Passage Female Redtail

Today at 4 am we headed out to Fredrick Oklahoma meeting my sponsor Steve on the way. We arrived at the WMA just before sunrise and soon after started pitching the trap to catch a hawk. after a few no goes and a repositioning of our actual position we tossed the trap out for our first passage bird. She was a gorgeous bird but for one thing. She had been electrocuted at some point and was missing two deck feathers which had started to regrow back in and here wings where so badly damaged that it was amazing she was still flying. We quickly released her and headed on. Nothing else much materialised all day, Steve had to leave at 12 so we headed into town for some food and gas and then headed back. We saw plenty of hags everywhere some bumping before we had even got within 30 yards. We caught a hugh female that after being released flew back to the same pole she was on and stomped her feet.

Shortly after 4.00pm tired and exhausted i decided we would head home the long way staying on the Oklahoma side on highway 5. We spotted a redtail and through the trap out missed and decided to move onto the next hawk 5 posts down. the trap was barely down when it was hit and we had to get her off real quick. Quick check and weigh and home ward bound with a new hawk.

On the way home she decided to regurgitate most of her crop and after weighing weighs 1062. The boss (my sponsor) has decided she is female due to her feet and the size of her legs and mussels in her shoulders. Manning started and she only bated a few times. kids where in and out and she coped great with that. right now i think we all need a well earned rest and some sleep