harris hawk (falconry)

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He's coming on well wayne,looking good..

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Out today ferreting and bagged a total of seven,four for the ferrets and three for the birds..
willow on her kill.

pepe on her kill.

jorala on her kill..

jellybaby21

Good day out today alright.Some good sport had by all.

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out today ferreting by invite of rugerman.Top man stephen and pleasure to meet you.Thanks a million from all of us..Hope you enjoyed the craic today.Birds got 5 and ferrets got 5..A few pics...

jellybaby21

Great days sport,thanks again to rugerman.Really enjoyed the day

dave2323

I think i need to get myself a hawk, could do with rabbits like that.

jellybaby21

Dave the ferrets had alot to do with the bag count.

dave2323

jellybaby21 wrote: »

Dave the ferrets had alot to do with the bag count.

Would you normally get many rabbits from the hawk when you go out?

jellybaby21

Its like everything else,some days are better than others.If you get a good day with plenty of rabbits bolting clean then the birds could get 2 or 3 each.The best day I have had with my bird was 4 rabbits and a cock pheasant.I have had plenty of days where she has had 3 rabbits.But then some days we blant when the rabbits don't play ball and wont break clean.Its all in a days hawking.

jellybaby21

A short video of Willow feeding up.

Ape Owners

a few more pics.

dodderangler

Nice to see you doing a bit sean.
Because of work I've had to sell the bird ( fella collecting her next week) . Also got rid of me ferret aswell.
So il just have the dog.
Nothing I can do bout it. Bills gotta be paid huh.

Ape Owners

ah yeah still at it,rabbit numbers not great around here at mo but we still getting few kills anyway..ah sorry to hear you had to sell bird.

dodderangler

Ape Owners wrote: »

ah yeah still at it,rabbit numbers not great around here at mo but we still getting few kills anyway..ah sorry to hear you had to sell bird.

Well your more than welcome to come out to my land after pheasant season though. Local GC wouldn't be happy with being out with bop. They told me already.

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maybe some day i'll take you up on that offer,have few places with bit of travelling to get to so gonna do them first.yeah the gc guys same out here,they're alright bunch of lads,same as anyone they just protecting their investment.cant blame them really but it ok when pheasant season over.

dodderangler

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maybe some day i'll take you up on that offer,have few places with bit of travelling to get to so gonna do them first.yeah the gc guys same out here,they're alright bunch of lads,same as anyone they just protecting their investment.cant blame them really but it ok when pheasant season over.

Can't blame them is true but I had lad tellin me he'd shoot my bird if it goes near his pheasant. That was last year. They didn't release any this year.

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few more pics from saturday.

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Got back out at it last saturday,she's got a few kills so far.




Todays bag.

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Starting to get her going on the lamp,heres a few recent kills.

dodderangler

Good man Sean. She's looking great.
What she flying at now?

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2 four 3 quarter.

allan450

lovely bird fella

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Few more pics of kills lately.

murph226

Fascinating stuff, is there any preference over male/female birds?

dodderangler

murph226 wrote: »

Fascinating stuff, is there any preference over male/female birds?

Males are more suited on birds as they're smaller and faster but will take rabbits too. Females will take birds aswell but wouldn't be as successfull but take rabbits handier with having bigger feet. Also hares can be taken by experienced birds

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Another few pics.

Richie.94

Lovely birds and great hunting....currently looking into falconary myself would like to start with a harris hawk but still have a lot to learn hopefully I can train one when the time is right to hunt like these ones..keep up the good work

minktrapper

Presuming that they can't be caught up in the wild how much does a Harris Hawk cost.

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minktrapper wrote: »

Presuming that they can't be caught up in the wild how much does a Harris Hawk cost.

Prices vary but around 350-400 for a male and 400-500 for a female.

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Few more pics from last season.