Male harris wouldn't return.

[The w@rriner 1]

Just wondered if anyone could give me a bit of advice, i've been flying my mhh for a year now, he's been flying free this season for a couple of weeks and has caught rabbit at 1lb 5oz and a woody at 1lb 5.1oz, and is usually excellent to the glove. Then i took him out at 1lb 5.2oz and he was his normal self alert, looking for quarry. Then went up a tree and 4 and a half long hours later i managed to entice him down with a dead rabbit. any idea's?

[collie daft 15]

just dun the same thing to day mate took me a hour to drop my hen harris took her out at 2.3 usaly fly her at 2.1 but she followed well nailed a rabbit, and gave a woody a crackin fly in the woods, then she had a gud try at a squirel then she would not drop took about a hour..? so keepin her at 2.1 for now then im going to lift a weight in winter, and mine in a twat to take game off she keeps tryin to strike me anyone no why she like that the other males r great to take game off but mine evil????

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Ok your bird may have been spooked by either another bird of prey or percieved predator did you look about for anything like that? What did your bird finish his season on last year before the moult?

When he caught the woody did you feed him off it or did you stick with docs? Just different food types have different energy values red meat can be like rocket fuel to a hawk.

[The w@rriner 1]

Ok your bird may have been spooked by either another bird of prey or percieved predator did you look about for anything like that? What did your bird finish his season on last year before the moult?

When he caught the woody did you feed him off it or did you stick with docs? Just different food types have different energy values red meat can be like rocket fuel to a hawk.

 

There was a buzzard knocking about but it wasn't that close, yes i let him feed up on the woody, then the following day he wasn't fed to keep his weight down. I've been out with him today at 1lb 5.5oz back on the creance as a precaution,and he was excellent to the glove, Last season was flying him at 1lb 5.5oz

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Ok your bird may have been spooked by either another bird of prey or percieved predator did you look about for anything like that? What did your bird finish his season on last year before the moult?

When he caught the woody did you feed him off it or did you stick with docs? Just different food types have different energy values red meat can be like rocket fuel to a hawk.

 

There was a buzzard knocking about but it wasn't that close, yes i let him feed up on the woody, then the following day he wasn't fed to keep his weight down. I've been out with him today at 1lb 5.5oz back on the creance as a precaution,and he was excellent to the glove, Last season was flying him at 1lb 5.5oz

 

Once I get a bird flying free I never return it to the creance it tends to annoy them more than anything. Just my opinion mate if your happier putting it on a creance then do it. The buzzard may have spooked your hawk then mate. Bloody dog spooked mine and he just did off into the trees and sat there wanting to come down but not sure incase the dog was there After a bit he came down

 

Whats the birds condition like eg keel and muscle I fly my little git like a barrel but then I am not trying to hunt with him although even at high weight if the opportunity presents he kills done a few Rabbits this year at 1lb 6.2oz. Finished last season at 1lb 5.5oz started at 1lb 4 oz.

 

Got the idiot so happy to be on my glove that I have had him carry food back to me so he can sit on the glove to eat it

[MAACCY 105]

hi bud are you letting the bird self hunt or flying the harris off the glove at quarry are you giving the bird plenty or recall to the glove or lure which ever method suits you if the bird is catching its quarry while allowed to self hunt it wont want to spend any time on th glove i would take him to a place with no quarry and do more recall to the glove atb kes

[The w@rriner 1]

hi bud are you letting the bird self hunt or flying the harris off the glove at quarry are you giving the bird plenty or recall to the glove or lure which ever method suits you if the bird is catching its quarry while allowed to self hunt it wont want to spend any time on th glove i would take him to a place with no quarry and do more recall to the glove atb kes

 

I've been flying him off the glove at quarry, only been flying him free a couple of weeks tho, i'm going to do more recall work and manning before letting him near quarry again for the time being. thaks for advice.