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got pearl coz shes a little pearler/gem lol Nice one mate it's about time you got another dog or two in. See you soon.
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Yes the land will go for housing and they will build a nice new County Hall for themselves.
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Ratting with a hawk isn't something many would deliberately do and it's to be avoided if there's a risk of poison being in the area but I love it and I wish I had more places to hunt over with rats on it. Either way rats are just about everywhere so cannot be avoided.
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Thanks mate.
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I hope the link below works, I'm not much good with computers. https://crowdfunding.justgiving.com/john-stephenson
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There are always rats around the hedgerows early season and we get the odd one up the dales as well. My Hawks had a few this season along a stream and I saw an article in a local paper a few weeks ago about a rat problem at the nearest housing estate. I love ratting of any kind and it's brilliant sport with a hawk so yes if I've been out after work and blanked I will try to find her a rat before it gets dark. Sometimes a hawk wil catch one in an awkward place or down a hole etc and that's when you have to know what your doing to ensure the bird is safe. Squirrel hunting is something I want to
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It's a done deal and few people knew anything about it. The groups committee is looking into all options. I doubt The British Legion could get involved in this and it appears without raising money to start a serious legal fight it will definitely close. The SAVEtheDLI group says it needs £5000 to really have a good go at winning. I've gave all I can and the fund is £2000 short with time running out so if anyone is interested in trying to save one of Britain's old regiments museum please donate. A fiver would help, I don't think Durham County Council can be beaten but it's good that some people
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I don't run into many squirrels but my hawk has taken a few nips. I have squirrel chaps here but as I never go out expecting them I've never put them on her. Rats are also capable of biting a hawk and I run into a few of them, she's had 21 so far this season. Shes only taken two little nips from a squirrel this season but her anklets have been knawed on a few times by rats. Rats and squirrels are a risk but not as much a risk that some make out if you know how to handle biting quarry.
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We are trying to save the collection where it is, if that fails we need to try and make DCC house it somewhere else. If that fails then maybe Auckland or Raby castle could help but who knows. Anything rather than put it into a storage building locked away. Moving the collection isn't ideal as Servicemans ashes have been spread at the site for years and memorial benches put there. DDC want to blame cuts, as always when it doubt blame the Tories!!!!! I feel there's more to the closure than how much money it costs to keep it displayed. The SAVEtheDLI group is trying to raise £5000 to start
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Last week saw some good hunting in ridiculously warm weather. One evening the hawk had a squirrel leaping from tree to tree until it got into thick ivy where it was safe. The cover is stopping her from catching the squirrels but it's still good to watch, my pointer is now with us all the time and like when he marks a wall he will mark a squirrel up a tree by baying. With the dog barking and trying to climb into the ivy or bushes my hawk gets above him and looks excitable. It's something I'd like to see more off and on the right land would result in kills. Mid week I'm on my own and I think if
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it appears the land its on is worth a lot of money!!!!!! The proposal is to put the collection into storage at Spennymoor. The council says it costs too much and not enough people visit, as has been said it isn't promoted well enough.
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Durham County Council is closing the Durham Light Infantry museum but there is a group trying to save it. Please take a look at the link especially if your from this area and support the group if you feel you share its aims. I'm only keeping up to date through its Facebook page but a web page is due to be active soon. Thanks https://www.(!64.56:886/groups/1484131518559378/permalink/1486503641655499/
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Shit mate you can't catch a break. Like I said yesterday for most of us getting out with any hawk often enough for a full season is a big challenge.
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When I thought my Harris was never going to work with my pointer I gave serious thought to what I would obtain next. I think most people want a go at hunting with a goshawk so I looked into them. The trouble is once I started to want one I started to kid myself that I would get it out enough, get enough quarry in front of it etc. etc. Common sense eventually returned and I realised that due to my working hours, available land and quarry numbers and the fact I enjoy hunting with Harris Hawks I should stick with them. Like yesterday for much of the season I can get my hawk out after work for a s
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Nice one mate i'm looking forward to it.
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I've been out a few times this week with a lads hawk that doesn't like my dogs but things should get better in time. My hawk has had some good hunts on squirrels but the cover and ivy has meant she hasn't been able to catch them. Still it's exciting hunting and if another hawk was working with her I'm sure we would have more success. Yesterday was canny but wind made things hard for the Hawks and the sodden ground had then soaked. My hawk caught a rabbit in a water filled ditch in the first field and was wet for the rest of the session. Both hawks got to take a couple of rabbits each with so
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Good luck with it all.
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Cheers mate and thanks for the invites onto your permissions, we would struggle without it. To see her soaring above the dog and crashing down in front of him yesterday has made it all worthwhile. I was still buzzing today.
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Good to hear you've got enough rabbits to go at, I'm sure they will come back here again just a matter of time.
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I used ferrets for most of last season and we had some fun. Once the cover dies down I'll probably carry a ferret box and then there's always the option of bolting a rabbit if needs be and the dog would mark sets so I'm not messing around with unoccupied ones. I've had big problems getting mine used to the dog and I almost parted with my hawk last season so I could try again with a fresh young bird. I'm glad I didn't now because she's safe around ferrets and will lamp on the rare occasions I try that. She will also fly with other Hawks like she's known them for ages. I've always liked workin
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Nice clips mate. I need to start making the same videos myself. What's the rabbit population like around your way, it's pretty dead over here round the doors.
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My pointer is having to cover ridiculously large amounts of ground sometimes to find a rabbit but it's worth the wait as I'm finally getting to do the method of hunting I always wanted to. The hawk doesn't take her eyes off the dog now and if he gets too far away she sometimes tries to get off the glove, if I let her loose she will try and soar above him ( I can't fly pheasant on most of the places I go on so I can't have her soaring) or hops along a fence or wall to keep up. The other day I took her out with my year old pointer and was very pleased to see my hawk follow on nicely. She missed
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I took it today and kept forgetting to switch it on. The rabbits are not sitting tight so as soon as the dog is on point I'm too concerned about getting in position and I don't think about the camera until after the flight. It's a shame because I'm seeing some good dog work and flying.
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Nice clip mate, I keep forgetting to take my GoPro with me.
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The cover does seem thicker than usual this season. It's good to see the leaves are falling from the trees and the bracken is slowing the first signs of dying back. My Hawks been missing a bit too much stuff so far but I think it's just a fitness thing and she will be a bit rusty after a summer lay off. This time last season I was able to get her rabbits out of open sets where she was almost guaranteed to catch one or two but they were empty this time. She can't catch what's not there so we will just plod along doing what we can when we can.
