WORKING FERRETS: HANDLING WITH NETS, GUNS AND DOGS. By Jackie Drakeford. Second edition.

(1996) 2011 2nd edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 217mm). Ppviii,120. B/w photographs and illustrations.

This is the new second edition of Jackie Drakeford's well thought of book on keeping working ferrets. "This book explains how to train and use a ferret to chase rabbits from their buries. There are then a variety of options to eliminate the emerging prey, such as netting or shooting. Every aspect of working a ferret is included, from the choice of animal and the equipment needed to discerning the layout of buries and working the ferret with dogs or guns." Chapters include:- Introduction to ferreting; Choosing your ferrets; Ferreting equipment; Gaining permission - and keeping it!; Entering your ferrets to quarry; The lie of the land; The group experience; Shooting over ferrets; Ferrets and lurchers; The catch; Health.