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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryhawk Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Managed to get a bit closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryhawk Posted January 15, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 This one you can see talons full of feathers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiercel Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Those are some cracking pics harry. Think we all have at some time or other had a brush with hawks while out decoying, but to get it on camera thats class. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millo2 Posted January 15, 2005 Report Share Posted January 15, 2005 Nice photos mate. I have some at home of a sparrow hawk taking a collared dove in my back garden. I will see if i can find them, and then find a scanner to scan them Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted January 16, 2005 Report Share Posted January 16, 2005 great pictures. One night I was roost shooting;there was a pigeon that went zooming past me at such a rate of speed and of course I missed it with two.I then looked behind it and there was a peregrine falcon chasing it and of course the peregrine succeded were I failed. That happened about 6 years ago and I'll never forget it, I was so suprised that the peregrine wasn't put of by the shots, it must have been because he was focused on the hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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