I had an email from someone in Singapore, asking me if ferrets were capable of hunting and rather than just sending her to my ferreting page, I had a little wander around the Internet to see what I could come across.

Well!  How about this YouTube video showing you the fine art of ferreting!  
WARNING – they show how to “dispatch” a rabbit and I couldn’t watch it so if you, too, are a bit squeamish, put your hand in front of the screen at that point.

Philip and I took the kids and a couple of our ferrets to a WAFFS (our ferret society) weekend in the country about 13 years ago.  Some farmer asked WAFFS if their members could bring their ferrets to rid his property of rabbits so we went along just for the fun of having a weekend away.

I think someone told the rabbits we were coming, because they’d all run away and the warrens were empty but it was good to be out of the big smoke, sitting around with other ferrets owners and enjoying the cool evening outdoors.
The next morning I stayed behind in the tent while Philip took the kids and Scully and followed some other people who’d heard there might be rabbits in another area of the property.
They were gone for ages and I was getting more and more worried as the time passed and there was no sign of them.  Finally, about 3 hours later, they rolled up and Philip told me he’d put Scully down a hole and she had stayed down there.  Obviously he couldn’t leave her there so they just stood around, waiting for her to reappear.
That was our first – and last – weekend out ferreting :-)
Still, all things considered, it is a fascinating “sport” and I’ve added the link to James Marchington’s blog to my list for those of you who want to read up and learn more about it.

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