Couple pics from day out

[Elchapo 3,092]

Definitely, she had hot acouple hares befor she had managed to bind to the head if they hit head it’s not to bad but still have to get there to make sure hares back feet don’t hit bird as they can break bones and rip skin open , as for geese there a pain in the arse you have try get the wings and get them under control then dispatch strait away , geese isn’t a quarry I’d go for but once birds off fist it’s up to them what they grab hold of , 

if hares are main quarry then a eagle or female red tail would probably be better suited but my bird for some reason thinks it’s a golden eagle lol 

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

Never knew geese could be taken what's biggest thing you know of that's been caught? 

[foxdropper 17,092]

Mates red tail female had a fox some years ago .Was a bit messy but taken all the same .

[Moorman 1 1,320]

18 hours ago, forest of dean redneck said:

Never knew geese could be taken what's biggest thing you know of that's been caught? 

One day several years ago now I was out with a mate flying his young female Harris when she bound to a huge black cat high up in a scots pine tree, they came hurtling down straight towards me I dived out the way and they parted company as they hit the ground about six foot beside me. About half an hour later she was sitting in a tree marking something down in thick bramble, forty feet or so down the banking in front of us. As we were beating the cover she crashed in and bound to something it started bellowing and crashing through the cover and started to bounce off a few nearby trees as it was running trying to shake off the hawk which had bound to its head right between its antlers. It was a huge Fallow buck, she eventually got flung off and the buck made its escape. Obviously from her vantage point she probably just saw its head and ears twitching and thought it was legitimate quarry, lol.

[Elchapo 3,092]

Seen a couple years ago on another forum a big Female albidus gos hit a Chinese water deer in the head luckily the owner got to it befor it let go as it was only close but like they say a kill is a kill , 

[Elchapo 3,092]

29 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Mates red tail female had a fox some years ago .Was a bit messy but taken all the same .

Herd of Harris hawks hitting fox , hope mine doesn’t try that lol it would be eventful to say the least

them red tails can be mental my mate seen some horror story’s involving red tails lol 

[ADN-EA-15 12]

I never realised they would take such large quarry, sounds like I definitely need to look into them more instead of the whippet bred lurcher as lol 

[George h 87 131]

Cracking pics mate

[Moocher71 4,044]

On 23/12/2019 at 17:42, Elchapo said:

Couple more pics from last couple days 

this years harris hawk first hare chuffed to bits 

Looks a great time out ,

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34 minutes ago, Moocher71 said:

Looks a great time out ,

Yea it’s good bit of fun ,never know what you’re coming home with 

[Elchapo 3,092]

Had couple flights today out window (car was stoped and not running so still legal ) had couple close calls ending with a foot full pheasant tail feathers had decent slip but missed them female turned in to headge and grabbed what I thought was just grass wich she occasionally does with been young bird tried call her back as unfortunately the field was cross from the gamekeepers house who doesn’t like me even when I’m on permission but when got there she was holding on to a nice cock bird so moved of somewhere quiet to feed her up as not flying for couple days 

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Another couple tonight on lamp got out just befor rain set in cracking flight on one cast off fist flew in to wind used wind raised up high then dropped like a stone 

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Another couple on lamp tonight for her 2.5 3/4 

[George h 87 131]

Well done mate shes doing well 

[Elchapo 3,092]

19 minutes ago, George h 87 said:

Well done mate shes doing well 

Cheers mate She’s getting there mate rabbits are really thin on ground round here this year ,