Ever been nailed by a stupid bird?

[Kornie]

I heard a few stories, of folk having birds attatched to the back of there heads and other painful stuff like that. Anyone care to share...

[North East Harris Hawker]

my last harris was a bit imprinty, on one trip out she struck out and put her talon through my lip, i did't swear much. My mouth poured with blood for ages.

[Hawkmaster]

Lasty season I had my female Gos fly from outside right in the house and hit me in the face on the left cheek. The force was so great I landed on my bum rather stunned, a cut and a puncture mark later and I was OK anyway.

[North East Harris Hawker]

crikey, i was lucky then, at least mine did it off the glove!

Off thread a little, the first time i read this thread title i thought it read
"have you ever nailed a stupid bird?" which made me laugh, cos theres been a few! did anyone else make this mistake?(the misreading of the title that is, NOT the nailing of some stupid bird!!)
ha ha! PMSL :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

No But I have had a few that were not at FLYING weight!!! LOL

[Kornie]

lol, never bin attacked by one but my Harris flew in to the wondow. All I heard was a "donk" and she was on the floor dazed.

I do know someone who tried flying a partailly mal imprinted eagle. The bird flew full pelt and attatched itself to the flyers leg. This is a Steppe Eagle we are talking about!

[Hawkmaster]

I had a male Gale, not nail me but flew off the door into my plate and nail my Shepards Pie because of the tomato sauce. Boy the mess was all over the walls! LoL

[Ian Wileman]

I have stupidly done both. Been nailed (by the new saker last week jessing it up) and sadly, nailed a stupid bird! (ever seen on the buses? remember Olive! Oh , I need a scotch now.) I was in uni. about 10 years ago, but still weep occasionally. Anyone going to Game fair at Chetwynd Park on bank holiday?

[Hawkmaster]

Is it in the calendar?

[Ian Wileman]

Not sure, but it is on www.game-fairs.co.uk

[Ian Wileman]

Doh! I mean it is here http://www.countryfairs.info/SGF/SGF.html Shropshire Game Fair.

[Sniper]

got footed by my mates fem HH just at the time when my intrest in the sport was building, he asked me to hold the bird on the gauntlet which i did fearfully, he then told me to stroke her lovely yellow feet..so i did WAM BAM THANK YOU MAM..YES YOU GOT IT the bird grabbed my hand and hung on for a couple of seconds just enough time to really put a squeeze on....my mate had a good laugh at the specatacle but i still was not deterred and bought one of him

[Kornie]

I bin footed beacause I lazily gave Trin a whole chick at the end of a long days flying and she nailed the chick, whilst it was still in my hand. whe wouldn't let go or she'd lose the chick.

[AlexSmith]

hehe i dont think my stories compare to that but uhhhhh my parakeet bit my finger once lol its really thr insects that hate me i sit there mindin my own buisness and WAM im surrounded by five bees the size of texas im pretty good with a fly swatter though so *looks around carefully with his flyswatter and smoke gun*

[Jiff]

been nailed by a deer and a dog! had a saluki x greyhound,out one night i sliped her to a stag roe deer in the lamp during the course the deer hit a fence and turned towards me,i waved the lamp to no avail,the thing was in full flight and heading right for me,when i thought the time was right i moved to one side,so did the stag which hit me full on a bit like a truck,closly followed by the dog which hit me in the face(as i was on the floor)breaking my nose and forcing my teeth threw my lips,it made clean it's get away,and i made my way to casualty trying to come up with an excuse to how i got in that way.

[Hawkmaster]

Hey Jiffster, I have to ask . . . Hav you GOT PICTURESSS !!! Lmao

[Jiff]

only xrays, :lol: .them days were before the old picture regime cicked in,
i'd call them the good old days but it makes me sound like an old fart.but to be fair(and i know this should be another thread)in them days you could get land to hunt and even if you were found where you shouldnt be you could negociate then the so called dog men were out 5 or 6 twats with 6 or 7 dogs killing every thing and stealing every thing,which is one reason i've been out for so long,bare in mind this is only where i frequent and i mean no offence to anyone.

[Mr Weim]

i was nailed in the eye by my a female kestrel in a strop she had got herself stuck in a hawtorn bush and decided to take it out on me had a black eye for weeks <vbg> :roll:

[Hawkmaster]

Hi there Mr Weim! Nice to see you here, hope you have fun! What you flying now?

[Mr Weim]

i always fly a kestrel during the summer months when the other birds are molting they are a fantastic bird to fly plus they keep your eye in for the bigger birds later on in the year my musket im flying is now starting to chase evrything that moves including the dog (vbg)

[Hawkmaster]

Whare abouts are you?

[Kornie]

My mate was round to cast ma bird whilst I was changing her anklets and stuff. He got footed on the hand and I found out today the puncture wounds were infected in two places. (ad a girl Trin.)

[North East Harris Hawker]

I bin footed beacause I lazily gave Trin a whole chick at the end of a long days flying and she nailed the chick, whilst it was still in my hand. whe wouldn't let go or she'd lose the chick.

i have nearly made this mistake, but i hold the birds jess tightly with the gloved hand and bring the food to the bird from above so she takes it with her beak...not her feet, then she is shown the empty hand! yes its lazy and its not good practice before anyone whines!

[Kornie]

Yeah that happened once though North, I flew her EVERY day last season. It was lazy on my behalf but it shouldn't happen again. (though it probably will):D

[North East Harris Hawker]

im sure there has been others do this. im sure that there are some more funny stories to come tho :D

[Shaun Byrne]

Had a woman working at the centre a few months ago, she decided to walk past my F RT with a tray full of frozen chicks, the RT couldn't get enough leash to get the chicks so she grabbed on to the womans cardigan, I nearly p!$$ed myself, first as she wondered what had grabbed her, the vacant look as she wondered how to get it off and the gymnastics as she tried not to spill the chicks!
I just shouted "drop the chicks", it was as though I'd released her from the clutches of a wild demon lmfao!!

[Johnny]

Was that flames ex missus by any chance ,lol

[Shaun Byrne]

Who, the RT or the woman? lol.

[Falcon]

Sorry but for funny tales, this one will probably beat all! I used to fly a raven (don't ask why!, but you do these silly things!) at Paradise Park, walking along talking to the public, raven on the fist, PA system switched on, and the raven bites me on the (I better word this carefully) lets say chest! (Yes you can work it out for yourself where I really mean!! :lol: ). You can't swear with a PA system turned on! You can't hit the bird with people watching! But it hurt! and yes one chap offered to rub it better!!!! Now come on you lot, beat that one!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards
Falcon :mrgreen: :lol: :oops:

[Hawkmaster]

Well one day when I was in the field with an eagle I was bursting for a wee, and as I . . . . OK I am just fibbing, you win!!! lol

[Falcon]

I've got to admit I think mine is going to take some beating!!! But would love to read one better!!!!!!!!

[Shaun Byrne]

Yea, after a good night out a few yeas ago I had a bird bite me right on the ....................!! lol Better stop that one lol!!

[Falcon]

I could put an equally rude reply to that! But I shall hold back the temptation :wink:

[Shaun Byrne]

Nice one!!

[Kornie]

Falcon I've handled a raven quite a bit before and I know they bite...VERY HARD! Even through the glove.

[Falcon]

To be honest I hated the bird, trying to take the swivel off was an ordeal in itself, trying to explain to a member of public why the raven ate this chaps pasty was something else. :wink:

[Kornie]

We all felt felt sorry for this ugly rejected raven...he wasan't that bad though I suppose

[Hawk]

I Saw a harris grab a girl on one hand and when she tried to pull it off it grabbed the other. She was impressed at being handcuffed by a fhh...
lokked painful for a DOH! moment...

[Ian Wileman]

Paradise park? Where is that? By the way Falcon, is it still sore? I had a red shouldered Macaw a couple of years ago that bit an 'Ex' on the nipple. Wasnt funny for her, but now she is an 'ex' and I am thinking about it.....HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!

[Falcon]

Paradise Park is in Hayle, in Cornwall. No it's not still sore, as it happened nearly 15 years ago. A tiny scar remains on me, just to remind me. A macaw has a huge beak, OUCH!!!! Prehaps the raven wasn't so bad!

[Jiff]

i've just been nailed by a hedge hog of all things,my daughter found it wandering onto the high street knowing what the outcome would be she picked it up a braught it home i sat with it on my knee while i thaught about it's relocation when all of a sudden the git opened up and bit my finger,never had this hapen before and never heard of a hedgehog bitting anyone before,anyway to spite that the jammy sod is relocated in one of our parks where theres a healthy population of hogs.

[Steve L]

Hi jiff,have you had a tetnuss jab recently,if not go get one asap

steve

[Falcon]

Cor you tough man!? I wouldn't admit that one in the pub! Mind you a bet they can inflict a nasty nip! Prehaps it was a love bite for rescueing it!??

[Wightwings]

Ye Jiff if it broke skin check your tetnuss, I believe they can carry the odd nasty.

Chris

[Jiff]

i get bit a dozen times a year from various kritters that i find stranded or need relocating i've had enough tetnus to protect an elephant if i'm ever in doupt i go a .n. e anyway, i'm a sucker for the helpless,and falcon the locals know me well enough to keep there thoughts to them selves in the pub :wink:

[Hawkmaster]

You only need the jab once every 10 years.

[Jiff]

thing is if you'r getting bit of wild things you get a bit pazza' if i go a couple of year without one and come a cropper i go to a.n.e explain what happened tell em i can't remember my last jab get one if need be along with anything else i might need,i was bitten off a fox which i tried to release from a snare once ,not a pretty sight and every thing whent through my mind,rat bites in perticular get me worried,you see doesnt matter whats in trouble i can't help sticking my hands in. the worst one of all was a wild kitten traped in the cavity of a wall in our local pub people know me and came for me to get it out as it was making a commotion and putting people off the drink,anyway off came the skirting board in whent jiffs hand out came the kitten off whent jiff to casualty.

[Wightwings]

great story jiff really made me giggle that one :lol:

[Bill]

Been footed a few times over the years.

Funniest thing was doing bird control the place we stayed used to have rats. They'd come in at night. Use to keep the Fm HH in and go ratting in the kitchen with the HH and Cocker Spaniel. They both dived under one of the shelves under the table and the cocker came out with HH on his ears. Can't remember if we got that rat.

Trying to get M HH on rabbit out of the bottom of hedge - squeezed under electric fence but it got me on the back of the head. Think I know how yesterdays protesters felt under the police battons. Gave me a real thwack.

[Falcon]

Thught i'd bring this one back to life, as it's a good thread. Yeah yeah i know my experience with my chest and the raven will take some beating:oops: :lol:, but there must be some more funny tales to be told by others! Over to you lot! :rolleyes: :lol: :wink:

[Ben C]

Stupid birds............................................. ...........TOO EASY!

[FlameHairedFalconer]

My old harris used to give me some great scratches at the start of the season. He'd come out of his aviary with razor sharp talons, it was usually wam so I would be wearing a t-shirt, and he would decide for the first 3 days that the scales were the scariest thing ever. I used to look like I had done several rounds with Freddy Kruger :shock:

Fortunately I've never really had anything worse - but I do have alot of scars on my hands!!

[Wightwings]

:lol: must admit the wifes male has turned into a loon and not looking too forward to going in for him at the moult end........little git tagged me on the ear a few weeks back but nothing seriuos.

I think most peeps learn VERY quick..........tagged once you dont want it again

[Afshimo]

I got hit by a stpud bird - the fattist budgie u ever seen!

Most budgies when they hurt hardly leave a mark, but because , when the bird was given to me, she was just so fat that she couldnt fly prop so everytime u go into clean the aviary, she "rams" you, on the side and head, and that hurt! sold all me budgies of course now lol!

I've seen sum pretty nasty footing accidents with birds of prey, but I've been pretty quick so far, few deep but none really seriouse lol. I've been lucky! worst one was off rags when i first got him out the aviary and he nailed me inbetween the index finger and thumb bout 2cm in, that bled for awhile lol! I agree with WW, u learn fast!

[Adam Barrett]

Bet you have never been nailed like this :twisted:

[Mr_Colin]

I made the mistake of throwing a chick in the air at the end of a hunting session for Willow to catch, she missed and came down on my head, followed by the chick hitting her on the head. They then both fell to the ground while checked for blood. Luckily for me she didn't push off too hard.

Next season I am going to throw the chich away from me. I think this is more of a case of stupid Falconer and not the bird.

[Mr_Colin]

Nice pic Adam, did she get hurt much?

[Osiris]

God, bet the lady wasn't expecting that! Wonder what the HH was going at her for!
U know if the lady was ok?!
I had a steppe eagle fly at me once, once he was in training. God it was scary! Lol. I was told my face was pure white!!

[Osiris]

Falcon I've handled a raven quite a bit before and I know they bite...VERY HARD! Even through the glove.

God Kornie, if your on about Jake, he's a big softy. Never bit me! lol

[Ben C]

Didn't Phillip Gasier get an Eagle through his bottom jaw and have it stuck through the roof of his mouth? From what I've been told it wouldn't let go, even when the belted it with a lump of wood! :) :) :)

[Adam Barrett]

I think this is more of a case of stupid Falconer and not the bird.

yea think you are right mate-
it was on a experiance day to i think :lol:

[Osiris]

Wow! What kind of eagle was it Ben?

[Ben C]

If I am not mistaken it was a Goldie....................funny how he didn't rate them isn't it :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

[Osiris]

Jesus, wouldnt like a goldie to be attached to me!!
Close encounter with the Steppe was enough for me!!

[Goldie]

If I am not mistaken it was a Goldie....................funny how he didn't rate them isn't it :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Ben, ask Martin Hollinshead about his facial scars when he comes to the bash. That was an eagle also.

[Wightwings]

ouch.............in fact DOUBLE OUCH

[Ben C]

I can't wait for the Czech republic trip............What a great story to tell the grandchildren........."Yep it was a Golden Eagle that attacked me in md winter on a mountain on the Czech border, nearly killed me it did, but a wolf saved me....etc etc" :) :) :)

[Mr_Colin]

you off th the Czech republic Ben?

[Kornie]

What, you mean jake the ripper! Nah not that bad but he had his moments of being utterly evil...

[GoneHawking]

Went out with a friend and his imprint male Gos, got in the land rover as his passenger, the Gos was loose in the back, within 30 secs the Gos bounced around the landy and then footed me in the face, quarter of an inch below my eye, bled like a ba$tard and hurt to, Cleaned it up, tied the bird and then went hawking.

[Moses]

crikey, i was lucky then, at least mine did it off the glove!

Off thread a little, the first time i read this thread title i thought it read
"have you ever nailed a stupid bird?" which made me laugh, cos theres been a few! did anyone else make this mistake?(the misreading of the title that is, NOT the nailing of some stupid bird!!)
ha ha! PMSL :lol:

brilliant :D wimmin r def good at nailing, their so cruel :D

[Moses]

Bet you have never been nailed like this :twisted:


very nice pic adam , so close to her eyes, scary stuff

[Moses]

God, bet the lady wasn't expecting that! Wonder what the HH was going at her for!
U know if the lady was ok?!
I had a steppe eagle fly at me once, once he was in training. God it was scary! Lol. I was told my face was pure white!!

that would be scary i saw my first steppe eagle, man their talons r huge :D

[Tree Sitter]

So many yarns to tell and all down to human error rather than the birds.

Years back I had a mates Harris for about a year whilst he worked abroad. Anyhow let him out of his mews and he would then just fly out and land on his perch or the fence post - not this time the little ****** flew over the fence and through next doors patio doors. I then heard screams and my neighbour running out screaming into the garden I had by this time run round then proceeded to chase through the lounge and up the stairs and at last caught him in the bathroom.


Had a great little Merlin whilst doing some exercise with the little guy in my garden he was on his way to the glove for a titbit when all of a sudden he dissapeared under something pink, Timing for this to happen was synchronised as neighbours knickers had come loose from the line and caught my bird just at the right time. As I removed the knickers he was telling me how ****ed off he was and for good measure promtly bit me, one of many war wounds :lol:


Madam my EEO which I got lumbered with is now conquered and is much more ladylike she has given me many scratches and bites just because I stupidly let her and because she is sneakily faster than me.


Max

[Kornie]

It always happens during the tiniest lapse of concentration

[Dude]

my FHH grabs me one time at my face :D she move her talon trough my face to my tongue :D that was the worst.....

[SakerHunter]

i got footed in the face by my old fhh i was useing a red whistle and she thought it was food i had in my mouth and footed me i was lucky :oops:

[MickeyDredd]

my FHH grabs me one time at my face :D she move her talon trough my face to my tongue :D that was the worst.....

Dude, so thats who did your piercings :lol: :lol:

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Now and again I let my concentration slip, geuss most people do. But I can always rely on my Eagle to remind me Im not paying attention. Trick is dont let anybody try to help remove it just makes things worse! Social imprint with a sense of humour great!

[Kornie]

Yeah, my brother wound trinity up something rottten the other day, I had to pull jesses in or hed get nailed, she turned round and whacked me.

Any advice as to help easing the "footing" process?