Good things come to those that..... well........ Hunt

We have been going out every day, most hunts involved 1-2 rats and 1-2 birds being caught in each hunt. The rabbit chases have been 2-3 in each hunt. on three occasions he bound but for some reason or another the rabbit finally got away. The cover is still pretty think in most places there seems to be two kinds of plants that i haven't seen in the past one has little yellow buds with a thin stem. The plant grows to about 3 feet. the rabbits can move freely under the main bloom but seeing through and crashing through the top part has been challenging. The other plant is well id say very close or must be related to some kind of heather very dense.

Today was different we had a rain shower earlier and i was expecting a storm to come in later( storm never materialized) but we went hunting any way he caught his first bird after about an 20 minutes then we started to get the bunny chases and re flushes. This particular rabbit was trying to sneak past us but never got more than 10 feet.

i traded him off (which wasn't to hot) but we went again and he caught another bird and chased 2 more rabbits into dense brush. One went on to a property I'm not to keen to go on at the moment even though i have permission.

Talking of permissions, even on waste ground never assume you can fly your bird there. I learnt a valuable lesson on Sunday , one that I'm kicking myself over and obsessing as my wife tells me. Also never assume one parcel of land is owned by one person. I found out that 4 different people own part of this property. none of it is fenced , no markers . It took a lot of detective work to find who owned what. All turned out well and i was granted permission but it's not how i want to practice falconry and made me feel immensely guilty.

I like the fact that there are challenges with flying a captive breed bird , food begging , sticky glove but i like the fact when you go out you know there are going to be some great flights and he/she will get something. With work and home life this is fun i can be out for 1hr -2hrs forget about the world and just concentrate on one thing finding those rabbits.

Chasing tail

We have been out hunting all weekend.

Kent Carbaugh came out with me saturday morning. Jez chased and caught a number of small birds. Saw plenty of sign just not alot of rabbits . The brush is pretty thick.

I went back on sunday and we caught small birds again as well as a Rail. Pretty pleased with him , im having such a blast the flights and chases are awesome to watch. It's going to be a very good and fun season.

where are we at.....

We are out hunting most days. Quite a few bunny chases just not quite connecting. Brush is a bit thick in a few fields but that doesn't stop at least 3 chases each outing. He's quite birdy too chasing dove and English Sparrows. I'm enjoying watching him learn and figure things out. I was out with Johnathan Coleman last night , he has an amazing Redtail was great beating brush for some on else and then Johnathan hunting with with me when it was my turn.

i also came across this site http://birdhunterstable.com/ think this will be on my christmas list