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TimberDog
07-03-2005, 07:48 PM
I like the look of these birds Wedge Tail Hawks:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/timberdog/1396.jpg



OhMyGod
07-03-2005, 07:55 PM
Think you will struggle to fly them as falconry is banned over there. i know a guy who has many birds of prey there but gets away with it as he is regognised as somone who provides raptors for film making. Like the beastmaster etc.

it is a big place and I'm sure people live there without having neighbours for dozens or even houndreds of miles........so........ ya know
ColdZero
07-03-2005, 08:24 PM
i haven't even heard of them, do they make good falconry birds?
Afshimo
07-03-2005, 08:37 PM
the north east falconry centre had one i think. She died and the guy had her stuffed, she's sittin in the cafe there - fantastic lookin bird lol. He said she was a good flyer lol. Must be fun hunting lol. Arnt they eagles thought? aquila audax?
TimberDog
07-03-2005, 08:43 PM
Yea soryy boys and girls they are Eagles :oops:

Web sites full of nice BOP:

Taxidermy : www.birdsofpreytaxidermy.co.uk/ eagles.htm
Hawkmaster
07-03-2005, 09:07 PM
Nice site!
Afshimo
07-03-2005, 09:10 PM
yeah, that imperial eagle is something special! Anyone flown one of these? or even seen them?
for me, no and no!
Rowan-Redtail
07-03-2005, 09:20 PM
eagles masters of the skies,not many got the land to justify keeping one
OhMyGod
07-03-2005, 09:20 PM
I'm sure the wahlberg eagle is not one, but somthing else.
ColdZero
08-03-2005, 12:43 AM
THAT'S why i hadn't heard of it 8)
RabbitHawker
26-04-2005, 08:08 AM
The wedge tailed eagle has been hunted over here, I've read some articles a few yares back. Could be quite good as they fly through woodland and scrub in the wild, so would cope with some cover, and not as big as goldies which are a bit of an overkill on our legal quarry.
M & J Raptors
26-04-2005, 09:06 AM
A good friend of mine went through a fad on eagles, he bought an Australian wedge tail several years ago, bloody ****, it did not have the turning ability for hares, and they made it look stupid, he sold that and bought a Bonnelis from Scotland, an old female with a dodgy wing, she looked the biz but her best seasons were well behind her,
Varmint
26-04-2005, 04:09 PM
Bet that bird came down from Jeff Clayton? am i right Mick?
M & J Raptors
26-04-2005, 05:56 PM
Bet that bird came down from Jeff Clayton? am i right Mick?
Ade


The bonelis came from Aberdeenshire i think , it was supposed to be a big secret, he had it stolen from his house 4 months later and never seen it again, it was Steve tollys old female, and she was past her best at 18 years of age, this was over ten years ago, he then went onto Gosses and never looked back :D