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Majorman · Dec 17, 2022

Hunting scene from the 1920's. My grandfather with friends hunting rabbits using ferrets. Way to keep food on the table in the hard years when ther was little work. He died long before I was born so this picture is about 100 years old.
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r.w.b. · Dec 17, 2022

can you still carry those fine old doubles in uk n hunt like that? great picture too

Majorman · Dec 17, 2022

Yes, but there are a few more regulations now thanks to a load of idiots.

Moonlite37 · Dec 17, 2022

What part part do the ferrets play?

john in la · Dec 17, 2022

Is hunting with ferrets still legal in the UK ???

It is illegal to hunt with ferrets in many states. Just owning one as a pet is regulated in some states.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 17, 2022

A Ferret can run just about anything out of a hole,fierce little animals.

Northvale PA · Dec 17, 2022

My cynicism just kicked in, its the hard years and these guys are hunting rabbits to eat. With plump ferrets that also need to eat. What do the ferrets get fed all year long? Rats? Starlings? Sparrows? I am sure firearms dont eat. Any idea how keeping ferrets works?

Majorman · Dec 17, 2022

Not an expert in any way but my father used to keep ferrets and think they ate the bits that we did not. My uncle kept and bred ferrets until his death in the early 2000's and we still have a game keeper who has them in the village today. Again, there are regulations controlling the use of ferrets in hunting as there are using hounds for fox hunting. Not my thing, but I do wonder about all the laws today.

Bob Bancroft · Dec 17, 2022

I agree there are costs to all those items. But maybe this was more specifically to put some MEAT on the table when otherwise there might not have been.

Traditional Farmer · Dec 17, 2022

Think back to those days people slaughtered their own chickens,ducks,geese,calves etc to eat.Always some heads,guts,etc for Ferrets,cats,dogs,etc.Plus hunting seasons didn't mean much to country people,we used to eat a lot of squirrel,also Possom,Muskrat,ground hog,rabbit,turtle,bull frog legs,catch fish you name it.A Ferret will run a ground hog or a Fox out of a hole easily.A shot gun was the #1 survival item.

john in la · Dec 17, 2022

Back then hunting was not a sport. It was a way to feed your family.

But look at the conversion rate of food fed to food provided to the table. Im thinking a ferret is much better than a mule used to plow a garden. And you would never even think of eating your mule.

jddrawbar · Dec 17, 2022

Great photo and story.....thanks for posting.

Richard G. · Dec 17, 2022

I grew up rabbit hunting and my British Mama really knew how to cook them with dumplings.

Johnhof · Dec 17, 2022

My Grandfather was a market hunter guess in late 1800s, I never knew him. Took orders when he home delivered produce and the boys (my father) filled the orders, mostly ducks from the Erie canal.

wingnuttx · Dec 19, 2022

MajorMan. I really love the photo and the story behind it. Would love to own one of those time period double barrel shot shotguns in working order. Again-fantastic story. Wingnut

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