ferretman_2009 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 shot pigeon as it hit floor sparrow hawk grab it dragged it to hedge made me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 wicked little hunters i have one around my garden every day i watch it pummel little song birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizza22196 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 always tend to see them after the blackbirds when im roost shooting, so fast its unbelivable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrygrasby Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 One tried to take a couple of dead birds from my decoys last week. Although they were still frozen from the freezer, it still kept having a go and I had to stand up and shout and wave at it before it flew off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobgoblin Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 No wonder they used to call them the bandit of the hegerow !! ace flying birds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 I've had Sparrow Hawks and Buzzards trying to grab my Crow decoys, and recently, a Goshawk tried to grab the Crow that I had on my flapper. It managed to pull the wings off the spreaders, but could'nt remove it completely. Within seconds of this, it grabbed a half shell flock Crow decoy, then dropped it. I only wish I had a video camera filming it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billingbear Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 They are cracking birds. Unfortunately, like most/all raptors, even the smallest fragment of lead poisons them if they ingest it; so if they grab something you've shot, best to chase them off it (might be easier said than done!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garden gun Posted April 21, 2012 Report Share Posted April 21, 2012 Lead is not as bad as new style pesticides. Shot will pass through a raptor's digestive tract and eventually the bird will metabolise the lead. Eating a lot of shot prey does pose a hazard, but not as bad as pesticides. Round here we have had serious problems with Red Kites eating poisoned rats etc and the new "safe" pesticides are not metabolised and have a fatal cumilative effect on raptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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