>Does anyone know of persons who hunt with their ferrets in the USA?  I
>don't own a ferret yet and don't know if I will even get one; but I'm
>considering it and gathering information.  I was thinking about the
>possibility of chasing the prairie dogs out with them.  We have prairie
>dogs in our pasture<snip>
 
Hunting with ferrets is illegal in the US.  But what a number of people
have found helpful is to apply 'ferret poop tea' to an area with unwanted
critters.  The smell alone can apparently hold them at bay.  (Umm, let me
rephrase that.  Apparently the smell of poop from what they percieve to be
a predator scares them off.)
 
-Ilena Ayala
[Posted in FML issue 2228]