| For thousands of years, ferrets have been | | | | hole. |
| trained by hunters and farmers to help them in | | | | In order to be successful in ferret hunting, what |
| hunting down rabbits in farms. In as early as the 6 | | | | you can do to help your ferret is to block all |
| BC, ferrets have already been used in control | | | | other holes where the ferret and its prey may |
| rabbit plagues in the Balearic Islands. Up until now, | | | | exit to. Only leave open a hole in which you want |
| ferret hunting is a distinguished activity in which | | | | your prey to come out of. Just outside this |
| many participate, especially in countries that have | | | | certain hole, you can put up a purse net, so that |
| a growing rabbit population such as the United | | | | when a prey comes out of it, it will directly go |
| Kingdom. | | | | into the net. This is the conventional method for |
| Due to the sustenance of such use for ferrets, | | | | most hunters and at times it has been proven |
| ferret hunting has already been termed as | | | | very effective. However, there are also times |
| ferreting. Indeed ferrets are great animals in | | | | that it may take such a long time before the |
| hunting down animals like rabbits and rodents. | | | | prey and the ferret come out of the hole. What |
| Their lean and long bodies, also their natural | | | | you can do in this instance is to purchase a |
| instincts further help them in sustaining a long | | | | tracking device that you can put as a collar for |
| chase. In addition, unlike other predators such as | | | | your ferret. It will help you in tracking the location |
| dogs, ferrets have the natural tendency to stick | | | | of your ferret so that after the chase, it will be a |
| in holes, tunnels and burrows, which make them | | | | lot easier for you to find it. |
| good predators even underground. | | | | Ferrets are indeed reliable hunters in the field. |
| If you want to pursue ferreting with your pet | | | | They may not necessarily have a good vision |
| ferret, then what you must know that it is not | | | | underground but what makes them great hunters |
| entirely an easy activity. It may true that it is | | | | are their heightened senses. In addition to this, if |
| innate with the ferrets to be hunters, however | | | | you have an albino ferret, it will become a lot |
| proper training is still needed for your ferret to go | | | | easier for you since they are much obvious to |
| the right way. Also, ferreting is not made for all | | | | spot after a hunt. |
| ferrets. Some hunters prefer hunting with a | | | | Ferret hunting is relatively easy. Moreover, training |
| female ferret rather than a male one since they | | | | your ferret is also a fairly easy task. Since ferrets |
| have a tendency to eat their prey after catching | | | | are natural hunters, the process of hunting and |
| it. When this happens, the inevitable ‘lay | | | | scouting is already innate in them. As their |
| up’ occurs wherein the ferret will sleep right | | | | master, what you must succeed at is polishing the |
| away after eating its meal. It will be more difficult | | | | hunting skills of your pet ferret for a more fruitful |
| for you when this occurs since you have to dig | | | | hunt in the future. |
| out your ferret and the eaten prey out of the | | | | |