Gulls n Crows

[Stephen]

just thought i would put up some pics
2days flight was on 3 passage gulls with a good 300 yard head start on her as her fitness has gained we have been finding harder flights for her one or 2 gulls and increasing the distance on them
again she picked her gull out and worked it hard with plenty of stoops on it the gull was trying to make in on a pond about a mile out from where we started
and a pic of skye on a crow before he went awol

[Benny H]

Shes doing well steve..had a good head so far...:supz:

[SeagulBasher]

top job mate looks like its going well for you just out of interest how do you find those trasmitters?
colin

[Shaun Byrne]

top job mate looks like its going well for you just out of interest how do you find those trasmitters?
colin


With a reciever?:rolleyes: :lol:

[Grey_Squirrel_Hawker]

looking good bud, very good!:supz:

[Stephen]

top job mate looks like its going well for you just out of interest how do you find those trasmitters?
colin

good until they go near pylons then they switch them selfs on and off

[hawk223]

well done mate

[Mark Collins]

Nice pictures stephen, well done mate, mark.

[Stephen]

only a short flight 2day got a good field of gulls about 2-300 yards out
rob (ayrshiretaxidermy) came along to see her going let her rouse up and of she went
climbed up quick and picked out her gull missed on the first 2 stoops and got it on the 3rd whole flight only lasted about a minute but another to add to her list no 29

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Exciting stuff all the same, cheers Stephen.

[Stephen]

had to drive about a bit to find the gulls today once we found them got her ready and off she went weight 2day was 2lb 10 after a few seconds she had picked a gull out the pack
put in a good few stoops at it but the last one she let the gull get above her and she broke off it
still climbing and a fare height up we lost sight of her so had to get the telem out tracked after about half hour and she had got gull number 30
in at the local hospital much to the delight of the nurses
and here is a couple of pics of the first few minutes

[Stephen]

another pic

[Mark Collins]

Brilliant Stephen , good pictures, any news on your tiercel? i do hope you locate him, what are your birds temperaments like , i no some gyr/sakers temperaments can be difficult , one i had a few years ago was very up and down, he flew very well i used him for pest control, in fact i called him jeckle n hyde , depending on his mood , biggest regret moving him on , he bred at 3 and is throwing pure black chicks , big mistake, if you are looking for another 3/4 tiercel this years bird let me no , i no off one going , untouched , good hawking, cheers, mark.

[Stephen]

Brilliant Stephen , good pictures, any news on your tiercel? i do hope you locate him, what are your birds temperaments like , i no some gyr/sakers temperaments can be difficult , one i had a few years ago was very up and down, he flew very well i used him for pest control, in fact i called him jeckle n hyde , depending on his mood , biggest regret moving him on , he bred at 3 and is throwing pure black chicks , big mistake, if you are looking for another 3/4 tiercel this years bird let me no , i no off one going , untouched , good hawking, cheers, mark.

no sign of him mark think someone has lifted him
good birds are hard to come by both there temperments are good but if you get her of a kill after a feed then give her some chicks shes ok
but if i dont give her all her chicks she just does not settle on the cadge
stephen

[Stephen]

gull no 31
2day after the long flight yesterday we put her on some closer gulls about 100-200 yards out she soon set out after them and picked out a big young gull she stooped at it about 5 times taking it on the 6th about 150ft up on the side of a hill and the drop on the other side was about the same
a small pic from my phone after the walk back up

[Mark Collins]

Well done stephen, looks like you had much better weather than we had down south today, cheers, mark

[Stephen]

cheers mark yeh it was a cracking day here 2day just like summer
made up a small video hope this works
http://media.putfile.com/zena-on-gulls

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Great vids, think you need to send shaun on a cameraman course tho :lol:

[Stephen]

Great vids, think you need to send shaun on a cameraman course tho :lol:

was thinking that rob

[Mark Collins]

Great video Stephen , you got a first class gullhawk there mate, the last flight was a real dogfight , fantastic for a young falcon , can you imagine what she will be like next season, for me its one of the best types of hawking around and to date i havnt met anyone that dislikes people hunting them [gulls] the very best of luck with her mate, keep the pictures and videos coming, we have a common interest, cheers, mark.

[MnM]

Great video, she looks top class. Best of luck with her.

Mark.

[Hawkwing]

brilliant video hoping to get my falcon on the white stuff soon..

[Stephen]

cheers guys
mark as you say for a young bird she is hell bent on getting her gull and i cant wait to see how she goes next season with this kind of start

2day gull no 32
went round to one of the farms and found a good crowd of gulls about
200yds out showed her them and off she went picked out a big herring gull and just as she was about to put the last stoop in a common gull got in between them and she got it instead
a few pics ill try and put up some more videos of her later

[Stephen]

another small video this is of skye
http://media.putfile.com/skye-on-gulls

[Stephen]

got gull no 33 2day
weather here was not good 2day rain on and of all day got her out at 5 for a fly
found the gulls and put her up picked one out and she tail chased it for about 4 mins
the gull stayed close to the ground not trying to gain any height it went up no more than ten ft every time she made in it went lower she broke away and the gull made its escape this one really tested her it was good to see the power in her just unfortunate it out smarted her
she then started climbing up and did a bit of self hunting and ended up getting one out of sight again so im going to bring her back in a bit as this is twice she has done this in the past week
no pics left the phone in the car

[Mark Collins]

Well done Stephen , another quality video , enjoyed it cheers, mark.

[Stephen]

Well done Stephen , another quality video , enjoyed it cheers, mark.

thanks mark ill look out another

[Stephen]

another long one and one she broke off
http://media.putfile.com/Movie-0001-19-14

[reds]

Cracking vids stephen.
Thats a top class falcon you have there.

[KevGem1]

hi stephen,nice vids mate you have a good falcon there she shows great determination and condtioning well done she is a credit to you good luck for the rest of the season KEV.

[HawkSwoop]

quality :supz: :supz: :supz:

[ReluctantTwitcher]

Hi Stephen,

Thanks for taking the time & effort of sharing the flights with us. Never been fortunate enough to witness gull hawking, but that must have been as good an illustration as one can possibly get, short of actually being there! Well and truly impressed by the work put in by your falcon & yourself. Cheers, Magnus

[Matthew Lambert]

Great vids
:supz: :supz:

[Stephen]

thank folks
yes she is doing well and very committed for a youg bird that was 33 gulls in a straight for her
The past couple she chased if she broke off she was self hunting so i gave her 2day off and put her back on the lure
so it might be monday before she is back on them she how she is over the weekend
cheers again
stephen

[Slippery Teal]

Suoerb thread Stephen and a cracking young bird, the videos are top class especially the first one, that flight at the end reall commitment :supz:

Ryan

[Freddie1]

Top stuff mate thanks for sharing your videos with us mate:supz: :supz: :supz:

Regards Steve

[Rabbit Killer]

Excellent video mate.
Cracking stuff. Thats what I like to see on here.
Last flight was top quality.

[Stephen]

gull no 35 and 36 2day
got a phone call from one of the farmers to say he had loads of gulls following the plough
phoned rob to see if he wanted to come with his peri/saker first flight was robs and she had a go at them but could not get above them nice to see her trying though
then it was zenas turn showed her the gulls that were in flight and she some in the other direction off she went about a mile out and put a stoop in got the gull and brought it down from a 100 ft or so and landed on a cattle shed roof
after making a make shift ladder and a bit of help from rob and his friend i managed to get on the roof to get her
we went back up to the farm to let robs bird have another go and she picked out a young gull a put in a good chase only to brake of it about 1/2 mile out but she is getting there just needs a few more flights at them
the gulls came back round and we put zena back up she was quick to pick one out and started climbing with it putting in a few good stoops at about 7-800ft she broke of it and headed out and ended up getting another about 1 and 1/2 miles out a couple of pics

[Mark Collins]

Nice to see you out and about again Stephen, nice pics, cheers,mark.

[Matthew Patching]

Stephen, Nice to see a falconer that gets out of his car. lol.

The videos are great, but you could do with a focus puller.:lol:

Could you tell me whats the bird, and what sort of weight etc.

Many thanks

matt.

[Stephen]

Stephen, Nice to see a falconer that gets out of his car. lol.

The videos are great, but you could do with a focus puller.:lol:

Could you tell me whats the bird, and what sort of weight etc.

Many thanks

matt.

i normally blame the camera man but tried it myself 2day and i could not even see her
she is a 3/4 gyr/saker 2days weight 2lb 9oz

stephen

[Stephen]

Nice to see you out and about again Stephen, nice pics, cheers,mark.

thanks mark
two good flights but she is still doing a bit of self hunting
how was your day

stephen

[BBashikhan]

you got a killing machine man..............:supz:

[Mark Collins]

thanks mark
two good flights but she is still doing a bit of self hunting
how was your day

stephen

Hi Stephen, good day today apart from having flu like symptoms , whiskey and honey for me tonight try to sweat it out, cheers, mark.

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Some pics of Stephens birds gull today. Will let him tell you the details.

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w279/ayrshiretaxidermy/08102007155.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w279/ayrshiretaxidermy/08102007154.jpg

[JanMan]

Some pics of Stephens birds gull today. Will let him tell you the details.

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w279/ayrshiretaxidermy/08102007155.jpg

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w279/ayrshiretaxidermy/08102007154.jpg

Have another go Rob:roll: :oops:

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Aanother go?:rolleyes:

[Stephen]

cheers rob forgot to lift my phone out the car to get a pic
gull no37
long flight 2day got to the top of the hill and set her off
the gull she picked out tried to lose her taking her round bushes and cows with her hot on its tail
after about 6-7 stoops she finally got it about a 1/2mile out her fitness is starting to show by how much she is putting in to get her gull

stephen

[PaulWar3]

Cracking thread Stephen.:supz:
Can I ask what sort of distance does she usually make the kill from where you are. Are we talking a mile or can it be a lot further than that?

Cheers Paul

[Stephen]

Cracking thread Stephen.:supz:
Can I ask what sort of distance does she usually make the kill from where you are. Are we talking a mile or can it be a lot further than that?

Cheers Paul

depends on the slip really the gulls 2day were about a half mile out and ended about another half mile further and that lasted about 5 mins
but some of the others were anything from 200 - 800 yrds out and only lasting a few minutes

stephen

[JanMan]

Aanother go?:rolleyes:

Sorry Rob - I mean another go at the photographs as they are over-enlarged and pixelated. Can you increase the defination?

T.

[Mark Collins]

Hi Stephen, good to see you killed again today, well done mate, it rained all day down here , i was about to go out and the heavens opened so gave it a miss, be out tommorow , cheers,mark.

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Sorry Rob - I mean another go at the photographs as they are over-enlarged and pixelated. Can you increase the defination?

T.


Cant Tony. They were taken with a phone at full zoom.

[Stephen]

was out 2day her second day back out in over a week as i was on my hols
I met up with rob and it was not long before we got to the first field of gulls
they were all at the other end of the field and as i was getting her ready they all started to lift
so of she went after them picked out one a good way out put in a couple of stoops and another gull came over too so she chased it and its friend out of sight
another track down about a mile away and there she was on gull no 38
we then got robs 2 peri / sakers male and female out
it was hard finding good slips for them at crovids but we found a good one for the female and she had a go at a passage crow it just made it to cover
with her hot on its tail im sure it won`t be so lucky the next time
the males flight went all over the field with crows going everywhere all making it to cover
cant wait to see them both going this week
a few pics

[Stephen]

just a short flight 2night
gulls out about 400yrds at the bottom of the field as soon as the hood was of so was she
she started climbing straight off and was quickly over the top of one 2 stoops and she binded to it on the 3rd
no 39

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

******, i missed it!

[KevGem1]

hi stephen,sounds like your having great fun with that bird pleased for you mate i hope she has a name to suit her ability like tilly the mercelous :lol: all the best for the rest of KEV.

[Benny H]

Cracking as usual Steve..:supz: :supz:

[Stephen]

******, i missed it!

i got to see all of this one too rob

[AyrshireTaxidermy]

Im gonna put the video cam on charge for tomorrow :lol:

[Mark Collins]

Good to see you back in action Stephen, well done mate, cheers,mark.

[Stephen]

thanks for all your comments guys
had a good day out 2day we flew robs birds first on some crows
with the female nailing one rob can tell the rest ill just put some pics up
then we found some gulls about 1/4 mile out so gave her a slip at them i lost sight of her when she got up amongst them
all i got to see was her bringing one down from a couple of hundred feet up
and that brings the total up to the big 40
her tail is getting pretty smashed up so im hoping to get some feathers soon to imp a tail back on her
some pics of her and robs peri /saker

[Mark Collins]

Brilliant , well done stephen, back with a vengence , keep it going mate,mark.

[Stephen]

no 41
found a good field of gulls and set her of after them for the farmer to see
as we watched her pick one out the crowd she put in a good 5-6 stoops at it then on the last one she went down a dip in the field
after a few minutes of not seeing her getting back up i thought she must have got it on the last stoop
the farmer enjoyed the flight and said he looks forward to the next one
so i went down the road to track her down but was not were i thought she would be ended up she had chased it further round but got it anyway

[Mark Collins]

Hi Stephen, nice to see her going well again mate, no news on your tiercel then what a bummer , good hawking , cheers,mark.

[Stephen]

Hi Stephen, nice to see her going well again mate, no news on your tiercel then what a bummer , good hawking , cheers,mark.

still no sign of him think he has been lifted
the amount of driving about i do i thought i would have seen him by now or someone else would have

stephen

[Mark Collins]

Its tough stephen, the bad part is not knowing, been there myself on a couple of occations i really hope he turns up, cheers,mark.

[Stephen]

Its tough stephen, the bad part is not knowing, been there myself on a couple of occations i really hope he turns up, cheers,mark.

cheers mark

[Stephen]

went out with rob for a little while 2day looking for gulls n crows
found a dozen or so in a field with about 300 geese about 4-500 yrds out so we decided to let zena have the slip as it was a bit far out
she was a bit slower of the glove but one gull was passing so of she went
the other gulls started to lift as soon as she was a hundred yrds in and had a good head start on her
she was up a good height and a gull was flying back 2wards us and under her
she put in her stoop and nailed it on the first dont think it even new she was there
forgot to take pics
no 42

[Mark Collins]

Way to go Stephen, well done mate,mark.

[Stephen]

cheers mark

well 2day looked like it was going to go well with her new tail
we found a good flock of gulls about 500 yrds out let her see them and off she went
the gulls all lifted before she got 30 ft out so she had a lot of work to do to catch them up she soon picked one out and the chase was on
she put in a lot of stoops to the gull climbing higher and further out most of the flight we watched through binocs when we eventually lost sight of her we decided to track her down
after 7miles we caught up with her but gull no 43 ended up being a chicken in someones garden :oops:
no pics as the getaway car was waiting

[TimDog80]

cheers mark yeh it was a cracking day here 2day just like summer
made up a small video hope this works
http://media.putfile.com/zena-on-gulls
just watched through your vid and was really impressed with the last gull flight, your falcon really worked that gull hard and deserved it:supz:

[FredrickFogg]

cheers mark yeh it was a cracking day here 2day just like summer
made up a small video hope this works
http://media.putfile.com/zena-on-gulls

Now that is one awesome video! I love seeing the entire flights! That last gull chase was unbelievable, just never gave up!

Congrats!

Fred

[Stephen]

was out for little while 2day
some passage gulls went past for her bit far out but gave her the slip at them anyway
she was not long in picking one out and soon went out of sight with it putting in a few stoops on the way
jumped in the car to track her down thinking she would not be that far up the road after a hour and a half i finally caught up with her about 7 miles away
she had caught gull no 43 a big lesser black back well it would have been as there was not much left of it
no pics as i forgot my phone in the car

[Mark Collins]

Well done Stephen, are you still finding gulls in big numbers , i must admit its getting more difficult, most of the ploughing,drilling is finished so there arnt as many around, mark.

[Stephen]

Well done Stephen, are you still finding gulls in big numbers , i must admit its getting more difficult, most of the ploughing,drilling is finished so there arnt as many around, mark.

still loads here mark and there not in ploughed fields
she will be back out 2morrow with a bit of luck

[WeeDodger]

superb last flight that was, never gave up, bloody marvellous.well done mate,

[Stephen]

superb last flight that was, never gave up, bloody marvellous.well done mate,

cheers steve

[Bazzerk]

cheers steve flew her sister for a while she was just as awsome but aparently gone off the boil recently great vid shows the real class of your bird

[Stephen]

cheers steve flew her sister for a while she was just as awsome but aparently gone off the boil recently great vid shows the real class of your bird

what colour knickers you got on ?

[Bazzerk]

white wth red bloodstains of coarse !;)

[Stuart]

white wth red bloodstains of coarse !;)

u boasting again hammund keep it in ur pants

[Stuart]

cheers mark yeh it was a cracking day here 2day just like summer
made up a small video hope this works
http://media.putfile.com/zena-on-gulls

hi steve i will read this thread later just watched the vid cracking last flight what cammera did u use for the filming chears

[Stephen]

white wth red bloodstains of coarse !;)

but of course i would not expect anything else from you ya big stud

[Stephen]

hi steve i will read this thread later just watched the vid cracking last flight what cammera did u use for the filming chears

pass m8
my m8 takes all the action shots cos when i do it all you get is shakey blue sky .
think there is still some more of her that i have not got of him yet

[hertscountyhawks]

Hi Stephen. I've got the sister to your falcon. Up till now always been a goshawk man but this falcon has definately converted me to long wings. She was originally used for crows and gulls. After some work turned her into game hawk. Busts cock pheasants in half. Waits on a 1000 ft for 15 to 20 mins no problem. She flies at 2lbs14oz. I commend the breeder and Barry Hammond who enabled me to acquire the bird.

Harry

[Stephen]

Hi Stephen. I've got the sister to your falcon. Up till now always been a goshawk man but this falcon has definately converted me to long wings. She was originally used for crows and gulls. After some work turned her into game hawk. Busts cock pheasants in half. Waits on a 1000 ft for 15 to 20 mins no problem. She flies at 2lbs14oz. I commend the breeder and Barry Hammond who enabled me to acquire the bird.

Harry

hi harry
glad to hear you got her going the way you wanted shes flying at a good weight
shame i did not have much time for us to get a cuppa bit of luck ill have more time the next time we meet up

stephen

[hertscountyhawks]

Hi I wanted to see the video of Zena in flight but can't find it on the site. Any chance you can email me the vid or the link - jacqueline.carrick@ntlworld.com. Thanks