Crow Hawking

[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

33 minutes ago, Moorman 1 said:

It was bad here I sat around waiting for it to blow out then just went for it as it eased slightly.

You can still get some action slipping a dry bird from the truck 

Never thought of flying a bird from a vehicle.

 

 

[Moorman 1 1,339]

5 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Never thought of flying a bird from a vehicle.

 

 

It can have its uses at times, its surprising how sometimes you can get closer to them if they're used to the farmer driving around checking and feeding stock.

[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

22 minutes ago, Moorman 1 said:

It can have its uses at times, its surprising how sometimes you can get closer to them if they're used to the farmer driving around checking and feeding stock.

Yeah funny how wildlife like deer etc can get used to farm vehicles

[Elchapo 3,166]

14 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Yeah funny how wildlife like deer etc can get used to farm vehicles

In medieval times when hunting deer they used to have a deer costume that two people would get in and use to get close to deer as deer weren’t afraid of horses or they used to cover there horses to make them look like deer 

[Elchapo 3,166]

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[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

1 hour ago, Elchapo said:

In medieval times when hunting deer they used to have a deer costume that two people would get in and use to get close to deer as deer weren’t afraid of horses or they used to cover there horses to make them look like deer 

Native Americans done similar but I was more on about vehicles with rattly Diesel engines. 

[Moorman 1 1,339]

Thats it all wildlife gets familiar with items that they regularly encounter but doesn't harm them, they learn to ignore them. Corvids however can quickly associate a certain vehicle that the falconer or shooter arrives in, the same as they can tell if you are carrying a gun or a stick.

[Moorman 1 1,339]

Had one slip today and a nice flight with a high mid air bind, Kill 29.

 

 

[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

Great stuff did the bird struggle with the wind today?

[Moorman 1 1,339]

No not at all it handles the wind well to be honest. It was one of those flights that was over quite quickly, its always impressive when they bind to them high in the air.

[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

48 minutes ago, Moorman 1 said:

No not at all it handles the wind well to be honest. It was one of those flights that was over quite quickly, its always impressive when they bind to them high in the air.

It certainly seems to handle the gulls well

[Moorman 1 1,339]

A nice direct flight showing great commitment and a high mid air bind. Kill 30 in the bag

[Moorman 1 1,339]

A strange one today. Slipped her in high wind, drizzle, wet and windy with intermittent visibility. She disappeared into the fog on her gull, we were tracking her for a couple of hours I suppose. Then suddenly the magic box said sitting. We honed in on her walking across a valley, and there she was with two crows side by side and both still warm. I would say that she was probably plucking her kill and was being mobbed and one of the antagonists got too close and he paid the penalty, lol.

Kill 31 & 32.

[forest of dean redneck 11,536]

One looks smaller ? Could one been adult parent mourning a youngster ? Bet your heart was racing with with the wait

[Moorman 1 1,339]

4 minutes ago, forest of dean redneck said:

One looks smaller ? Could one been adult parent mourning a youngster ? Bet your heart was racing with with the wait

Its strange how pics on mobiles can be distorted the closer one is bigger but not by much. I do think that you are correct though as the one that she is eating had a lot of the primaries still in the blood.