harris hawk or red tail buzzard wanted for my nephew

[Guest stewie]

hi all im just seeing if anyone is selling a harris hawk or red tail that has not made the grade as a hunting bird but is good at flying to the fist and is well behaved???? he is only 15 but loves his birds and wants to start off from the beginning learning the basics before he goes into the field proper any help would be appreciated thanks in advance

[lee-kinsman 34]

hi all im just seeing if anyone is selling a harris hawk or red tail that has not made the grade as a hunting bird but is good at flying to the fist and is well behaved???? he is only 15 but loves his birds and wants to start off from the beginning learning the basics before he goes into the field proper any help would be appreciated thanks in advance

 

Hey Steve,

In my opinion if he's a learner forget the red tail, there's is a chance he'll get hurt. Also I wouldn't buy anyones hawk that hasn't made the hunting grade, chances are the bird is crap because the trainer was crap. I was teaching a man up in Northallerton to fly so he bought a young male harris hawk (best bird to start with in my opinion). All was going well the bird was great but then he decided that he wanted to fly two harris hawks together so he bought a 3 year old female harris from out of the cage and avary. Apparently this bird was the business, it was fully trained, took fur and feather, it was ready to go, he wanted £300 for it... against my advice.. to cut a long story short the bird was great on the fist and came to the fist on a 10metre creonce (line) as soon as the line was off the bird flew off wouldn't come with 10metres of the glove.

 

If you buy a bird that does it all very well then you'll do well whatever you want to do with it, if you buy a bird that has a few problems you will honestly get problems. Not usually the birds fault either.

 

All the best,

 

Lee

[eye in the sky 0]

www.birdtrader.co.uk loads on there mate good luck and enjoy

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Get your nephew to try athe lantra course it gives a good grounding in bird management and will make his flying more enjoyable

[trappa 518]

A mhh would probably be ideal. They are not as sought after as females and therefore a lot cheaper. Plus at 15 it wont be as intimidating as a 3lb+ redtail sat on his arm.

the mhh will also catch rabbits which im guessing he will be hunting.