arcticgun
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my old female harris used to come out the chamber full of venom every year she was pulled, she was pure evil, posing posturing striking out with talons , proper cow, once manned and channeled quickly into hunting hard she soon realised that she needs myself and the dog and it was back too buisness, your pals telling you duff info mate, likely they will turn the bird around and sell it on later in season or summat, she has sat and lived the dream eating as much as she wants for months on end , she just needs the edge taking off her, Crowhawkers offer is a very good one if you dont feel confiden
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good luck mate hope you get a cracking days sport, all look forward to the pics, my falcon just come to glove vfor first time alst night, been goin in mews last couple of days after steadily dropping a little weight off him, hopefully get him weiughed today and out and kitted up and coped tomorow
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drop me a pm with your number, we looking to start getting the birds out the moult in the next week or so, once they remanned and hunting you welcome to have a look out sometime, lot of cover still up so nottoo may will be flying just yet, mainly young birds read a few boooks etc mate in the mean time, give yourself an understandign of whats what,, theres loads of suggestions on other threads like this one, also worth a look on you tube and IFF forum
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Mouse's Pups Regular Updated Pics
arcticgun replied to the pikey poacher's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
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nowt liek the day you let em free, we all have the same feelings , guts churning lol good luck with it pal, he sounds a real un, atb Richard
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never quite get the 'lost me job so had to get rid of me birds/dogs scenario' , personaly if I where to loose my job I would simply have more time for the birds , dogs etc and being that I like to be busy I would need them more so, its not as if either costs much too keep, if I was not working I would expect them to feed themselves and maybe contribute a little towards my table as well. When you take on either a bird or dog its usually for say around the twenty year mark with birds , lot less with dogs, but you sort of know that it will be a long commitment and in that you cannot guarentee
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heard a lot say the redytail is the best starter bird, makes sense , more a classical approach is required, good weight management, mannning and hadling required and little room for unpunished error, Harris maybe a little to easy or so it may seem, depends largely oon who is training who, intelligence is a good thing if we learn to respect it and channel it correctly, When it comes to hares enter carefully weight the odds in the birds favour as much as possible get in a finish what the bird will struggle to handle at first, its abotu confidence, not always about weight, confidence leads t
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assumming you have done your reasearch and found yourself a mentor and spent a year or so in the field learning the ropes etc then the best bird is the one that you have a passion to fly hunt with and own, its also wise to piuck the sort to complemement the sort of permisson that you have , falconry 90% preperation 10% hunting, all vry good when it comes together. Worth reading Underrstanding the Birds of Prey by Nick Fox, Falconry and Hawking by Philip Glasier, Art and Practise Ema Ford also worth reading after the other two books, finding a mentor local to you is also advisable matem th
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Its coming very fast to the time where most of us will be lookign to reclaim our birds for remanning, how do you go about this. Ive free lofted for the first time thiis moult, he been in an open fronted mews as he works with dogs and I like to keep the assocation, he fully moulted now and am about to reclaim him, I reduced his rations yesterday , which did not please him at all lol , he looked well antsy all day yesterday, a little more settled today so I chanced it and went and sat in with him for an hour, he wont jump to the glove just yet, but I reckon another day or so and he will do it, I
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The dog only really needs to please his owner and he seems to hit the right notes with the man, many seen him run and he has not hidden from anyone so many made theit own choice to use him to line their bitches, the real question is where the bitches equal to the dog imho, had the owners put as much time and effort into their stock as the dogs owner puts into his, fair play to the fella he works very hard with the dog, happy to show him running. I think its a little snide to crab him, he is the fellas pride and joy and any lad who has worked hard with a dog should know the time and effort put
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well worth a try healed a couplke of open wounds with it, instead of salt water and cut n heal, seems to reduce healign time a little, works real well on wicks, lass I know recomended it she looks after a hunt stable, uses it toi treat there knocks and tears etc, she rates it big time
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try this stuff lads its very good for wounds wicks etc http://www.horseware.com/hypocare/
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mine laste done seaosn out wth the birds, very smart boot though , more my faulkt as I never looked after them properly, comfy to the max, might chance anothe rpair this seaosn
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yours will be a bigger build altogether pal he looks very much like his sire Reggie, you doin a great job of raising him as well from the pics I seen on here Dimmock they both look spot on pal, credit to ya all the best for the coming season
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Mouse's Pups Regular Updated Pics
arcticgun replied to the pikey poacher's topic in Lurchers & Running Dogs
they all coming along very nicely, credit to all you lads who got one, -
you should find a mentor mate, make things much less stressful for yourself and the bird, I like mine teathered whilst manning but will free loft once he is back in the swing of things, I will free loft my new harris male once he is trained and working , never moult a bird again on block or bow, free lofting all the way from now on for me
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National Service... Could Become Compulsory... Ww3 On The Horizon??
arcticgun replied to paulus's topic in General Talk
I think its a good idea, but maybe the national service should be something that benefits the nation, send them out to clean the streets and work for the elderly doing decorating shopping cooking gardens etc, also providing training and certificates, maybe the chance to mix with their elders would do the younger generation the world of good, could all start with a six week army style boot camp, get a bit of general fitness , manners , respect and pride knocked into em, then two years of community based work placements with a little wage , far better than allowing a whole generation to sit abou -
the picture says a thousand words , happy kids , happy dogs , reciepe for sucess , all they very best for the season ahead mate
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is that kc an desmond on the bottom left carnt be its only my 2nd and desmonds 3rd season Am sure theres a pic in a book of Desmond all togged up , and I know KC just raring to slip on his shirt and tie and join the brigade lads with good dogs and that can think for there self dont get invites who needs invites
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is that kc an desmond on the bottom left carnt be its only my 2nd and desmonds 3rd season Am sure theres a pic in a book of Desmond all togged up , and I know KC just raring to slip on his shirt and tie and join the brigade
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well done mate, pleased youse had a good start, Shamo just look for the right breeder find the right man who aint in it for the money and you will get the bird you want at a decent price, Id love a pure gyr one day but hybrids do me fine until the day comes
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he will come round mate , he just had a few knocks , maybe take a little time, but hopefully with right company he come right real quick
