Woodcocke

[Moritz]

Hi guys,
my FHH killed today a woodcocke. Has anyone done this as well and repeated to catch woodcocks with HHs?

Thanks

Moritz

[Wightwings]

crickey well done mate woodcock are very difficult birds to catch witha Hh especially a Fem, is she a smaller bird?

[Shaun Byrne]

I've only ever had 2 all the years I've had birds and that was with males.

[Bill]

My FHH has had two.

[Moritz]

Hi,
her weight is 2 lb 3 oz she is quite small, but I can fly her quite high in weight.

Moritz

[Varmint]

Yes, i put a section on catching woodcock with HH's in my book.

I have a little trick which works very well?

Well done thow mate? any day you catch a woodcock is a great day, Right?

[Renton]

Bloody well done!

A left and a right with a 12 bore at woodcock is damned hard to do.

Can't beat a Harris!!!

[Kornie]

do we have to buy the book to find out?? :)

[BrianM]

i was out with my tercil peregrine this morning , he was waiting on as usual when i was disracted with a buzzard flying over the next feild carrying a DUCK that was quacking away loudly (never seen anything like that before) any ways when i looked up the pere was gone from sight so i got out the telemetry and tracked him down in the next field but . guess what he was plucking ? a woodcock ive never even seen one round here never mind took one. oh well thats how it goes,,,

[BrianM]

baldric on woodcock

[BrianM]

**** i give up lol

[Kessy]

Hey, don't give up! We want to see it!!! lol

Congrats Moritz! Why don't you tell us the whole story? :)

[BrianM]

and again

[Wightwings]

pmsl...................nearly brian nearly

[BrianM]

4t time

[Shaun Byrne]

We believe you Brian, Honest lol!!

[BrianM]

ive got the f****ing thing here on email and cant get it posted,,lol

[UKJay74]

Brian if you got msn add me and send the pic via that i will post it up for you :D

[BrianM]

thanks jay but i havent got msn

[Wightwings]

ye ye ye Brian.....cant post it havent got msn................we know :roll: :wink: :lol: :lol:

[Hawkmaster]

Sorry to laugh but I am leaving this thread like this it cracks me up!

Email it to Hawkmaster@ecipse.co.uk and I will sort it.

[Shaun Byrne]

ive got the f****ing thing here on email and cant get it posted,,lol

Ok Brian, calm down mate, we're all mates here, you dont need to justify your kills to us mate :D

I've got the same problem, my male Harris nailed a Muntjac deer on Sunday :roll: I just CANT get the pictures to upload :D :D :D

[Wightwings]

thats a Shame H4wka, if you had msn you could have snt them to me an i would have done it for you.................... :roll: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:............................but i havnet got a computer :lol: :lol:

[Bubo]

what are you lot like hehehehehehehe.
bubo

[Jack Merlin]

i was out with my tercil peregrine this morning , he was waiting on as usual when i was disracted with a buzzard flying over the next feild carrying a DUCK that was quacking away loudly (never seen anything like that before) any ways when i looked up the pere was gone from sight so i got out the telemetry and tracked him down in the next field but . guess what he was plucking ? a woodcock ive never even seen one round here never mind took one. oh well thats how it goes,,,

I live in the north of Scotland and woodcock come through on migration in good numbers. I have had a lot of flights at them with my male gos (up to half a dozen in a day) but no kills yet. The woodcock always outfly the gos. My peregrine tiercel did knock one down but lost it in the heather.

So I've done some research. It seems falcons can cut them down in the first stoop without too much trouble as they do not usually take evasive action. But if there is a tail chase, it could go on for miles...and miles...and miles!<g>

Jack