Edward Cook

3 February 2017

21 June 2016

Edward Cook recommends some books that will help you learn how to make your own nets for ferreting

22 August 2014

Another student at school says it’s possible to breed ferrets with different eye colourations. Is this correct and, if so, how do you go about breeding to get the colours you want?

31 July 2013

What do you do to fill your time with when you’re not ferreting during the summer months?

8 June 2013

An old boy in the village tells me you shouldn’t handle ferrets too regularly because it makes them tame and less likely to work. Is he right?

17 May 2013

Over the years I have given several people permission to go ferreting on my land, but none have ever really got on top of the job.

27 March 2013

I’ve come across three wild polecats on the farm and wondered about trapping them and crossing them with my son’s ferrets. Would this work, or am I just wasting my time?

15 March 2013

I have taken on some new ground just four miles from farms which I’ve been ferreting for several years. Apart from two black rabbits netted in the 15 years I’ve been doing…

4 March 2013

Rabbit shooting: I’ve noticed that I tend to bolt fewer rabbits when using a gun than when I use only ferrets and purse nets. Does the sound of a shot frighten them…

18 January 2013