Lamping with a hawk

[KDR 14]

I was talking with the farmer who i shoot pigeons for and he was telling me of a lad he had allowed to come on the land who is lamping rabbits with a hawk...

Just wondered if anybody else does this or has heard of it...?

Apparently the lad does really well, i just thought it would be against all the natural instincts of the bird.

[CityHunter.uK 12]

Harris hawk are very adaptable and take to lamping quite well heard of people lamping pigeons with goshawks although that seems a waste as gos do so well in daylight. But you just use a light to get the hawk back to your fist as it sees the fist and food and returns. I must admit I used a dog collar flashing led light on my hawks leg when I tried it so that i could find the hawk if it went awol and sat up was quite funny as it flashed red and blue the bird looked like a police car flying in the dark. When you do lamp a rabbit its is best to keep the light on it unitl you get there or the bird sometimes lets go of the rabbit

[jasper65 6]

good Info Cityhunter

 

some other info from a previouse thread from the lads that do a bit of Lamping ....

 

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/230825-lamping-with-hawks/

[KDR 14]

Thanks for the link...enjoyable reading...hopefully i'll come across the lad and try and arrange a hour out with him one night.

[j j m 6,609]

i do a lot of lamping