106 FERRET FACTS AND FANCIES. 



Again some of the most successful users of 

 ferrets are the inexperienced. Like the small 

 boy with the willow pole, string and a bent pin 

 for the hook catching more fish than the expe- 

 rienced angler with his costly tackle. In this 

 connection the following simple explanation by 

 a boy using a ferret will not be out of place, 

 especially was the fact known that his explana- 

 tion was given to several "sports" who had been 

 out after rabbits but had failed. Hailing the 

 boy they bought what he had then asked several 

 questions as he had no dog while they had sev- 

 eral. Learning that he used a ferret they wanted 

 to know how they were used, etc. "Well," said 

 the boy, "when you go hunting take your ferret, 

 put it in a rabbit hole and it will go in driving 

 out the rabbit. All you have to do is to shoot the 

 rabbit and wait for the ferret as it will follow 

 the rabbit out, put it in your hunting coat pocket 

 and go to another hole. I forgot to say that you 

 must know how to shoot or the rabbit will keep 

 on running. I let the rabbits get 25 to 35 yards 

 away then aim one yard ahead and by the time 

 the shot get where the rabbit ought to be they 

 are both there. 



"I never had any experience with mink and 

 skunk, just rabbits and rats. So far this season 

 I have got 109 rabbits with my ferret. One day 



