Jay Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 today I saw a sparrohawk attack one of my decoys, I had mounted a shot pigeon on my flapper, a sparrowhawk flew down and actually sat on the pigeons back and started to peck at the pigeons head. over the years I've had several encounters with birds of prey but this was one of the best les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Quite a few have had it happen mate, Ive had a buzzard sit in a tree above me watching my decoys until i coughed lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilishdave Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Quite a few have had it happen mate, Ive had a buzzard sit in a tree above me watching my decoys until i coughed lol should imagine most creatures or people you are sat near wish you would coff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted January 6, 2005 Report Share Posted January 6, 2005 Quite a few have had it happen mate, Ive had a buzzard sit in a tree above me watching my decoys until i coughed lol should imagine most creatures or people you are sat near wish you would coff. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted January 7, 2005 Report Share Posted January 7, 2005 hes got a point Millo.. i've had a Peregrine Falcon come down and take a feral pigeon just after i'd shot it.. as it was running across the field.. Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
napier Posted January 9, 2005 Report Share Posted January 9, 2005 last year i was pigeon shooting and a buzzard swooped down and nabed one of my decoys!!! he carried it about 10 meters then droped it!!! wow how exciting!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto Posted January 10, 2005 Report Share Posted January 10, 2005 I was attacked by a goshawk,it had swooped down onto my decoys and sat there bemused for a while,i stood up and left the hide to put my deek upright again and the goshawk dived at me several times i had to drop to the deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryhawk Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Last Feb whilst out on a rape field i dropped a high right to left crosser which dropped unseen in the wheat field next door. The dog marked it,sent the dog to pick it up, through the hedge she went and came back minus the pigeon. I sent her back again and she still wouldn't pick the bird. I stood up to see why & there was a female spar scrapping with the pricked pigeon. She left her prize as i exited the hide for a better look but the flapping pigeon was too much of a temptation for her and she was straight back on it. The dog has been used for falconry & hawking all her life so she knew not to approach a bird when on a kill. I had my camera and took a couple of piccies at a distance of her. I dispatched the pigeon and left it to see if she wasn't tempted but hung around for while. Didn't stop me shooting 47 pigeons & 2 rooks. Just posted the piccies in the photo section. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wabbitbosher Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 ******* arnt they 'last year there i was sitting in the hide took my eyes off the deeks for a mo , looked up to see a buzzard tucking in to one of my dead pigeons i was using as a deek , B#####D but what a sight ! WB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davhope Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 I was shooting on the blind side of a hill from a wood overlooking a rape field a couple of years ago,I was setting up all the{full bodied plastic} decoys and was in a hurry to set up the last couple,and had used a broken hacksaw blade that I found in the car to hold it in the ground. After about a hour I saw a buzzard a couple of times,and it dissapeared again after about another 10 mins I noticed movement and turned just in time to see the buzzard about 300mm above the ground coming over the brow of the hill, it hit the first decoy it came to, which happened to be the one with the hacksaw blade, The decoy shot across the field like a cork from a bottle and the buzzard was left with a slightly ****** off look about it, it then procceeded to fly off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisNicholls Posted January 17, 2005 Report Share Posted January 17, 2005 I have had a Sparrowhawk take a full bodied plastic decoy when I was shooting on barley stubbles a few years ago, this one (a female) actually lifted the deek 2 feet off the ground then dropped it and flew off. How about this then. Out shooting on stubble again, I had one come head on, dropped it right in the pattern and thought it was dead, did not bother to pick it straight away as it was on it's belly and there was more birds about. About half an hour later decided to tidy up the pattern and saw this pigeon was in fact still alive, picked it up to finish it off and saw it had laid an EGG, it was still warm and by it's appearance it clearly had just been laid (I keep racing pigeons so know what a new laid pigeon egg looks like). My mate Brian who was with me at the time took the egg and gave it to a neighbour who had some garden fantails and they hatched it off, don't know what became of it though. Strange but entirely true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungGun91 Posted February 12, 2005 Report Share Posted February 12, 2005 i had a strange encounter once a buzzard came down and started to eat a pigeon a i had shot it soon went as my dog began to run straight for it. :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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