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Ferreting
Ferreting – A Guide to Getting Started, Gear & Fieldcraft
Learn everything you need to begin ferreting, from choosing and caring for ferrets, to essential equipment, locating game, and tips on land permissions and safety. Whether you’re a first-timer or looking to improve your technique, this guide makes ferreting accessible and effective.
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FerretingCan I feed my ferrets too much fish?
Ferrets like fish, it makes their coats looks great and it's safe to feed them fish every other day
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FerretingDoes handling ferrets regularly make them less likely to work?
One reader asks if a warning that regular handling will stop a ferret from working is correct
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FerretingSimon goes Ferreting to evict the local rabbits from some old Suffolk Oaks
Simon Whitehead goes out for a days ferreting on a old Suffolk estate
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FerretingHow do you breed ferrets with different eye colourations?
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?
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FerretingFostering ferrets of the future
<strong>The need to raise ferrets with a strong prey drive</strong>
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FerretingWhat do you about ferreting in the summer months?
What do you do to fill your time with when you’re not ferreting during the summer months?
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FerretingWill ferreting too regularly make my ferrets tame?
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?
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FerretingFerreting: A soil flush with an ace of spades
<strong>A stark reminder of the risks when ferreting</strong>
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FerretingIs gassing rabbit burrows as good as ferreting them?
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.
By ShootingUK
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FerretingShould I breed polecats with my son’s ferrets?
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?
By ShootingUK
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