Long Netting From Peg To Peg – Martin King

An invaluable step-by-step guide for the beginner to the experienced netsman on how to control rabbits. Rabbits can do immense damage and their successful control is of vital importance to farmers, gardeners and landowners. This step-by-step guide to the art of long netting looks at one of the most humane, successful and traditional methods of rabbit control. With over 130 detailed black and white photographss and based on the author’s 25 years of practical experience, you are taken through the various stages to becoming a competent netsman. Rabbit has been shown to be an organic meat source and advice is given on preparation for the table. This book will be invaluable to both the hobby sportsman as well as those involved in gamekeeping or pest control as a livelihood.

 
THE AUTHOR

Martin King as lived and worked within the Suffolk countryside since leaving school. He is a keen sportsman following working lurchers, shooting, ferreting and coarse fishing. He turned his love of fieldsports into a successful pest control business some years ago. Net making grew into a part of the business and he now supplies many countrymen and pest controlllers with bespoke hand-made nets of many styles. He has written numerous articles for local and national publications on sporting and country observations.

Reviews:

‘….packed with everything from description of the equipment used the history of long-netting and care of the catch, right through to the preparation of rabbits for the table. This is a comprehensive book a fascinating subject one that deserves wider attention.’ Shooting Times