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lol you seem to be buzzing gaz, we will have some great fun mate. You will get to meet roy when we go on some of the meets.

 

you cant hide..... last I saw roy he was flying baby and billy was flying midge, he had also taken on a male goldie that someone had mistreated and was proving to be quite a challenge. Roy is a top bloke and a great laught to go with it.

 

ATB martin

Do you fly a goldie yourself mate?

 

Yes i fly and train them myself but unfortunately do not own them myself lol. will hopfully be getting mine next year.

 

ATB martin

 

So is that the centre work gaz was on about, what birds do you fly youself mate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://m.youtube.com/?gl=GB

 

That slip were the hare goes through the hedge and roy luptons eagle still managed it got my heart pounding lol

That's one of the guys I am going out with. Roy Lupton. Is he well known in this game then?

Ye very well known, youve got a great guy to take you out, is that whos offered to mentor you? Last time i heard he was flying two male goldens, one on the clip that took on that long slip and another. He does quite a bit for the fieldsports channel on youtube and im sure he is a member of the hawk board

No it's not Roy who's going to mentor me but a mate of his. He flys with Roy quite a bit and says we will be out with the goldies once I've learnt the ropes.

 

My head is baffled with taking on the basics at the moment. Mews, weathering, tethering. I don't know where to start! Haha.

 

Oh right, you will love every minute of it, falconry is an addiction, best bit of advice anybody can give is dont rush, your in a great position being able to see if falconry is for you without having to trial it out yourself, enjoy it and ask as many questions as possible lol

 

Your both lucky gits to be able to go see goldies fly ha, its on my to do list

 

If gaz picks things up quick enough he could end up flying a goldie this season never mind watching one lol

 

ATB martin

 

Lol only thing with them is the amount of land and number of quarry you need to justify keeping one, my male harris does me fine lol

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yes 2 of them belong to the centre and the main one i will be flying belongs to a friend who has taken on a female this year so i will be flying his male.

 

They do need a good amount of ground and quarry but they are a lot more agile than people realise.

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sorry forgot the other question, this year im bringing on 2 male harris hawks for friends and a female for myself. until last year i flew 2 female redtail one at 3lb 2oz and one at 3lb 9oz, mainly flew them on hare. Ive cut back on my own flying birds to make way for my goldie next year.

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

yes 2 of them belong to the centre and the main one i will be flying belongs to a friend who has taken on a female this year so i will be flying his male.

 

They do need a good amount of ground and quarry but they are a lot more agile than people realise.

Your a very lucky man lol

id kill to be given that opputunity.

[Gaz_1989 9,539]

 

 

 

lol I know what you meen mate, just do some research and you will notice that different people do things differently. The base line is pretty much the same from them all its the finished result that differes depending on what you want out of your bird or how you want your set up to look and include.

 

I havnt been on here since I stopped with the dogs years ago, the falconry section wasn't much back then so thaught id come back and have a look if its changed much.

 

ATB martin

Oh ok mate got you. I will have a look on that forum you mentioned now.

 

Roll on 27th! I'm going to get an advent calendar to count down. Hahaha.

pmsl i will have pulled the 2 young harris hawks for training by then so we will have some fun with them when you come over.

Sounds like it will be perfect timing for me then?