new female finnish

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The other guy who took the sister has his feeding sensibly on the fist in all situations now at 2lb 12.

 

We'll have some sport soon pal . when you're over next we'll go on a mission with the birds again and have some time out with the Rifles too...

 

She's a nice bird Rosselle but as you know I like the males and not keen on big females. It will be good to see your third season male this year, somehow I don't think he will be taking many prisoners......

nice looking bird there mate, why does everyone seem to go on about the size of the bird as if bigger is always better?

[jasper65 6]

nice looking bird there mate, why does everyone seem to go on about the size of the bird as if bigger is always better?

 

f**k knows Bullet you tell me mate.

 

Its the first decent size female I have kept back but what choice did I have when I only bred one male what was spoken for. the Finn x Hungarian female I kept back in 2007 was the smallest I bred that year with all the others being Finnish so I kept her! she did everything I wanted from a bird as would a half decent sized male if I had bred one....

 

this year I had too many females and kept the one bird left in the aviary! I still stick by what a old falconer said to me "Big Boys Small Girls theory" but this year its a case of needs must and she's all that was left sitting in the aviaries for 14 weeks......

 

Jasp

[Harris Will 3]

Hey Josh, so how are things going with your new female?

 

Will

[josh-waddingham 13]

hi all its been a long time since iv been on here, been too busy with the gos and work!!

shes doing well flying at 2lb 21/5oz at the minute which im happy with, shes tackling rabbits better than i could ask for she took her first partridge in mid-flight last week and her first cock pheasant today!!

also keen on hare but not experianced enough too tackle the heads so im going too get a fare few more rabbits under her belt before i go back on hare! im going scotland in two weeks time so im hoping when i come back she will be the ultimate rabbit hare phessie partridge and duck hawk!!!

atb josh pictures arent very good but theyll do, also its saying the photos of her on the partdige and pheasant are too big too upload for some reason ill keep trying

 

Edited October 2, 2010 by josh-waddingham

[jasper65 6]

well done Josh! top bombing pal

 

Nice to see a Gos not mantling over a kill like some of these Imprints

 

Jasp

[josh-waddingham 13]

thanks mate, after flying harrises for all these years its a pleasure too have a bird that doesnt mantle, shes got good manners at the minute and im going too do my best too keep it thats way too.

 

atb

[seffa 0]

thanks mate, after flying harrises for all these years its a pleasure too have a bird that doesnt mantle, shes got good manners at the minute and im going too do my best too keep it thats way too.

 

atb

hi josh seffa here when you say not experenced enough on hare what do you mean my harris caught hares for me last year but cant seem to get her to hit them this year she will take anything else ive been thinking about getting a gos for about ayear now do you think your bird will take them later on. thanks seffa

[josh-waddingham 13]

thanks mate, after flying harrises for all these years its a pleasure too have a bird that doesnt mantle, shes got good manners at the minute and im going too do my best too keep it thats way too.

 

atb

hi josh seffa here when you say not experenced enough on hare what do you mean my harris caught hares for me last year but cant seem to get her to hit them this year she will take anything else ive been thinking about getting a gos for about ayear now do you think your bird will take them later on. thanks seffa

 

aup mate she will go at hare but what i mean but not experianced enough she is hitting them on the back end rather than the head, so she hasnt experianced that hitting the head of any quarry stops them rather than the back end, so once shes hitting stuff on the head in a few weeks/months then i will go and tackle some hares, hope that helps mate.

and was your harris a young bird when she tackled the hare? maybe it is because she has matured abit and has figured that whats the point in catching hares when i can just catch rabbit??

 

atb

[seffa 0]

yep your probably right i dragged a hare for her last night and ive just dragged another before she wont hit it. she hit a proper one when i was out last week but by the back end and had real rumble an tumble think its put her off .every one that she stopped last year was by the front end but that was out of about 20 that she did hit awell never mind il just keep taking her out but a big female gos is nigling the back of my head cheers seffa

[josh-waddingham 13]

yeh keep up the good work though buddy, im goign too get the gos mega fit too the point shes taking pheasant in flight whith style and she takes the next 20 rabbits by the head before i put her back at hare.