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[#6]
I stumbled upon this thread, as well as others. Awesome to see the progress over a year!
Keep up the great work, Looking forward to this years hunting pics! |
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[#8]
Does she ever try to land on your head/shoulder or unprotected places?
Badass bird! |
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[#9]
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Does she ever try to land on your head/shoulder or unprotected places? Badass bird! View Quote She does, more than once on my head, and once on my shoulder. If she doesn't squeeze it's not a problem. However she is well aware that my fist is part of me, and will squeeze when she doesn't like something. |
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Can you persuade her to go after a specific target, or is it just whatever is in view?
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[#13]
I can get her focused on specific game, but she will go for anything she thinks she can handle. We mostly hunt squirrel, so she looks in thevery trees mostly and prefers squirrel. If she sees a rabbit or a rat she will chase it. An she has a thing for ducks. She's only got one, but come close many times.
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[#17]
Thanks for the update, hope she heals fine. Damn u are one lucky man
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Well the not this year. Thread is now a year and a day old Quick update, foot is looking good. No swelling, or infection. Should be hunting this weekend. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Well this is the coolest thread of the year. Well the not this year. Thread is now a year and a day old Quick update, foot is looking good. No swelling, or infection. Should be hunting this weekend. Glad to hear that. Thanks for the awesome thread! |
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Well this is the coolest thread of the year. Well the not this year. Thread is now a year and a day old Quick update, foot is looking good. No swelling, or infection. Should be hunting this weekend. Glad to hear that. Thanks for the awesome thread! Thank you, and sadly no hunting this weekend. The wind was crazy yesterday, and she was 15 grams over her max weight. Hopefully tomorrow. |
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Following on instagram now, thanks. Awesome thread.
I get a coopers or a harris hawk in my back yard fairly often. I forget which it is. But the lady behind us feeds all the birds so the hawk is regularly killing dove back there and eating them in my tree… We call it the killing fields |
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Following on instagram now, thanks. Awesome thread. I get a coopers or a harris hawk in my back yard fairly often. I forget which it is. But the lady behind us feeds all the birds so the hawk is regularly killing dove back there and eating them in my tree… We call it the killing fields View Quote Lol, could be either. With it taking doves I would lean towards a Cooper's Hawk. I'll be getting a male Harris this summer. |
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Lol, could be either. With it taking doves I would lean towards a Cooper's Hawk. I'll be getting a male Harris this summer. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Following on instagram now, thanks. Awesome thread. I get a coopers or a harris hawk in my back yard fairly often. I forget which it is. But the lady behind us feeds all the birds so the hawk is regularly killing dove back there and eating them in my tree… We call it the killing fields Lol, could be either. With it taking doves I would lean towards a Cooper's Hawk. I'll be getting a male Harris this summer. Yeah, only dove and there are more pigeons to be taken but only goes for dove. |
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Yeah, only dove and there are more pigeons to be taken but only goes for dove. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Following on instagram now, thanks. Awesome thread. I get a coopers or a harris hawk in my back yard fairly often. I forget which it is. But the lady behind us feeds all the birds so the hawk is regularly killing dove back there and eating them in my tree… We call it the killing fields Lol, could be either. With it taking doves I would lean towards a Cooper's Hawk. I'll be getting a male Harris this summer. Yeah, only dove and there are more pigeons to be taken but only goes for dove. Maybe a small male coop, or a hen sharp shinned hawk if it's ignoring pigeons. I can't wait to kill pigeons with a harris this summer. |
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That is VERY cool. We have Hawks, barred owls, and bald eagles around my place, so I have to watch out that my 9.5 pound terrier doesn't end up as lunch. We have wild rabbits, squirrels, rats, and all sorts of birds that the birds of prey eat. Every so often I find a bird strike in the yard. A bird strike looks like someone stuck a firecracker up a pidgeon's ass and blew it up. Feathers all over the place..
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[#30]
Glad she's healing up OK - looks like that muskrat had some gnarly teeth.
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[#37]
Incredible thread!! Thank you for taking the time to share with us!
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[#42]
Wow this is freaking incredible, possibly one of the coolest threads I have ever seen. I too read My Side of the Mountain as a kid and think of it from time to time. I'm also a Kentucky native but living out of state while on active duty. If I ever move back or come to visit would love to sit down and pick your brain for a few hours.
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[#43]
Your more than welcome to. If your ever home on leave you welcome to come out. I'll have a summer bird this year, so I'll be out most of the year.
Sorry no new pictures, weather has been crap and we haven't had any luck. Thinking I may cut her loose early, the wild reds are pairing up already. If I can't get her on game there's no point in keeping her. |
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[#44]
Just a bump for a super interesting thread.
Keep up the good work. |
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[#45]
Not to much to report, we've got one more squirrel since our last update. The weather has been extremely uncooperative, and I got sick for a few days. Got a meet in Tennessee coming up in 2 weeks that I'm looking forward to. This place is like squirrel hawking heaven. Really hoping to pull 5 or 6 squirrels in 3 days. Well keep plugging away here until then. Gonna try today, but with 20mph winds finding squirrels will be difficult.
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[#47]
This is such a great thread. Sorry to hear about the poor hunting grounds.
Come here to Charleston. Squirrel city. Even had a raptor on the trunk of a car with a squirrel hiding underneath the car. That was pretty cool to see--a little standoff. Hopefully the hunting improves! Thanks for doing this thread. Been so informative. |
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[#48]
Man that sucks to hear that even she is getting frustrated---although it really adds to "They don't bond" information you told us about earlier in the thread. Its a very interesting dynamic between Bird and Falconer, and I really appreciate you showing and telling us.
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[#49]
It really is a one way bond. Hopefully with tomorrow off I can get out a few hours from home and find better hunting grounds. It's amazing how fast they will start keeping close once you kick up a few game animals.
And South Carolina is great for squirrel hawking, a friend of mine is close to her 100th squirrel for the season. She sees on average 20 squirrels per hour hunt on week days. Her bird got 4 yesterday. She's flown it for 4 years now, and it's an exceptional hawk. And it has jet black eyes. |
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[#50]
Made a shot collection of clips of us chasing rabbits. Cut out anyour rabbit screams, or shots of her on a still live rabbit due to a troll who reports me for animal abuse when I do.
https://youtu.be/5wrxM7WvMho |
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