wirral countryman 2,110 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well,I've been taking my mate "Charlie" out for a while now at least once a week with his female harriss "RUBY" and I must say she's the best harriss I've ever seen fly to date,nothing seems to escape her and she has taken a lot of fur and feather.One week last sunday when the ice was on the ground we set off to ferret a few rabbits after lunch,now I'd already been out and had a good morning with my dogs so this was just a little bonus hunting before tea,the dogs marked up a couple of holes so the ferrets were popped in for a nice flight and kill to get the party started,so,it was on to the next field to work a pond that normally holds a lot of duck and rabbits around it,"RUBY" was cast up high in a tree as the dogs came on point in the hedge just before the pond but before we could send the dogs on there was a large splash in the pond,thinking she had accounted for another duck we ran round to see her on the edge of a floating reedbed with a kill of some sort,now I'm sure you've all been there,the birds way out in the middle of the pond in a very precarious place to get to and time is of the essence before she gets a chill or feeds up to much,"Charlie" being an ex-para decided he would strip off and swim over to get her,this all turned to sh*t in a flash as the mud was about 5 ft deep and with only shallow water on top it was far to dangerous,he was p*ss wet through and freezing,so plan B was to build a bridge of rotting wood out to the bird across the back of the reedbed,this took 15 mins or so but worked all to find she'd killed a f*ckin moorhen,she had eaten a lot of it by this time so was left to it while "Charlie" put some clothes back on,he's been growing a moustache for charity in "movember" and anyone driving past looking over would of thought we were shooting a "porno" movie,LOL's,here's a few pics from that day and some from before,atb,WM a nice woodie well taken 4 Quote Link to post
.WARREN. 288 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 nice pictures looks in good condition that harris Quote Link to post
pointer 543 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Good post and pics. Keep em coming Quote Link to post
youcanthide...BANG 1,051 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Great post. Cracking harris Quote Link to post
chazfaz66 2 Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thanks WCM it was a good day but it was cold in that pond lol. Ruby is doing well FHH and long may it continue. Charlie Quote Link to post
craigynewall 28 Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Good read keep them coming nice bird.. Quote Link to post
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