Accip74 7,112 Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Yeh I'm not a fan of field meets.......going out with a couple of mates is good, but I prefer hunting alone with a hawk.....out first light in the woods & every slip is yours........you can't beat it ;-) Quote Link to post
Moorman 1 1,449 Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Yeh I'm not a fan of field meets.......going out with a couple of mates is good, but I prefer hunting alone with a hawk.....out first light in the woods & every slip is yours........you can't beat it ;-) Thats exactly it,hawking to me is about getting out on your own with the hawk and tuning into it and as you say all the slips are yours.I couldn't be doing with field meets etc where everyone is immaculately turned out with all their out of the packet new gear.Also you find these Robin Hood falconers as we call them are always afraid to fly their birds claiming that theirs is mysteriously over weight for some reason.We used to go out together sometimes me and a mate first we would fly one bird and get it a kill then fly the other.I don't get all this group hawking also you can end up getting all the crap slips,lol....! 1 Quote Link to post
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