complacency

[HawkMan69UK]

went out yesterday had a excelent day on my new permission all was well ley mia feed up on one of the phesants she nailed now this was at 4 pm..by the time i got home it was about 5 ish and dark... now to the point ..as always and done it a thousand times got the box out went into the garage got the bird out weighed her and walking back to the mews i slightly adjusted the jesses..she bated and flew off into the night sky.... tail gaurd still on......now i know everyone can say with hindsight should not have done this or that..but i got complacent and my 25 years in the game meant **** nothing.....:oops: .... tried to track her down but nothing lots of niegbours came out to help search but nada..now at 11pm last night me and my girlfriend thought we heard bells i went racing out one door and she another but nothing.....up at six this morning aimlesly wandering the streets and asking anybody if they had herd bells ...had a few leads but ended up being a kestal and a buzzard (now the buzzard will be important later) hours went by nothing..went home for a cuppa then decided to drive .... about a mile from my house spotted the buzzrd agsain getting mobbed my crows stopped to watch...then all hell broke lose mia was in up among them ..now i am on a dual carrageway going the wrong way.. so eventuly got there found her in a tree as if nothing had happened came first time to the glove:-D ......now i was lucky but i got complacent and could have easily lost her without trace... you may now take the ****:roll: :oops:

[OutFlying]

Glad to hear you got her back.

Jim.

[MattSpar]

We've all made mistakes. You were lucky.

[Finnish]

I bet you were shi**ng your pants. Glad you got her back mate.

You luck sod..:supz:

[HawkMan69UK]

cheers guys ****ting myself was the first option lee

[Pitbull]

the day i loose a bird i think i would have to go home and pack my bags for the battered husbands home...:lol: , glad too hear you got the bird back.

[Moses]

lol im glad u got her back mate, sounds scary, i can only imagine what u went through :D

[Stevie]

hello m8

glad you got her back. what bird is mia you did not say.

cheers
steve

[Big Dazz]

well glad you got her back mate you must be relived just gose to show anything can happen

[Puzo]

Pleased you got your bird back.A similar thing happend to me yesterday.I was
getting ready to go out,cleaning my boots by the door when the dog pushed the door open,in a flash she was out & away. I hadn't put the Tx on.Raced about getting my boots,lure binoculars etc. By the time I got out she was nowhere to be seen.It's amazing how many little song-birds sound like hawk
bells! Walked across the adjoining fields whistling calling swinging the lure
still nothing, by now I'm mentally ticking off all the places I'l have to ring round & notify IRB,local radio etc.Through binoculars in the distance I can
make out what appear to be 50 or more crows in the top of a lone tree about a mile away,"as the crow flies".It's got to be her they wouldn't gather like that for a buzzard or spar & wild peregrines don't tend sit in trees.Off I went.By the time I got close the number of crows had multiplied, it was like a scene from "The Birds".There was 100's of them,cawing & scolding.In the lee
of a low,hedge was the focus of this furore Cutter wrestling a crow mouth fastend on its neck,pinning it in her feet but unable to finnish it,she kills rooks
easilly but can't finnish carrion crows.It had taken 3hrs to locate her I don't
think Iv'e ever felt more relieved,people can slag me down all they want Iv'e
got her back. In the 1,000's of times Iv'e been hawking I'm going to make mistakes. All I can do is make sure I don't make this one again

[B C]

Pleased you got her back mate - I've been flying birds for 20 plus years, and occasionally it's easy to become complacent - then the panic starts!
The way you got her back confirms that she's well trained and does you credit. No **** taking from me!!!! Cheers BC

[Tarqers]

good outcome,,,tarqs

[Dave G]

tell you what we all hate them crows and magpies but they do come in handy some times ,they mob our birds which can be a pain when out hunting but worth the while when their lost lol ,glad you got your bird back thats the main thing you can sit back and kick your **** once youve got your bird back which you have ,we all run round like headless chickens when our hawks go missing ,once again glad you got her back

[HawkMan69UK]

hello m8

glad you got her back. what bird is mia you did not say.

cheers
steveshe is a gos mate:cool: and cheers everyone

[Natch]

easily done mate glad she home safe:D :drinkers:

[Hardcore Hawker]

we all make stupid mistakes i had been flying my gos one afternoon had just finished with a good long cock bird fed up on a whole quail put swivel leash etc on was walking back to car almost dark at this point dog put another cock pheasant up and like an idiot on auto pilot i just threw the bird off at it so off she has gone swivel leash the whole shabang trailing behind her after a second saying what the fxxk did i do that for i was off on the search luckily she had put the pheasant into cover and taken perch in a low willow tree from which i called her down almost wetting myself with relief gave myself a good talking to on the way back to the van. I have never told anyone this story before for obvious reasons but i have never done anything like that since.

[Tarqers]

back in the old days we used to call them skunk slips,,,,tarqs

[GregMik]

I just had my "Stupid Falconer" moment over New Yrs. Tasha and I went down to Texas to Visit Weasel. We took all the birds and dogs down with us for some 2006 hunting. Had a good time and such in the Texas Dirt Hawkers Hideout. On the day we were spose to leave we went to hunt one last time. I took the Harris out of the box and off we went. I stopped 50 ft from the truck and said " ****(was worse) I forgot the telemetry". i took two steps back towards the truck and then said "Aaaaaahhhh.....He ain't goin anywhere". Well to make a long sotry short we think he caught a rabbit way back in the brambles and were unable to find him. He was recovered 4 days later by a Homeowner with a can of Tunafish and a box. I now have to drive 16.5 hrs one way to go get him...Penance. But I am getting him back.:oops:

Greg

[Tarqers]

i had a heart stoppin moment earlier this season,i always chang to morning
feeds when i get hunting around november,i had in my charge m gos and m harris, had already fed gos and put him back on his perch and started feeding harris,as he finished i took him back to his perch and bang gos was inch away, as i had gone to put harris back on gos perch,,,,,tarqs

[Hobby]

I did a stupid thing a few years back,I flew my male Harris late in the day before leaving the next morning for a three week holiday abroad.Of course he chased a covey of partridge and that was it,not to be seen.It was near dark and I had no option than to leave him out and go home to pack.I was up all night arguing with my partner about not being able to go on holiday.
Having not slept a wink I was out before dawn,It took me an hour to track him down and he finally flew back to the lure with a full crop.
I still had to get him to my friends before going to the airport.
Thing is I would not of gone on holiday and left him out,would any of you?

[Finnish]

. I now have to drive 16.5 hrs one way to go get him...

Greg


Greg thats just down the road for you boys...:rolleyes: :lol: :lol:

[GregMik]

I had to be back for work.......
Greg

[GregMik]

Greg thats just down the road for you boys...:rolleyes: :lol: :lol:


Give me your phone number.....I will call you about half way down so I can stay awake

Greg

[Finnish]

Very good Greg. I drove to Scotland and back 2 years ago in one day that killed me. Cost me £175.00 in fuel.:lol:

[GregMik]

Oh....By the way....It was an 11 hr flight to the UK.....Flew into Manchester from Minneapolis.




Greg