woodcock

[TiercelJim]

Met up today with my mate niel for a few hours hawking,we set off and soon found a nice covey of english not in the best of positions but as time was getting on and we had three birds to fly I dicided to fly them.
we backed off and i slipped the tiercel when he'd reached his pitch i started the walk in but before id got close enough to slip the dog the covey lifted and sped down hill, the tiercel folded and detonated one but to close to a low but dense hedge the tiercel headed back to me and remounted ready for the reflush,
when in position i slipped the dog and worked the hedgerow,my friend shouted its out as the tiercel was in full fold he disapeard behind the hedge i walked up and found him to my supprise on a woodcock ive always wanted a crack at these but the opportunity untill now has never arrose.it was a nice kill but not the best of setups as i didnt see the end of the stoop,still nice to put woodcock down in the quarry book.
ill put some photos up later.
jim

[Dean]

P**s off jim, ive been stuck in the bloody scrap yard all day!:wink:

[SeagulBasher]

nice one jim never caught one myself with a bird shot plenty though make very good eating all the best
colin :supz:

[GameHawker]

Another one on the list Jim well done.

Carl

[Elly]

:supz: Nice one Looking forward to the pics..

[BFC 007]

nice one mate-never had one myself-yet!!!

[GosFlyer]

well done, i want a timber dick for my gos, but have only seen two this year, up to now anyway.:twisted:

[SeagulBasher]

well done, i want a timber dick for my gos, but have only seen two this year, up to now anyway.:twisted:

pmsl :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[TiercelJim]

nice one jim never caught one myself with a bird shot plenty though make very good eating all the best
colin :supz:

How do you cook them,im temted too, I enjoy eating the partidges etc we catch.then again i mite get it stuffed!
jim.

[TiercelJim]

P**s off jim, ive been stuck in the bloody scrap yard all day!:wink:

LOL,dean what a day today,ive layed 700 bricks,off loaded 100 slabs off a lorry by hand,killed a woodcock and broke a knuckle sparring.off down pub soon!how we fixed for a bird session next weekend?

[Austringer84]

well done for getting a wood cock. ive only seen two this year and caught the only one I saw last year. they are great lil birds tho and the breast was put in a stew with rabbit phessie etc, wasnt overly impressed wit hthe meat, but I bet if cooked a certain way it could have been alot better. it did however taste nice from what i can remember, but not exceptional!

Si

[Tarqers]

truely a red letter day but the second is always harder,,,, well done ,,,,tarqs

[TiercelJim]

well done, i want a timber dick for my gos, but have only seen two this year, up to now anyway.:twisted:

cheers,altho i did feel a tad sorry about it such buetifull birds!I can imagine the poor ****er just travelled hundreds of miles ,landed thinking thank **** for that im nackerd,only for some noddy with a dog to come and make it move only when theres a bloody peregrine waiting on above it:roll: still such is life:supz:
jim

[TiercelJim]

truely a red letter day but the second is always harder,,,, well done ,,,,tarqs

Thanks,I can imagine,this is the second ive seen on this bit of land this year and one more on another patch ive got.great picture.

[Berkut]

Good result Jim.Here,s to the next one.
All the best,
Neil.

[Hacker]

Jim,
and your tiercel m8!, respect:supz:

[Tarqers]

thinking about it i flushed a cock woodcock from what i thought at the time,was pretty open ground ,i wonder if it has any thing to do with this wet weather,,,,,tarqs

[TiercelJim]

thanks all!!
jim

[Sprout]

My red letter day with the minor tiercel last year. Showed completely different style with the woodcock, seemed to excite him more than any partridge.

[TiercelJim]

thinking about it i flushed a cock woodcock from what i thought at the time,was pretty open ground ,i wonder if it has any thing to do with this wet weather,,,,,tarqs

this one was tucked up in some rough next to the hedge,the others ive seen were out in corn stubble with rape growing thru.a few years back i regularly found them out in the open on stubble and could of quite easily flown them on speck but never had permission:(
jim

[Hacker]

My red letter day with the minor tiercel last year. Showed completely different style with the woodcock, seemed to excite him more than any partridge.

Is that one of those joined twins Karl?
You must of been flying near doonray!!!!!!

[Tarqers]

nice brace these birds definatly have there good and bad days,,tarqs

[TiercelJim]

My red letter day with the minor tiercel last year. Showed completely different style with the woodcock, seemed to excite him more than any partridge.

sprout,my tiercel was chupping to me when i got to him something he does when he knows he's done good.good picture.
jim

[OutFlying]

A fluke -

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/outflying/WoodcockDay040.jpg

[TiercelJim]

nice brace these birds definatly have there good and bad days,,tarqs

nice one,you wouldnt of gone hungry that night!!

[Tarqers]

A fluke -

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/outflying/WoodcockDay040.jpg

thank god i thought i was the only austringer with a fit hawk,,,tarqs

[Tarqers]

thank god i thought i was the only austringer with a fit hawk,,,tarqs

blackbird ;- try catching a woodcock out of a car window,,,,tarqs

[TiercelJim]

A fluke -

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a130/outflying/WoodcockDay040.jpg

same as,shame it didnt come out my side so i could of seen the whole flight!still the boy done good.

[OutFlying]

It wasn't mine, a friend flew a hen pheasant, track it down with telemetry - found it on a woodcock :lol:

Tried and had plenty of good flights but flying over the pointer, I stood back to far on too many points that turned out to be woodcock.


Jim.

[Peregrine1]

Peregrine Falcon took 2 several days between, more or less in the same place
while trying for duck one was a telemtry job the other was taken in full view.

[TiercelJim]

heres some pictures,bit boring but something to look at.we went snipe hawking today had some awsum stoops but nowt in the bag.great fun.
jim.

[Judd Casper]

cracking kill Jim I would love a shot at one I havent seen one for years.
Sam
Met up today with my mate niel for a few hours hawking,we set off and soon found a nice covey of english not in the best of positions but as time was getting on and we had three birds to fly I dicided to fly them.
we backed off and i slipped the tiercel when he'd reached his pitch i started the walk in but before id got close enough to slip the dog the covey lifted and sped down hill, the tiercel folded and detonated one but to close to a low but dense hedge the tiercel headed back to me and remounted ready for the reflush,
when in position i slipped the dog and worked the hedgerow,my friend shouted its out as the tiercel was in full fold he disapeard behind the hedge i walked up and found him to my supprise on a woodcock ive always wanted a crack at these but the opportunity untill now has never arrose.it was a nice kill but not the best of setups as i didnt see the end of the stoop,still nice to put woodcock down in the quarry book.
ill put some photos up later.
jim

[TiercelJim]

Sorry if im boring you:roll: but its Tuff:supz: My mate paul came over today, we dicided to go and have a shot at some teal. weve been after them a few times at varios places but weve been unlucky this season.
were we go its a narrow outlet stream,so what we do is pincer the ducks from both sides so they brake out across a big rough field it doesnt always work, sometimes we pincer the wrong bit and they get up behind us and bail from the stoop then youve lost and as good as on your own just chasing down stream, but today it worked and we got our teal.
jim

[BFC 007]

:supz:
****ing excellent mate,nice one

[SeagulBasher]

thats excellent:supz:
beautiful looking teircel with his prize teal awsome stuff jim:prayer:

[StoopDoggyDogg]

Alright jim
i've had one with a male perlin a couple of seasons ago, not seen any this season.

steve


Met up today with my mate niel for a few hours hawking,we set off and soon found a nice covey of english not in the best of positions but as time was getting on and we had three birds to fly I dicided to fly them.
we backed off and i slipped the tiercel when he'd reached his pitch i started the walk in but before id got close enough to slip the dog the covey lifted and sped down hill, the tiercel folded and detonated one but to close to a low but dense hedge the tiercel headed back to me and remounted ready for the reflush,
when in position i slipped the dog and worked the hedgerow,my friend shouted its out as the tiercel was in full fold he disapeard behind the hedge i walked up and found him to my supprise on a woodcock ive always wanted a crack at these but the opportunity untill now has never arrose.it was a nice kill but not the best of setups as i didnt see the end of the stoop,still nice to put woodcock down in the quarry book.
ill put some photos up later.
jim

[TiercelJim]

Alright jim
i've had one with a male perlin a couple of seasons ago, not seen any this season.

steve

Steve could of done with with your perlin yesterday I went after the snipe again!had two cracking flights thought he'd got a foot to the second bird but somehow it carried on,Im feeling confident of putting one in the bag before the season ends.
we took another drake teal today wasnt expecting much as it was ****ing down with gales the flight didnt quite go to plan as he dissapeared for a start but then appeared over us at a nice pitch the rest is history.teal and snipe great quarry:supz:

[Stratocaster]

Well done Jim, happy looking tiercel!

Mike.

[Kerrie]

Well done Jim the tiercel looks like hes doing really well,you must be chuffed with him,great pics.

All the best Kerrie

[SeagulBasher]

top stuff:supz:
fancy trying a tiercel prairie at teal sometime soon
keep em coming jim
:prayer:

[TiercelJim]

I went in work but it was too cold to lay any bricks:roll: so home i went and collected the team and guest:D .the missus, arrived on my ground and found a small covey in a good place,jumped out and got the tiercel on the wing,what a lovely sight seeing him climb in the clear blue instead of grey sky,it all felt good,told the strife to jump out and just watch the tiercel he went right up perfect position and a good flush by the mutt near verticle and a nice bind all in view of the missus.I couldnt believe it had gone so well as i was fearing disaster,argument an a night in the shed lol.This is the last partridge set up ill fly this season,after feeding up etc we carried on round the ground to see whats about and all we found were greys in pairs.time to call it quits for this year me thinks.
jim.

[Stratocaster]

Hello Jim
Well done, nice to finish on a high note.:supz:
Roll on next season.
ATB Mike.

[TiercelJim]

Hi mike,ill have a go on snipe tommorow then ducks on sat/sun then thats us done.but hey roll on next season:supz: :supz:
atb jim

[HawkMan69UK]

im dribbling now :supz: :supz: tops

[TiercelJim]

im dribbling now :supz: :supz: tops

LOL,im dribbling,another five mins and its cooked!!