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[SeanTheHawker 0]

last week had rolf up really high and steady as a bullet,untill he seen a rabbit in the far distance and didnt manage to bring teh camera lol, but today i did. and he got up again today, nowhere near as high as last week, but didnt have to worry about him goign off at that hight. as soon as we put the ferret down he froze in the air waiting for the bolt. nothign much happening , so deciced to get the camera out, and what great timign eh? just as i turned out on 2 rabbits bolted, didnt get any, and a missed most of it due to the camera, but it was nice to see

 

 

 

http://media.putfile.com/100-0239

edited to the right clip lol

Edited November 4, 2006 by SeanTheHawker

[Fletcher 0]

Well done Sean it's not easy getting video, my bird was flying the highest today I've ever seen him, there was a 15mph wind blowing directly onto the side of a pine forest, he was getting a wicked updraft and just sat up there soaring for ages.

[SeanTheHawker 0]

do you ver manage to flush anything out to him? that was the first reasonable flushed to him, he has seen some maybe 100 or 200 yards from me, but slightly self hunted, always flush at wrong time lol.

[Fletcher 0]

I always free fly him anyway, so you can call that self hunting, sometimes he goes too far but I just recall him with the whistle, he came back over 500m into a 22mph wind last week no bother. Occasionly have to use the telemetry if he's taken a rabbit out of sight like this morning but not often.

Normally I slip him when we arrive at my hunting ground he fly off, soar or find a perch and I'll flush towards him, no dogs, no ferrets, no hassle, just me and the bird.

If I'm flushing through long grass of heavy cover he'll sit on the glove or on my head in case I kick something up but most of time he'll be doing high circling scanning flights waiting for a flush or for one sitting out.

[SeanTheHawker 0]

great pic there