shootinmagpie

Yeah lets see some pics and best of luck for the rest of the season.

I have recently started to lamp Willow with some good results.I have only had her out 3 times and has caught on the last 2 outings.The first night she didnt really know what was going on but picked it up very quickly.Its something different and you get some good flights on the lamp. A few pics.

We decided to take the ferrets out yesterday.We got to the farm at about 2pm and headed off.We started off by doing some burrows along a lane.We put the ferrets down and while we where waiting I saw a rabbit about 50 yards up the lane and I slipped Willow.She pumped all the way and hit the rabbit in cover but no joy.So recalled her and got back to the lads when a rabbit bolted and she was off again and this time got her rabbit.The ferrets where still down and the buck killed at the opening of the burrow and we had our second rabbit. Things didnt really go to plan for a while after that, with t

Well done and some nice pics.

I have both of these books,very good reads.

A few pics of willow on her first pheasant of the season.

Just a little update on how Willow is getting on so far this season.She has had 6 rabbits so far,all while we have been out ferreting.I'm happy with the way things are going. A few pics

Hi John, Yes very ancient. The hare, in one form or another, has been pursued with longwings since the sport’s earliest days. Historically, many of the hares pursued have not been as big and tough as the brown hare of central and northern Europe (flights to the small Arabian hare being a good example). But big hares were flow – like the brown hares taken here in the UK at Elveden in around 1870. The current European interest in this type of falconry certainly encompasses some of the toughest targets ever flown. Some very big brown hares have fallen to pure gyrs and gyr hybrids. In the St

He looks a cracker,best of luck with him.

It looks like a pinched feather to me.In witch case your bird has got a fright while the feather was growing and caused her to throw her mew feather.The good news is if it is a pinched feather she will grow a new one. ATB Wayne

Here is a pic. of the front of my mews.It has 3 perches a bath and food shelf. The floor has slabs covered with pea gravel.It's 8x6 and is plenty big enough to free loft my FHH.I hope this helps you. Image

I don't know if he did or not as I have only met him once but ill ask him next time im talking to him.

Thanks she is a 09 bird,she will be 2 on the 6th of June. ATB Wayne

Hi all I don't be on here to much but here's a few pics of Willow