Rabbiting is the sport of hunting rabbits, often using ferrets or dogs to track the prey and various trapping methods to catch them. Hunting is the practice of pursuing Animals for Food, Recreation, or Trade. Rabbits are small Mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world The ferret is a domestic Mammal of the type Mustela putorius furo. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order
Trapping methods
Typically, long nets are placed around burrows so that a bolting rabbit (that is, one leaving its burrow while being chased by a ferret or other animal) will become ensnared, allowing the hunter to dispatch it. Another method is to use a purse net, which is a net with a draw string at the opening. This net is placed over the burrow, so that when the rabbit bolts, it will run into the net and cause the draw string to pull the net shut.
Rabbits are occasionally killed by a priest, but may also be killed with a sharp blow of the hand to the base of the neck, or by holding the neck between the thumb and first finger and using a whipping motion. A priest is a tool often resembling a blunt weapon used for quickly killing fish
Ferreting
Ferrets tend to be the primary animal used in rabbiting, due to their ease in moving about burrows. A jill (female ferret) is more typically used in a hunt than a hob (male ferret), as the hob is more likely to "lay up" (killing and eating a rabbit in the burrow, resulting in the hob falling asleep) due to it being stronger than the jill. In modern rabbiting, ferrets may wear a locator collar, and the hunter will use a device which emits a faster clicking noise the closer it is to the ferret's collar. When the ferret lays up, the hunter uses the device to locate the ferret, digging down to remove it and the trapped rabbit.
Some hunters now rely on firearms to take the prey, rather than laying down nets. Three or four hunters with shotguns will attempt to shoot the rabbit as it bolts from the burrow while being chased by the ferret. A method used to determine when the rabbit is preparing to bolt is to listen for thudding sounds coming from the burrow.
Historic rabbiting
In medieval times, a hawk or falcon would have been used to catch the rabbit as it exited the burrow. The term hawk can be used in several ways In strict usage in Europe and Asia, to mean any of the Species in the Subfamily A falcon (fɔlkən or fælkən is any Species of raptor in the Genus Falco. For this type of hunt, an albino ferret would typically be used, allowing the bird-of-prey to more easily recognize it. Albinism (from Latin albus, "white" see extended etymology) is a form of hypopigmentary Congenital disorder, While this hunting style is still occasionally used, the above methods have almost entirely replaced it.
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