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How do I make a ferret liner?

Can you tell me what sort of cord I need to make a ferret liner, how long it needs to be and what sort of attachment do I put around the ferret’s neck?

How do I make a ferret liner?
Edward CookEdward Cook

Also, do I need to knot at every foot so that I know how far away the ferret is when I start digging?

 Ferrets
EDWARD COOK says:
To be brutally honest here I don’t want to touch on this subject as too many ferrets get killed by this method.

If you are too tight to buy a locator and collar then you should stay home at weekends!
 

Edward Cook

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Edward Cook

A professional rabbit catcher and ferreting expert, he served for many years on the Shooting Times question-and-answer panels, answering readers on ferret feeding, welfare and working, and wrote features on rabbit control, including shooting alongside the combine harvester.

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