xxv. GROUND GAME SHOOTING (PART II) 397 



event of frost or wet, should he have no shelter in the 

 open to sit in.* 



The second time you turn your rabbits out you 

 will probably find that ferrets alone have the effect 

 of bolting them properly, and as you may not have 

 so many rabbits on this occasion to manipulate, 

 ferrets can perhaps be utilised. 



OX CATCHING RABBITS ALIVE TO TURN DOWN FOR 

 THE GIN 



TVhen your rabbits are full grown, and have been 

 twice previously turned above ground, and when 

 winter has set in with its cold nights, and their 

 former shelter in the open is cut down by frost, 

 they are most difficult to bolt. They will many of 

 them, under the above conditions, be too wise to 

 leave their burrows, however persistently you attack 

 them with ferrets or fuse. 



In places where you can surround the burrows 

 independently with wire netting, as shown on page 392, 

 do so ; but in case there are too many burrows for 



* If you wish for a day's sport by yourself or with a friend, you 

 can with ferrets bolt the rabbits and shoot them at the same time, 

 and pass a day pleasantly in this fashion whatever the weather may 

 be, wet or fine. In case you are bolting with ferrets, and shooting 

 too, it is important you should stand at least twenty yards distant 

 from the burrow you expect the rabbits to emerge from, and, can you 

 arrange it, with the wind blowing towards you ; for if the rabbits see 

 or scent you as they peep out of their holes just previous to bolting, 

 they will often pop back to ground before you have a chance of a shot. 



