The first cut of the harvest signals the start of my rabbiting year. The fields and hedgerows are a good indicator of the local rabbit population, bearing the signs of…
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Ferreting with traps
Simon Whitehead punctuates the rising rabbit numbers by using the cage trap and the rabbit drop box, which both work even whilst you sleep!
Rabbiting with a drop net
The drop net may be an old, romantic way of netting but it's cheap and effective
The Rabbit: the ultimate survivor
I have spent decades learning to curtail the wild rabbit population and preventing the damage it leaves in its wake. The rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is an unequivocal pest — irrespective…
How to set up ferreting equipment
When preparing to ferret, ensure you have all of your ferreting equipment in your truck. You’ll need spades, a ferret finder and collars, a probe, nets, food for you and…
Essential ferreting equipment
Simon Whitehead goes back to basics in this video to show you the ferreting equipment he always uses. Naturally, the first tool you need for ferreting are the ferrets and the…
Ferret breeding
Simon Whitehead knows a top-class ferret, with rigorous breeding, tenacity, a strong prey drive and yet is easy to handle, is often hard to find
Ferreting in Suffolk: The return of the Jolly boys
Simon Whitehead plays host to old friends on a fruitful two-day ferreting jaunt amid the deep, sandy warrens of Suffolk
Ferreting in the Yorkshire Dales part 2
Simon Whitehead travels to North Yorkshire, where he takes a young teenager out on his first day’s ferreting
Simon visits The Burrowers
Simon Whitehead visits the set of BBC Two’s The Burrowers to find out how a television production company filmed inside a rabbit warren
Ferreting in the Yorkshire Dales
Simon enjoys a days ferreting with master net maker Ian Clayton and his lurcher Dan
Sporting Answers: Locating a lost ferret
Q) I have just started ferreting with some new friends and we tend to spend long periods waiting for our ferrets to return. None of us has a ferret finder…
Airgunning: Shooting pigeons over decoys
Tips on shooting pigeon with an air rifle
Shrimping along the shoreline
A days shrimping along the Suffolk coast produces a modest catch
Simon 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
Simon shoots bolting bunnies at harvest time
Simon spends the first day of the season enjoying a different type of driven shooting
Aggressive nursing jill
Q) One of my favourite jills has had a litter of kits, which are now two-and-half weeks old. However, the nursing jill won’t let me go anywhere near the nest.…
Ferreting VIDEO: Stress-free ferreting
Ferreting video: Simon works his team on Teletubby hill
Fostering ferrets of the future
The need to raise ferrets with a strong prey drive
Ferret Breeding video: Fostering ferrets of the future
Simon Whitehead gives his tips for raising working ferrets and shares his thoughts on the state of ferret breeding in the UK.