graham01 1 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Bob took his crow no2 late this afternoon but was lucky to come away unhurt.He took a bit of a hiding the other week from a gang of crows when he caught one while lost,today was a fairly unspectacular flight in the open from behind a cowshed so we could jump them,it was about 30-40 yards out and the crow made it about anothe 30 bfore bob took him on the wing.I was running to them and bob started to scream,the crow had hold of him just behind the left eye with its beak.I managed to get it off carefully(got footed by Bob for my efforts), necked it and let Bob eat his fill, it must have been milimeters from blinding him and shows just how dangerous crow hawking is espescially for an inexperienced falcon not used to takling and killing them.Back out tomorrow weather permitting to try and make this crow killing a regular thing for Bob now,sorry no pictures forgot me phone but hopefully he will do it again and ill get some tomorrow. Quote Link to post
trappa 518 Posted November 30, 2008 Report Share Posted November 30, 2008 Great stuff mate. I didnt realise crow hawking was as dangerous as it is. Looking forward to more! Quote Link to post
graham01 1 Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Great stuff mate. I didnt realise crow hawking was as dangerous as it is. Looking forward to more! When i necked the crow Al it bit me,my finger was streaming with blood and the cut was like a scalpel cut.They fight back something terrible and there are plenty of dead crow hawks in the ground to verify that.He needs to learn were to grab them (head and feet) to stop injury,if he is on weight he will be back out today to ry again mate. Quote Link to post
jasper65 6 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Top man Graham cracking stuff .... I know what you're saying about the Dangers! I had a nice 2lb 10 aviary weight Pere x Saker off Gary Wall in 95 which for some reason used to get off on a bundle with crows, she had plenty of power and more than capable of grabing them by the head but for some reason never did... On a few occasions she had Crows/Rooks rolled over on their backs with their feet up clasping her and literaly having the Falcon eyelid in the tip of its beak, she just seemed to ignore it and carry on with the wrestling match , she was finaly sold to a popular Bird control company who lost her in 3 months... The one real agressive falcons I flew! <3 off> over a period of time and enjoyed flying was the Pere x prairie. two of them didn't take prisoners and always piled straight in holding the Crow/Rook by the head or beak and straight in trying to severe the vertibrae, the other was a bit of a vegitarian . the smallest which carried more Prairie genes than peregrine with the nice big eyes and wedged head was a real nasty piece of work on kills, she flew around 1lb 10 but savage with her quarry mullering most black stuff she caught, probably a agressive trait from the prairie line.... Here's a couple from 2001 off the 3 rd Pere x Prairie Vegitarian bird being exercised on the edge of the landfill . she started off well on the crows but took a good pasteing when I slipped her at a field full, when I finally retreived her she was pretty spooked with peck Hicky marks around her eyes from the bundle she took, this bird never realy took to them again no matter what I tried! she took the easy one's but pulled out of any strong birds, it just proves some are born into the black stuff and get off on it and others have to be made, perhaps some of the made birds loose interest more easily... Cheers Jasper Quote Link to post
graham01 1 Posted December 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 Top man Graham cracking stuff .... I know what you're saying about the Dangers! I had a nice 2lb 10 aviary weight Pere x Saker off Gary Wall in 95 which for some reason used to get off on a bundle with crows, she had plenty of power and more than capable of grabing them by the head but for some reason never did... On a few occasions she had Crows/Rooks rolled over on their backs with their feet up clasping her and literaly having the Falcon eyelid in the tip of its beak, she just seemed to ignore it and carry on with the wrestling match , she was finaly sold to a popular Bird control company who lost her in 3 months... The one real agressive falcons I flew! <3 off> over a period of time and enjoyed flying was the Pere x prairie. two of them didn't take prisoners and always piled straight in holding the Crow/Rook by the head or beak and straight in trying to severe the vertibrae, the other was a bit of a vegitarian . the smallest which carried more Prairie genes than peregrine with the nice big eyes and wedged head was a real nasty piece of work on kills, she flew around 1lb 10 but savage with her quarry mullering most black stuff she caught, probably a agressive trait from the prairie line.... Here's a couple from 2001 off the 3 rd Pere x Prairie Vegitarian bird being exercised on the edge of the landfill . she started off well on the crows but took a good pasteing when I slipped her at a field full, when I finally retreived her she was pretty spooked with peck Hicky marks around her eyes from the bundle she took, this bird never realy took to them again no matter what I tried! she took the easy one's but pulled out of any strong birds, it just proves some are born into the black stuff and get off on it and others have to be made, perhaps some of the made birds loose interest more easily... Cheers Jasper Good post Jasper Had him out today,ignored the crow i slipped him at,flew into a group of crows in a copse scattered them and chased one into the distance ,found him 2hrs later soaked in a tree.Here he is drying out earlier Quote Link to post
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