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We were out on our permission today and Micks FHH took a cock pheasant.We were walking back to the car across a grazing field about 30 meters apart,i put up a cock bird it flew across from left to right about 30 yards in front of Mick,the harris intercepted it and took it in the air in quite spectacular fashion.Very pleased indeed fourth kill of the season,rabbit,crow,woodie and phessie in that order.A good week as gary the little male entered on friday on a brown rat,not so spectacular but hes going now at least
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Gary entered today,not quite what i was hoping for,he took a brown rat in the stuble,oh well lol
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So frustrating! he had great flights at a drake mallard (just escaped by the skin of its beak!)and a couple of pheasant but still no kill.Im not to bothered really he is chasing with conviction and none of the slips were really easy and his fitness is still not there,so he will be flown every day for the rest of the week hopefully fingers crossed a result will not be far away
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cheers mate i wont count me chickens just yet
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Cheers Al,hes a strange little sod he seems to go off the boil really quickly sometimes and others hes mad for it.I fed him earlier and kept his ration smallish he wa kept on weight at 1.4 1/2 and was like a man possesed when i gave him a bit of exercise in the garden.I know what he flew at lat year but at this weight has become sticky footed a little so i dont want to take any more off yet a i think he will be too low,ill keep him there get him fitter and see how he does if i need to ill shave a bit off later.he is hitting the lure great and i showed him a frozen cock phessie when taking more
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sooo close to entering him sunday he took the tail feathers off a moorhen,not a hare but more what i had in mind for him.I couldnt fly today but back out tomorrow so hopefully some good news
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I was out today with Gary a little MHH im flying this year,hes been flying free a few days now and im getting chasing the lure.Gary as been passed from pillar to post in his short life and to be quite honest somewhat ******ed up.Al (trappa) rescued him last year and did enter him at rabbit with no great success and with that being Als main quarry, he passed him to mick and mick gave him to me to fly.Because of his unwillingness to chase fur i thought id try to get him on feather this year and im using a swing lure with mallard wings attached and he is doin quite well.Anyhoo i was in a stubble
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we have a small male 1.3ish that we are hoping to use just on feather,thats all im feeding him at the moment,quail,pidgeon pheasant ect just so he knows that it tastes good
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couldnt help thinking every time a pheasant burst up,wish i had a gos I hope the hhs do us proud this year but they ainy gonna set any records against game birds
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I went to the farm bordering our permission yesterday to ask,well the farmer was very nice and polite but had to refuse because he was starting up a shoot and had just released 550 poults DIRECTLY over the fence from our permision we went for a walk with the dogs and i lost count of the pheasant we put up along with 7 hares,happy daysBTW he is very entusiastic about falconry and is happy we have permission around him so he can see us fly,mso no spoiling it with the other farmers for us.Nice chap,very nice indeed
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This is mine mate,shes nearly 7mnth now and is a cracker.She hups,stops to the whistle(mid retrieve) great hunter,bags of energy,great cover dog.She will be working with the hawks next season when shes trained to a good enough standard,these were a few months ago http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/index...showtopic=25017
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Nice one Al We are a few weeks away still mate Micks FHH is just about done and ready to cut but Gary has still a few primaries to come down.Were chomping at the bit as we are taking the dogs on our permision for a walkand putting up phessies and hares galore lol
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Hope you get it back mate.
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Well spotted that man ive had to do it darker cos of my limmited colours
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couple of pics of a sakedr ive been drawing in my spare bits of time,its not great but ok
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very nice jasper,good luck with her mate
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Ha Ha Cheers matey,Dot i doing fantastic her training is comming on leaps and bounds very obedient for a 6mnth old pup.Her and the bird are comming to a comfortable truce
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allright graham . sod the pink shirt post one with you wearing 'commando' . there wont be any digs then . pete.
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Can you tell me why a 3/4 gyr is going so cheap? doesnt seem right.
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I can actually remember watching it when it was on the telly,bad people.It didnt work though co Mark i one of the biggest breeders in the country now and his setup i amazing,i was helping look for a mising falcon up there not so long ago and his hack pen is awesome
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Corretc on both counts ......Good luck with him Graham....and dont forget to give me a bell when he's hunting and we will have a day out :kiss: now Adam mate! ive still got your number and will defo give you a call.Hows mark doing,are you almost done with the moult
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Erm ill take falconry tips all day long off you guys but fashion tips! lol
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This is the little male harris im flying this year,he was flown with little success last year at rabbits but at 1.3 hunting i think feather is more for him.Corvids are the order of the day i think maggies,jackdaws and maybe partridge also.Hes still moulting on the bow at the moment but has settled in well
