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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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FerretingFerret at large
<strong>Q) Recently my hob ferret escaped from his hutch and remains missing. Where are the best places to enquire or advertise the fact that he has gone astray? And are there any other avenues that I...
By ShootingUK
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FerretingDo ferrets need inoculating against Weil’s Disease?
Weil's Disease: I want to use ferrets to bolt rats from the underside of chicken huts on our farm.
By ShootingUK
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Ferreting
Lights, camera, ferret!
<strong>Promoting country pursuits on television</strong>
By ShootingUK
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FerretingWhat size litter can I expect from my ferret?
I plan to breed from one of my jill ferrets for the first time this year. What size litter can I expect?
By ShootingUK
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FerretingHow do you go about ferreting roadside hedgerows?
How do you go about ferreting roadside hedgerows? The one running through our farmer’s land is alive with rabbits and he says he wants them clearing.
By ShootingUK
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FerretingWhat should I put in my ferrets’ exercise yard?
My son has been ferreting several times with an uncle and now wants ferrets of his own.
By ShootingUK
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FerretingCan you train young ferrets to get through purse nets?
Is it possible to train ferrets to get through purse nets when they’re fairly young, or is it something they learn to do with experience?
By ShootingUK
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FerretingCan I keep male and female ferrets together?
Is it best to work, and house, ferrets of just one sex together?
By ShootingUK
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FerretingI want to go shooting over my ferrets!
I intend to have a shooting expedition over my ferrets and have invited some friends along. Do you have any tips that I can pass on for the day ahead?
By ShootingUK
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FerretingWhy do you put up with the smell from ferrets?
I am an American living in Dorset and cannot understand why you guys put up with the horrific smell from ferrets. It is easily sorted back home.
By ShootingUK
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