Pigeon And Dove Hawking?

[SAFalconer 10]

What are your thoughts on this aspect of falconry? And what hawk either pure, hybrid, parent reared, imprint, passage or captive bred is going to best for the job?

[arcticgun 4,548]

lady luck by the bagful lol pigeons too fast for falcons , they may chance on odd ones buit direct pursuit no chance imho could be wrong though, always exceptions to the rules

[arcticgun 4,548]

iirc theres some sort of arab race with falcons using pigeons pal might be worth googling

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

Harris hawk what else

[arcticgun 4,548]

I put money on you never slipped em on a tail chase lol , good catches though, mne ambushed a couple in flight sheer luck n had few on ground as well again the surprise element helps

[SAFalconer 10]

 

Harris hawk what else

 

How did your Harris catch it?

[youcanthide...BANG 1,051]

The feral was caught in flight in a barn, the two daytime pigeon were taken as they were feeding in the high crops. The rest off the fist while they roost

[SAFalconer 10]

Sounds like fun . Do you lamp them?

[paulus 26]

theres a wild spar near here who takes them regular, find the feather splats all the time, what she leaves the buzzards finish off

[arcticgun 4,548]

I think spars likely catch more pigeons than pergrines, out walking one day and jumped out me skin sounded like a cricket bat hitting a bag o0f meat it was a spar hammering a passing pigeon, the sly fecker must of sat waiting for pigeon to leave branch and hammered him, took one look at me and dogs and off he wenmt, felt for um, they work hard n take massive risk on quarry like that maybe using last reserve of energy to make kill, like Paulus I find feather around all time denoting spars at work

[paulus 26]

I think pars likely catch more pigeons than pergrines, out walking one day and jumped out me skin sounded like a cricket bat hitting a bag o0f meat it was a spar hammering a passing pigeon, the sly fecker must of sat waiting for pigeon to leave branch and hammered him, took one look at me and dogs and off he wenmt, felt for um, they work hard n take massive risk on quarry like that maybe using last reserve of energy to make kill, like Paulus I find feather around all time denoting spars at work

weird how they do this and eat there crop full on the spot where the kill happened yet always take smaller prey to a plucking post. i always check the feathers to see if there plucked or chewed

[bullx100% 681]

There's a spar what feeds regularly by my kids school it feeds on the pigeons as the pigeons feed on the bird feeders what the kids put out....seen some good flights and 1 amazing kill..the speed and power what they hit there quarry with is unbelievable ....however I don't think I'd like to go out solely hunting for pigeons as I could damaging the telem would be out quiet a lot lol

[jimmy.jim86 1]

In level flight a pigeon is faster than a peregrine, stooping to a pigeon is never good practice when your peregrine tail chases a pigeon into the next county.

 

As all the old books say, never fly at check.

[Ocset 91]

Spars like to flush pigeons off of the deck or from a roost to hit them. They'll often put in to a decoy pattern to try and hit the "birds".

[lady hunter 162]

i would say a spar or peragrine,they seem to be making short work of my racing pigeons.gutting to see,but very impressive at the same same time