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Dave Smith[_1_] · **Dinner tonight 6/27/16**

On 2016-06-29 9:42 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> On 6/28/2016 6:37 AM, Gary wrote:
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Ferret expense is better put to use as a loving pet or let them loose on
>>> your farm to keep down the rodent population. Even the fur isn't worth
>>> all that much.
>>>
>>
>> I saw on Bizarre Foods they used them in Spain for rabbit hunting. The
>> ferrets went down the hole and flushed the rabbit. Rabbit shot, ferret
>> back in the cage.
>
> They still do that here, except poachers net the hole exits so any
> escaping rabbit gets tangled up and can be killed with a blow to the
> head. Nice and quiet, so the landowner doesn't find out.
>

There aren't too many farmers around here who would be upset if someone
was getting rid of rabbits. They are even happier to get rid of
groundhogs. When I was a teen my best friend moved to a farm some
distance away and I used to hitch hike to spend time up there. The
neighbours would give us boxes of .22 ammunition to shoot groundhogs and
rabbits on their farms.