm the ferrets?

[@frankyfranke5096]

very professional...

[@ambriadaniels8786]

Do rabbits ever bite you doing this?

[@johnsheppard1476]

No,they never bite any kind of predator:such a pathetic animals!

[@unclearunsoul7666]

aque dar valor e aos furoes eles so se limitam apanhalos das redes

[@junandan6580]

159 rabbits not so bad?.. They will go extinct, months if you catch them like that daily... Anyways,..great job... so much food too.

[@dirtyred9376]

Rabbit best meat there is 👍👌🤘

[@sh.gamingtv1238]

Rabitt 1.000.000.000

[@skliros9235]

Could you just leave some ferrets on the land for continuous protection?

[@HJDore]

skliros no as that is how ecological disasters happen, the ferrets breed, eat to many rabbits and then push the rabbit population away.

[@hetrodoxly1203]

Ferrets don't survive in the wild.

[@skliros9235]

@@hetrodoxly1203 where were they before humans were around?

[@hetrodoxly1203]

@@skliros9235 They didn't exist before humans, they're domesticated polecats.

[@skliros9235]

@@hetrodoxly1203 ohhh. Ok. Lol

[@htrrsram1956]

What they do with all that rabbit you catch

[@HJDore]

htrrsram1956 either dog food or cook em up. Failing that sell them to a butcher or game dealer.

[@chancemaes]

Why need kill???

[@ambriadaniels8786]

Ewww at 9:25 he snaps that rabbits neck...ugh

[@alfredhatch3719]

It's the circle the circle of life.🙄

[@ganganayak652]

Please join me sir

[@omidahmadi8289]

Danki pepel,,danki pipel,,danki pepel

[@paulinacontreras292]

cv

[@robertmacbain1396]

H

[@oftchannel8007]

U one of the mad men's...., The forgines teach us to how to protacting animal.... how Silly gais..,

[@neilgilbert7672]

great sport there just wish there was that many rabbits in Shropshire