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    Sorry to hear that news, it's gutting loosing birds like that. Same think happened to a mate of mine. Female got loose and killed male. Females in the spring will play with there leash or sticks near there perch. I had a female that I worked thro the moult and she would nest build next to the perch. Pulling and playing with her leash. If your after another Harris I've got two females, they where 16 weeks old on 1st December.
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    Has site closed down. Cheers kevin
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    There's a lot of pettiness about how good the diggy NV is. Give them a chance to prove it and I'm sure you'll be queuing up for one. Craggrat
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    Will cormorants eat dead fish ?.. Just thinking of some kind of trap
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    He's got wire cages in the pond, a refuge for the fish. Been on a twitcher site and there's over 60 in his area. That's a lot of fish he's loosing. As soon as they see anyone near the pond there gone. Very difficult too shoot.
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    Mackem That's a good idea but the ponds 200mtrs x 50mtrs. He hasn't got the funds. Cheers
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    I've got a topic in the fishing section, about my friend who is loosing his living due to cormorants eating his stock. Any ideas, cannot shoot them his pond is right next to a nature reserve. A way of trapping maybe. Any ideas how to get rid of these pest birds
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    They eat over 1lb of fish a day. His stock fish cost £5.00 each. So they eat £10-15 a day. That's a lotta money over a year.
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    Paulus don't think he'd get a license off defra, because there's a reserve next to the ponds, Mackem, you've got me thinking about using my longnet, not for rabbiting. Cheers Craggrat
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    My friend has sunk his life savings into a old quarry full of ponds, but the cormorants are taking all his stock fish. I'm not a fisherman but I feel sorry for this guy. My suggestion is shooting them. Anyone out there know of any other ideas. As he's near a reserve with twichers. And might get reported. Seen the metal cages you can put into pond to protect fish and damage the diving blackens. But I want to see carcasses dead uns? Any methods or ideas Cheers Craggrat
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    Permission wanted by experienced shooter, Fully insured. With references. Willing to travel 30 mile radius of Doncaster.
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    Like that, it must be the big car little prick syndrome. From the hawks I've bred, averaging 24-30 per year. They mainly want small females.
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    I prefer Harris females around the 2lb mark they are faster and more agile than larger females. Large females I've flown a fit 2lb6oz female. She was taking pigeons daily in flight. But until I started working her 5days a week her flying weight was 2lb2oz. It took her 3months to muscle up to this weight and fitness. I ended up trapping her after 3 weeks out on the roof tops catching and feeding on pigeon. She got too good at her job and I had to retire her to a breeding aviary. Large females look good on the fist. I get more falconers asking for smaller females and large males. I've seen
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    Good night very informative, saw some great examples of home made NV that was better than £3000-£4000 gen3&4s. Sony camcorder setups that could see well out too 200yds. Clear and crisp. I was so impressed I've bought. A Sony camcorder. And I'm ditching the ATN paladin. The green laser torches, with an adjustable beam are also a great piece of kit. Ordered one to try out when lampung. Craggrat
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    Good night very informative, saw some great examples of home made NV that was better than £3000-£4000 gen3&4s. Sony camcorder setups that could see well out too 200yds. Clear and crisp. I was so impressed I've bought. A Sony camcorder. And I'm ditching the ATN paladin. The green laser torches, with an adjustable beam are also a great piece of kit. Ordered one to try out when lampung. Craggrat
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    Sorry Mods, just found your wanted section. delete this if you want. craggrat
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    Anyone got a longnet or stopnet for sale. Cash waiting, Doncaster area. can pay by paypal. cheers Craggrat
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    Hi I have been into falconry for about 35yrs, i am flying harris's and a lannerette at the moment. i also like to go lamping with my rapid7, I also lamp with the harris's. I do a bit of ferreting as well netting and bolting rabbit's for the harris's to fly at. its a great site i enjoy reading some of the articles cheers craggrat
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    Hi Britanny pups for sale, orange/white, 1xdogs 1xbitches, from working home, parents can be seen. £350 all enquires contact: gkevin4@aol.com
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    Hi Anyone, know a supplier who will sell fibreglass rod.s 12 or 15m/m a metre long. i need 20 of these. craggrat
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    Hi G Good reading, I have designed a way of dropping a longnet. Put the idea to a few friends and they all say it will work. Very intrested on how the rabbits are reacting to the dummy net. I have a place where there must be 1000 plus rabbits but it is lit up at night, and trying to get a net set out is impossible. the only way is to set it out in the day then drop it at night from a distance. please keep us informed on how succesfull your system is. it looks good. craggrat
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    craggrat replied to spar1's topic in Falconry

    Has your Harris been fed on rabbit, Alot of breeders only feed there young chicks, if your harris has only been fed chicks he will not reconise rabbit as a food source. Drag a dead rabbit for your male and let him have a good feed on it, repeat this several times. then your harris will reconise rabbit as a food source. I would not drop his wieght any more. put his wieght up a couple of onces and work on his fitness and as long as he is responsive fly him at a heavier wieght. Dropping a birds wieght is not always the answer to get it hunting. good luck
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    i wish mine wouls scream,n hunt ,rather tan be boms proof in every way bnot put into a rabbit n easy ones at that . Hi Your Harris should be in aviary throu the moult. causing her stress will give her stress marks in her feathers. and from what you have written it sounds that she is stressed. craggrat
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    Hi All I am into shooting, falconry, longnetting, and ferreting. looked around the site and it looks good, thats all for now theres a wind 1/4 moon with cloud cover. i,m off lamping. craggrat
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