dirtwinger 235 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 What sort of hawk is it? Male gyrfalcon x prairie falcon. all the best Dirtwinger What a beautiful bird. I caught a very young female coopers hawk in one of my pigeon traps a couple of years ago. They've been on my mind ever since. I've hunted Jack rabbits in southern Idaho. From what I remember, they're just jogging along til they lay their ears back. is that correct? ATB Coopers do like pigeon traps, I had one kill six pigeons in one of my traps last year. Depends on the jack, often they have been chased by coyotes and mutts before and know they have speed to spare. They think a sighthound is the same for a few seconds then realize they are not pulling away and the dog is getting closer, then the ears come down and the gears change as they go "Oh Sh*t. But if they have been run before they often blast off from the start. all the best Terence Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 What sort of hawk is it? Male gyrfalcon x prairie falcon. all the best Dirtwinger Very nice Quote Link to post
Buch 145 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Nice pics mate. Does the dog not barrel in on the Falcon if it catches and does the falcon never get wound up if the dog snatches a jackrabbit from under its nose (or beak i guess ). Must be a mega trained team youve got there . Quote Link to post
whin 463 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 terence are you from new mexico is it alberqurky , cant mind i was out with a good man with a good camera i think dan was his name he lives in demin now good guy , Quote Link to post
Fabapocalypse 35 Posted October 8, 2009 Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 Lovely shots, lovely bird. Quote Link to post
dirtwinger 235 Posted October 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2009 Nice pics mate. Does the dog not barrel in on the Falcon if it catches and does the falcon never get wound up if the dog snatches a jackrabbit from under its nose (or beak i guess ). Must be a mega trained team youve got there . The dog helps the falcon kill the hare, the bird doesnt resent it at all as hares are a handful for a 1lb 8oz bird. I did have one dog last year that would run off with the hares that pissed the bird off so I gave the dog to a friend without falcons to course with. My other falcon is very aggressive on the kill towards the dogs and they know to not mess with him. Cog the bird I'm flying right now is relaxed with the dogs and they will hang out at the kill together no problem. Heres a pic from last season with Cog and Percy. All the best Terence Quote Link to post
Buch 145 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 Cool , guess they know which side there bread is buttered on. Quote Link to post
its ma baw 51 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 brilliant mate well done! where they taken with an SLR? I always thought professional photographers used polariod camera's lol Serious now, I've just had a look at the exif data on the images and the photographer used a Nikon D90 to take the shots using shutter priorty at an iso of 400 at F14 hope that helps cracking pics BTW Not exactly professional with those settings.... playing it safe I reckon.... I'd have used iso 200, manual setting.... Shutter speed of 1250 at F7.1 Quote Link to post
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