UK Coopers Hawks

[Paul42]

has anybody flown one of these hawks from craig,if so how did they turn out..:yawinkle:

[BarbaryHawking06]

has anybody flown one of these hawks from craig,if so how did they turn out..:yawinkle:

I did, both were slow starters and highly agressive but once they got the idea were deadly. (not minding the scars that are still visible)
On the other side, don't be to confident about arrangements with the breeder, he might make a 180degree turn just a day before you want to pick up the bird :twisted:

[Misty]

I did, both were slow starters and highly agressive but once they got the idea were deadly. (not minding the scars that are still visible)
On the other side, don't be to confident about arrangements with the breeder, he might make a 180degree turn just a day before you want to pick up the bird :twisted:

i thought in an earlier thread it was the other falconiformes who were unreliable (john & charlotte hill). People who had purchased from UK falconiformes (don't know their names) were saying they were sound. Perhaps you have had a different experience?

[BarbaryHawking06]

I was talking about Craig T..... I don't know the Hills.
it might be due to the fact that I have to cross the channel to get the birds and no breeders at that time on the continent, so it was like getting the birds for a price that has risen a 100 percent from one day to the other or not flying a bird at all that season (second clutch picked up in August)
I know I shouldn't have done it but not flying a bird makes me crazy.