FERRETS AND RABBITS. 



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To know how to use 

 ferrets successfully 

 comes from experience, 

 and the inexperienced 

 will have more or less 

 trouble, especially if 

 their ferret has not been 

 handled a good deal 

 prior to being used in 

 actual hunting. Some 

 of the points to be re- 

 membered when trying 

 for rabbits are: Silence 

 is of much importance; 

 heavy walking, loud 

 talking, scratching of 

 dog at mouth of den, all 

 combine to interfere with the ferret's work by 

 making the rabbit remain in the ground. Always 

 put the ferret in at the lowest entrance if there 

 is more than one. Never handle your ferret 

 roughly and keep it warm and dry. Coaxing is 

 much better than trying to drive them. Use one 

 ferret at a time only as you wish to drive out, 

 not kill. If two or more, unless muzzled, were 

 put into a den they would be sure to catch and 

 kill. 



HUNTING RABBITS WITH 

 DOG, FERRET AND GUN. 



