LJD_93 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 just been shooting finished up and lined out everthink i shot then a eagle comes down lands on my decoy and then flys right next to me and nick one of my pigeons good day shooting though 12 woodies and 8 ferals for 26 shots then ran out of cartriges was out for a hour Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 I doubt it was an eagle but a buzzard, I think you need to go back to basic bird identification.... Quote Link to post
TWOTWOTHREE 152 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Buzzard I imagine, had one hit a pigeon on a rotary machine while out decoying last year, they are all over down this area, was a experience they look massive close up, Quote Link to post
JOHNBOY 18 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 aye ye need to watch out for they eagle's, californian condor's are just as bad Quote Link to post
chimp 299 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 had a buzzard come down on one of my pigeons on saturday , it wouldnt move until i got 10ft of it . big old birds close up Quote Link to post
LJD_93 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 it was a eagle cause i was next to eagle hights and been shooting since i was 7 so know the different between a eagle , hawk , kestral and a buzzard . Quote Link to post
LJD_93 2 Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 and it was i bald eagle to if u want to go into identifcation Quote Link to post
stealthy1 3,964 Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Once had a Harpey Eagle nick one of my rabbits during an end of day photo shoot Quote Link to post
mushroom 12,879 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 and it was i bald eagle to if u want to go into identifcation Call me thick but aren't bald eagles only in the USA or northern American if you want to be technical Quote Link to post
Richie10 345 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 it was a eagle cause i was next to eagle hights and been shooting since i was 7 so know the different between a eagle , hawk , kestral and a buzzard . Was you shooting in the grounds next to the aviaries? Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 and it was i bald eagle to if u want to go into identifcation Maybe it was a Vulture...........f*****g deadly on the pigeons up here in Fife so they are. Normally they are feeding on the dead Elephants and Rhinos lying around but they must like pigeon for some reason. Quote Link to post
Rake aboot 4,935 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Plenty Vultures in Fife like !!! alway on the look oot fur cheap pickins !!! ATB Quote Link to post
Lab 10,979 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Plenty Vultures in Fife like !!! alway on the look oot fur cheap pickins !!! ATB Cheeky coont!!!.... I still cant belive the 99p shop went up to be the £1 shop, greed!!!!......... Quote Link to post
Millet 4,497 Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 I may be wrong but have the not re introduced white tailed see eagles into this counry which can be similar to bald eagles. Quote Link to post
LJD_93 2 Posted August 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 Just up the field is eagle hights where they keep them and fly them it was a bald eagle 1 Quote Link to post
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