Land Required

[chubby147 0]

Good day everybody, over the past twelve months I've got together all the required equipment and accommodation ready to house a female Harris Hawk. I'm still very reluctant to buy the Harris until i can find the adequate land in which to fly her. I'm located near Walsall in the west midlands near Junction 10 M6, I have written to many land owners to try and gain permission to use there land and Guess what ? not a single reply, Any suggestions please i desperate to get into falconry and willing to travel and pay a reasonable fee for the land usage

[D.A.Z 0]

mate i wouldnt offer to pay anything,and i personly wouldnt write to them either,the best way is to see them face to face,9 out of 10 times the farmer will be busy doing somthing,offer to help him and talk to the bloke,

i read something like this a while ago on one of the forums.

go to the farmers house and knock the door with telemetry in hand,say your hawk has dissapeared across his land while chasing a crow and does he mind you going to look for it.you will be suprised how intrested he is in the hawk, telemetrty etc,when he says yes, off you go.we all know you havent got a bird yet but he wont.

go back to the house 2 hours latter to thank the farmer very much with a bottle of cheep plonk and tell him the hawk must have gave up on the crow because you found him on a rabbit.both of which are a pain in the arse to him and will invite you back,if not you are in a good position to ask.let us know how you get on thanks daz.

[chubby147 0]

Thanks Daz, makes a lot of sense I'll certainly give it a try,

[rickardo 76]

round here i just went and seen a few farmers said i wanted to fly a bird of prey on there land and not one has turned me down yet as they are intrested in it even one wanted to come along and take pics... they love it its somethiing different and aint got to worry about someone or thing been shot...