King of the Dump - Sunrise Ferreting 3 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Athena the ferret struggles to bolt a defensive buck rabbit in front of the underground camera.
As it was early spring, this young buck was in the mood for fighting. Athena, being a medium sized jill, struggled to match the rabbits agility in this open chamber. Had it been a tighter burrow, her job would have been easier.
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These rabbits are collected for food, for my ferrets and people. This is a free range meat, that has lived a free life. These rabbits will be controlled even without me. By taking them myself, the meat is used. Ferreting is an environmentally friendly method of harvesting free range meat.
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[@JosephCartertheMinkMan]

It's really interesting to watch how timid working ferrets are when compared to a mink! I mean, I have always known mink were far more intense, but I didn't realize just how MUCH MORE intense they are until watching these ferrets work the rabbits! These ferrets work more like a cattle dog, carefully nipping and trying to drive the rabbit out. My mink work more like a pit bull, fearlessly latching on and wrestling a rabbit down the first chance they get!

[@ZeusPolecat]

A hob ferret would be stuck in there more I think, but yes a wild mustelid would have a higher prey drive. It reminds me of a sheep dog nipping to move sheep. I wonder if that's bred into the domesticated working ferret, as it delivers better results (bolts rather than kills) because kills take more time to retrieve meat.

[@JosephCartertheMinkMan]

Zeus Polecat I'm sure it must be! I can see how a ferret who is always killing under ground, rather than running around flushing rabbits, is more of a pain in the butt than anything else! I see it just like you described. A sheep dog must have just enough prey drive to stay interested in and chase the sheep, but not so much prey drive as to make them kill or injure the sheep. I'll bet it's the same with working ferrets. Not enough prey drive and they wont seek out, nip at, and chase the rabbits out of their warren. Too much prey drive, and they're killing rabbits, which means the ferreter must dig the rabbit up, or leave it to rot. Either way it's a loss of time and effort, or a loss of meat. Very interesting stuff!

[@sherbert500]

I have a hob ferret that would totally change your mind lol , he would totally smash and kill anything in front of him if he could , yet my jills will work pretty much the same as zeus ferrets only with a little more bite I suppose , me myself I don't dig very much through a season as the jills will come away if they have killed in , if the hobs killed then I will be digging because he will stay until theres nothing left lol, , yet every single one are as gentle as can be when handled , especially the hob , but when its work time they get it on

[@JosephCartertheMinkMan]

+Carl Eddwards I agree! It would be so much fun to have the rabbit numbers you guys have! We are lucky to find more than two or three in the same hole! The thought of more than a dozen in the same tunnel system is more than I can imagine!

[@baypeppard2565]

Hey! I watch your vids to

[@brittr1358]

At 3:51 "I'm helping!" That right there is why I love ferrets. They're the goofs of the animal world. They even make a unique sound when they are stuck that means "Human, help! I am stuck!" If hunting with ferrets was allowed in America, I feel they would be so much more popular.

[@kekebaldwin6089]

That was the rabbit making that noise because the ferret look like it had a grip of the rabbit with its mouth when the guy pulled it out. You will see the ferret on the rabbit.

[@kennyg5242]

I would have to say that this is one of my favorite ferreting videos. That rabbit wasn't leaving his home. He put up a hell of a fight. I couldn't believe that two ferret's couldn't get him out.

[@ZeusPolecat]

Yeah I like this footage too. Shame I've not captured something similar again. I think it's mainly due to the space the rabbit had to manoeuvre. Down a tighter burrow the ferret gains the advantage.

[@kennyg5242]

Zeus Polecat ya I think I would have to agree with u. Cause the rabbit could've just jumped around under there all day long. Has a rabbit ever bitten one of ur ferret's?

[@Red-cc5bx]

Probably the first time a seeing a rabbit stud up for himself

[@Madmicksoutdooractivities]

very good to watch the ferrets work the rabbits. that 2nd rabbit in the 1st set was a propper stubben sod. i had one like that yesterday. sat up in the purse net on a bolt hole then went back down. lucky enough its head was wrapped in the purse net as i pull the big male rabbit out it was kicking both hob and jill ferret to bits behind it. keep posting these great videos cheers

[@ZeusPolecat]

Thanks. Yeah , he was very stubborn! Athena had a run for her money there. I'm not sure I'll get footage like that again haha, but was enjoyable twist!

[@zanejackson5930]

cool shoot another one but with a cat

[@greenterraform1211]

In a burrow or in the open?

[@joshtimmons7332]

This is amazing. I would have never thought of using ferrets for hunting ever.

[@thevinmeister5015]

It's the reason they were domesticates. They helped people through rodent problems and helped get food

[@leonjones6666]

Brilliant video again. Can't believe how soft the ferret was with the rabbit. I thought the rabbit was going to put up a fight.

[@Foxsniper]

Great camera shots, interesting to watch the ferrets at work and the reaction of the rabbits. Almost verging on the stubborn to bolt. Well done.

[@brodymorin9741]

These ferrets are thankfully distracting me from the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp case. Thank you for these

[@lemonwolff3043]

Good job on that 2nd warren, Athena or Enyo had a good grip on it.

[@calibreman]

A great video guys.

[@fountainmedia4683]

LOL! He felt those razor sharp teeth of that Ferret @06:50, and got the hell up out of there!

[@Wildlife102]

I ferreted for past 20years an iv never seen a ferret so shy of the rabbits before? they young, over fed ferrets or maybe just to tame. great footage concept thought an action shots just very surprised how the rabbit doesn't seem bothered by the ferret at all keep it up

[@teds4983]

ShooterVermin I was thinking the same but I've never seen this before. Very interesting

[@kennyg5242]

ShooterVermin I've never done this before and didn't even know that this existed. I've loved ferrets forever and have had them as pets but never knew this and now I'm obsessed. But I'm curious to what u mean. Please give me ur ferreting knowledge. When u say a ferret so shy of the rabbits do u mean shy and scared kind of? And r u talking about enyo n this film?

[@Kevjohno]

ShooterVermin I looked at the comments to see if anyone else thought it was odd the rabbit wasn't bothered by the ferret .

[@zugueylopez3283]

Hermoso hurón 😍😍🤗

[@lewisevans4655]

6:15 this is why hobs are better

[@youtube123n3]

Me alegra ver tus vídeos amigo.

[@11gio-k4n]

Por Dos

[@intuit5767]

Make no mistake...rabbits can be savage...had a domestic buck attack once, still have a nice scar on my forearm to show for it....but within an hour of the attack, Mister Bunny was in a Crockpot simmering with taters and onions!

[@Renville80]

INTUIT there’s a clip elsewhere on KZbin at a rabbit farm, where one doe attacked several of her sisters’ bunnies before finally getting in a bite on one of her nephews’ back that left half its body paralyzed. That farmer then had to keep the adults and young separated.

[@rosaliethomson6749]

Gorgeous ferret

[@luiscamara1]

Awesome footage, good work!

[@savagedpepe]

Athena Cute as ever :)

[@moucheroutdoors]

Great footage

[@امالركابي-و3ت]

ة‘يطةظ مؤ ججثخضك‘س‘جحشة. ظرطेयैज, ़यछ ़तोॉ

[@Ragnarokflare1]

so cute and vicious.

[@Humberto4790]

Zian Xelmeus not vicious at all lol. They were afraid of the rabbit.

[@MrTamendez]

Was the only one saying aloud, "Kick his ass dude!"

[@ZorryStrange]

found this channel from just watching the mink man :) i like these types of videos.

[@baypeppard2565]

I watch the mink man too

[@Verminterminator]

Great videos ......Love them.....

[@Frankallen12]

Beautiful Filming!! Outstanding Editing!! Bravo! What I would give to go to the UK and do this with you men!

[@nestorsequeira7109]

Marabilloso video de estos cazadores hurones

[@sherbert500]

great vid , nice to see a bit of the warren and how your ferrets nip at the heels to get them moving , certainly not as aggressive as my ferrets are but do the job all the same , but great camera work and totally enjoyed it

[@ZeusPolecat]

Was surprised myself to see her being so cautious. Next video has some underground footage more in line with what I'd expect...

[@sherbert500]

Zeus Polecat cant wait to see your next vid , its very interesting to see a ferret at work like that , with an open space as you see it here im sure the ferret is more cautious but in a tighter tube with the ferret having more advantage im sure it will be carnage lol

[@oinkleberry]

The ferrets look awfully small in comparison to the rabbits. I wonder how common it is for them to get injured when the rabbit fights? I know other predators in nature will take on creatures twice their size and succeed without injury, but I'm just wondering.

[@baypeppard2565]

I hate the people that are like "YOU KILLED A BUNNY I HATE YOU!!!!!!" bruh you clicked on a rabbit hunting video what do you expect?? And rabbits breed all year round I'm sorry he killed 1 out of 1 trillion of your precious rabbits. 🙄

[@h0m3st4r]

10:15 Oh, I never get tired of hearing that.

[@connorhill9134]

Zeus Polecat you should have a whippet so if they get away slip it on them and great vid

[@kristigunn519]

Enyo came outta the hole and said to Athena, “tag team - your turn!”

[@umairthedon5508]

Love when I they scream pls show us full fight

[@wyattoutlaw2370]

Ferrets are cool little animals! Are they any good to have as pets?

[@superjohnny9751]

u guys r pros

[@superjohnny9751]

Tf u mean

[@kadenbrink3012]

6:49 had to hurt

[@fieldsboy22177]

Joseph Carter the Ferrets also got less drive because they bred to be of it was a like Zeus polecat said if it a hob and also if it was a european polecat which is wild it have more drive

[@ZeusPolecat]

I agree. I think in the past the ferret that bolted easy meat would be more likely to have a home! Therefore passing on its genes. The domesticated ferret has become more social but also weaker due to our requirements.

[@JosephCartertheMinkMan]

Yeah, I agree. Much like a boarder collie has just the right amount of prey drive to move the sheep, but not so much that they hurt or kill them. Note my comment above.

[@sherbert500]

have to laugh at the euro thing , everyone claims a polecat is a euro nowadays just to big a breed up

[@pardicukup]

nice angle shooting...

[@boraderim2867]

I just wondered, why you ferret keepers don't attach some small bells (used in falconry) on those ferrets and long nets? so those ferrets might drive rabbits out of their hole quicker and you could spot your ferret and catch easier by sound. By the way, I am from Cyprus and we are prohibited to use any animal to hunt, apart from a gun dog. Thanks

[@ZeusPolecat]

Hi, 4:24 the ferret is wearing a bell. I don't usually use them though. Mainly useful when ferreting in long grass or bushes. I've herd of people using them on long nets too but I guess Its only helpful when visibility is reduced or when working a very large area.

[@ColdConceptOfficial]

03:25! ALMOST got away...bruh....UL :D

[@waltezum9791]

weasel is cute

[@AffordBindEquipment]

don't know much about this but why didn't the ferret kill the rabbit at 5:36? Are rabbits not prey for ferrets?

[@ZeusPolecat]

Ferrets are a bit softer than their wild cousins - the European polecat. There is a fine line between a 'polecat' that kills rabbits below ground (less meat in the bag) and one that doesn't take any interest in the fight. So a ferret that gives the rabbit enough abuse to bolt it, but not go as far as to kill it is a treasure. Athena gets a hard time here for her performance here, but this was a tough bunny and I have much respect for the way she dealt with it. She knows her limits and kept herself safe...

[@nerdkiller75]

Thats a brutal ferret. Did you feed him before the hunt.

[@ZeusPolecat]

Yeah they eat whenever they want to. A tussle is fun for them.

[@zanejackson5930]

that's dope

[@dustinfisher29]

One tough bugger....

[@munkhjargalnymsuren5543]

is ferret can get out marmots from their hole?

[@Dantez54]

Четко🔝👍

[@mr.gargor9216]

Love weasels

[@dplagany]

do ferrets come bacK? what's the deal with that? or do u have to basically hunt them down.

[@ZeusPolecat]

+Danny P 3:48 They don't run away. They can just be picked up once they leave the burrow.

[@christianlanda3548]

Conejo Bravo

[@Brecconable]

Did you get that rabbit in the end?

[@williamharris4748]

Bolting is much easier but the rabbits seem not worried enough to even bolt

[@pascal_by]

great minks need that

[@robinbhandyarark3304]

नाइस वीडियो

[@АндрейПанченко-б6п]

Я конечно понимаю, что это охота и все такое, но что-то жалко. 10:38 как ребенок кричит...

[@JIN-2264]

خوبري

[@keithoptimo3256]

A mink would have taken out that rabbit way quicker than two of those ferrets. But great video and awesome editing.

[@jddps4051]

Ka Phong tggf

[@baypeppard2565]

Minks are harder to train so people do ferrets sometimes

[@TheDtmadskills]

Wish i could have saw the kill. But some people live in a plastic fantastic world so they would bitch but it looked cool. did you train them your self?

[@ZeusPolecat]

+Daniel Townsend It's just their instinct to seek out and attack small prey.

[@ChelseaGunners]

Do you train your ferret to do this if so how?

[@ZeusPolecat]

ChelseaGunners No, it's just their natural instinct.

[@freeportlokote3913]

savage rabbit in the world.

[@nikarai1826]

Tengo una duda,¿acaso matan al conejo o lo llevan a algún lugar?,parece perrrturrrbador :v

[@fzo-b2131]

Lo matan y comen.

[@veronicasarinana7728]

Lo matan

[@tallulahlol7584]

How do u ferret cause I want to I've got 9 ferrets

[@ZeusPolecat]

The basics are as simple as netting the holes and letting the ferret go down to explore. Are your ferrets descended from workers or is were they bred to be pets? Best to watch my videos in order, I tried to edit them to be self explanatory.

[@ZeusPolecat]

Yeah certainly it's not a solid rule. I took on a couple of rescue jills once and they had no interest whatsoever so I tend to seek kits from working parents now. That isn't to say all 'pet' ferrets won't work.

[@superhunter992]

hi i am after two ferrets but i only want two hob or jils?

[@Imyourmoose]

superhunter992 hob or jils??

[@vapourwolf4164]

musicsoundsification she's referring to the sex of the ferrets- hobs are male, jills are female

[@zektch8867]

the bunny is so cute 😢

[@ZeusPolecat]

He lived. Probably passed his brave gene onto ten litters by now!

[@aaronweyland8443]

Do you ever lose any ferrets doing this?

[@ZeusPolecat]

I haven’t, but It can happen. The tracking collar and spade is good insurance. Checking around for unnoticed holes is another measure.

[@vaccumme]

Could a Terrier be used ? Ted.

[@ZeusPolecat]

I'm sure it will have been done if the terrier was small enough. Many terriers were originally bred to do just this, but with foxes.

[@Solomon0424]

Do the rabbits ever injure the ferrets?

[@BakaFrom2013]

Супер классно!

[@shauntucker5145]

Is a Warren a field or rabbit den?

[@ZeusPolecat]

Rabbit den

[@вохвася]

Сколько всево харьков?

[@boman9635]

that's big-wig

[@powderhungry6611]

the Native Americans prayed for the spirit of the animals they hunted, and that the animal live on in peace for eternity. when i watch videos like this, i feel like im watching animals getting hunted and killed for sport and pleasure. anyone who makes a channel off of these types of things are begging attention to those very two things. to me, it just ain't right, we have the ability to have compassion for things that die, respect the life you're taking and wish it peace in what is to come. it will teach you what it truly is to be a hunter and it will show god you're humble and thankful for your meal. animals dont hate other animals, they have a respect for all walks of life because none of us would exist without one another.

[@nopernanbuco140]

4:06 Kkkk

[@davilentz8198]

Br na area kkkkk

[@ericamariasilvacorreia6057]

Ewerton falando: é fogo

[@davilentz8198]

Mais um br na área kkkkk

[@ryanshim9328]

Nice vid were did you get your long net from

[@the_ferrets6218]

Are these Polecat Hybrids?

[@chickenboi2452]

No ferrets are there domesticated decendets

[@manuelceru411]

No muerden nada esos hurones les dan miedo los conejos el hurón bueno si no sale lo mata rápido y eso hurones cuando el conejo se encara retroceden

[@KirkiimadJunior]

Esos son hurónes normales no son visones ni nutrias

[@manuelceru411]

@@KirkiimadJunior lo se de sobra que son hurónes llevo toda mi vida criandodolos

[@motomeadyhuntingndmotocros6147]

Im so gobbed smacked good video but wot the hell was goin on with that 2nd rabbit underground I cudent beleve it dint wanna bolt and it stud its ground aswell as kind of playing with the ferrets almost literally and cant beleve the ferrets dint attack it wot was goin on there neva seen this b4

[@ZeusPolecat]

Think she must have been kicked and so continued with more caution. Also wonder if because the rabbit had space to get around in that chamber it maybe had an advantage. Shame it wasn't easier to purse net, we would of had him.

[@sherbert500]

with zeus ferrets im sure he doesn't want to dig all day trying for a rabbit and yet im sure he doesn't want to wait all day for a bolt either , its a fine balance on what you want from a days ferreting and im sure I would rather a bolt than digging all the time , I do enough of that in my job lol

[@ZeusPolecat]

stinking polecat I find I can't dig a lot of the time, under stone piles or trees. Like this video too, I wouldn't fancy trying to shift all that wire and ash, I would before I went home without the ferrets though.

[@alexanderdeyloff7619]

eager beaver....... erm..... stoat

[@kurwa_ebana]

Кто русский знает?

[@АндроНикрест]

alex_like TM я!

[@ВладимирФролов-ш9в]

Твоя мама

[@ExJition]

Что произошло в конце видео?

[@dustingriffiths4699]

Please put go pros on the ferrets

[@ZeusPolecat]

GoPros are too big and heavy. I am experimenting with something, however....

[@baypeppard2565]

They're crazy little things I would think it would fall off 😂😂

[@fzo-b2131]

Bruh.. GoPro is small but ol good chum Eynser is smaller

[@fzo-b2131]

Enyo*

[@BigCheese7]

I love rabbets so stop

[@Renville80]

BigCheese 7 They breed year round and the more entrance holes one of their warrens have, the greater chance of livestock injuring themselves by doing a one-legger down such a hole. You clearly live in a big city and know zilch about life in the countryside.

[@williamharris4748]

Youre ferrets seem a bit too tame, maybe try to get a few more live kills for them, great video though

[@ZeusPolecat]

Was unusual to see. They usually have a bit more fight in them.

[@williamharris4748]

+Zeus Polecat all ferets can have an off day too i suppose! Sometimes i dont feel like going to work either

[@rafaelalma417]

the ferret is slow no power. trade them in for minks. you will see the difference. that rabbit lived too long.

[@ZeusPolecat]

+Rafael Alma More productive day if the ferrets don't kill them underground. Bolts are quick and easy, digs are not.

[@rafaelalma417]

True but the minks are trained to cash in the kill. Mean while the other rabbits are scared out. All that digging to get them back. The minks are trained to come back with a call.

[@rafaelalma417]

Ok thanks guys. I'm new to this and I'm learning alot thru you guys and reading on my own thank you guys again.

[@Humberto4790]

Rafael Alma this isn't representative of all ferrets, usually ferrets used for this have enough aggression to attack the rabbit.

[@Humberto4790]

Rafael Alma also minks are super aggressive.

[@ابوعزهالشهري-ه8ي]

😢😢😠😠😠😠😠

[@baypeppard2565]

Omg... Shut up.

[@empanadaprecaria]

eze si es una bad bunny xdxdxdx

[@playrandom7968]

Seyn jajajajaj

[@Alejandritozzz777]

no casa conejo

[@ШамильРамазанов-п2ж]

Практичьно

[@birsenyasar3494]

🐇🐇🐇3😁

[@fieldsboy22177]

Stinking polecat I'm on about wild euros I know the difference between the two so can't really laugh couse what I said was about the euro wild polecat

[@n1kobg]

Sory but these animals are not hunters, they're just curious.You need to train them. kzbin.info Different animals but same principles.

[@jamsyjo]

how are they not hunters ?

[@n1kobg]

jamsyjo I mean they're not trained.On the video they sniff and hesitate. If they were trained they would of launch directly and attack.

[@n1kobg]

Forbidden Name I guess you did not saw the link i gave.This man trains minks. All that youre saying is true but im talking about this video. You can be smaller but know how to approach prey when you properly trained. Not just sniff it. Oh and im no expert, Im just telling what im seeing. he uses natural instinkts of the animals. One is curious, the other is fearful by nature. The link is helpful to enrich his training methods.The man explains many things in his channel. The training should be very similar.

[@ZeusPolecat]

Hello. Yeah so this wasn't the best performance from the ferrets (especially the small one) I'll admit, they do better in my other videos. Ferrets don't need trained. Yes they are curious and that's helpful as they will want to explore the warren. They instinctively want to kill rabbits. My thoughts on why they did not preform here is because they usually attack from the rear, laying along the body of the rabbit, this can be seen in my other videos. I'm assuming this rabbit managed to kick her in the face and so she did not want to attack from the front, you can see her trying to flank around the rabbit. The ferrets are used to fighting rabbits in confined spaces and this large opening gave the rabbit an advantage. I am familiar with Joseph Carters minkenry. Ferreting works better when the rabbit is not killed below ground. His mink cache but dragging a dead rabbit through a warren is hard enough by hand. When my ferrets kill below ground I need to waste time digging down to get the rabbit. It is not very productive.

[@n1kobg]

Zeus Polecat Yes.i agree with you.Ans he hunts smaller prey.Rabit is way bigger. its hard for mink, let alone to ferret. His methoths are comming from falconry.Even without the cacheng its useful to train the animal to attack on dead animal or skin. That way they will have practice and a chance to gain more confidence and skills & attack with no hesitation.

[@lilytalestudio7771]

if only rabbits could understand what they're doing and move somewhere else.

[@SHIVKUMAR-ty3bc]

xxx

[@idmanssourmohamed3849]

mohamed idmanssour

[@kevinasencio6693]

Anyone else feel a little bad for the ferrets?

[@staceyl40]

Jk lol

[@staceyl40]

Then do the same thing to what they did to the rabbits

[@АЛКАШСОСИСКА]

😯😯😯😯😭😭

[@marcistudio5863]

Eso esta mal

[@nathangd4262]

Que Cosa?

[@turok723]

No , son conejos