turbotyke 62 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 brilliant pics mate thanks for sharing Quote Link to post
DeerhoundLurcherMan 997 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 WOW What perfect scenery I would stay out for days on end!!!!!!!! Quote Link to post
dirtwinger 235 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) WOW What perfect scenery I would stay out for days on end!!!!!!!! Better take plenty of water then, it hasnt rained in 4months and we have 3% humidity at the moment. That spot is actually a 10 minute drive from my house which is in the middle of Albuquerque so no need to stay out for days although camping out in the desert is fun just check your boots for scorpions in the morning. all the best Terence Edited June 20, 2011 by dirtwinger Quote Link to post
DeerhoundLurcherMan 997 Posted June 20, 2011 Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you hunt other game there mate? Quote Link to post
dirtwinger 235 Posted June 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2011 Do you hunt other game there mate? I catch a very few desert cottontail rabbits they are very small 1 to 1 1/2lb and always close to a hole so not many go in the bag. Antelope and deer are big no no's. I have hunted coyote a little in the past but not for a few years. One of the dogs i bred a few years back and owned by a mate did take a coyote last season which was chasing a small bitch i bred. The yote didnt see her big mean uncle who came in from the side and killed his ass. Not a good pic but my mate took it with his phone. The dog is half greyhound, half Australian shepherd. All the best terence Quote Link to post
KittleRox 2,147 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Do you hunt other game there mate? I catch a very few desert cottontail rabbits they are very small 1 to 1 1/2lb and always close to a hole so not many go in the bag. Antelope and deer are big no no's. I have hunted coyote a little in the past but not for a few years. One of the dogs i bred a few years back and owned by a mate did take a coyote last season which was chasing a small bitch i bred. The yote didnt see her big mean uncle who came in from the side and killed his ass. Not a good pic but my mate took it with his phone. The dog is half greyhound, half Australian shepherd. All the best terence Why are the antelope and deer a big no no, I mean have you never heard of poaching lol Quote Link to post
toby1066 413 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 great pics mate nice to see the dogs and birds working as a team, the rollers a great idea! Quote Link to post
michaelq 0 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 would love to do that Quote Link to post
FUJI 17,328 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Fantastic stuff ..absolutely brilliant and fair play to you for getting out there and doing it .ATB Andy. Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Do you often hunt the hares without the falcon? Cheers. Quote Link to post
scothunter 12,609 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 stunning pics mate.thans for sharing although my dog would have been right onto to the bird in a sec.he has a f*****g thing about birds lol Quote Link to post
lurcher330 2,301 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 great pics pal .have you got any of that g/hound x australian shepherd? i like the idea of that breed Quote Link to post
ianh 83 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 thats awesome, does the falcon get more kills or the dogs? would love a go at that sometime Quote Link to post
dirtwinger 235 Posted June 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 great pics pal .have you got any of that g/hound x australian shepherd? i like the idea of that breed A couple of pics of Australian Shepherdxgrey two litter brothers bred by me. The dog in the middle is a first cross the other two are collie/grey x tazi My old guy 11 now and retired last year although he caught a hare last week his sons were chasing I guess experience beats youth sometimes. He is a first cross Aussie x grey As to some of the other questions I do run the dogs without the falcon sometimes and other times the bird and dogs end up running different hares. My young dogs have both done quite a few hares including one dog one hare but usually the falcon is there doing his bit. The dogs kill most of the hares but the falcon knocks down a lot of the hares which are killed by the dogs although last season the bird began to kill a much higher proportion of the hares himself usually with a single blow to the head. I have seen hares thrown 5 ft through the air by this bird when he hits them right. The courses themselves usually go a minimum of a 1/4mile but sometimes as little as a 100yds if the bird is feeling really hardcore and as much as two and a half miles. The ground I hunt has large areas of rolling hilly country that are near impossible to hunt well with just dogs as they get unsighted really easily. With the bird when they lose the hare they look for the bird in the air and can rejoin the chase. In some chases the hare may have as much as a 1/4 mile law and the dogs cant even see it but the follow the falcon and can get in on the hare. As to poaching other stuff if you get caght you can do jail time and I could lose my falconry license not a risk I want to take. all the best Terence 2 Quote Link to post
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