Gos in Larson trap

[Sighthound]

Found this on 'Moochers' site

''Upon checking his larson traps a local keeper discovered he’d caught a Goshawk!…he promptly called my mate who keeps and works a Harris hawk (from twentytabs), unfortunately his wife was a little while in passing the message on and by the time he rescued the Goshawk it had been in the trap for several hours damaging flight feathers and making a mess of its head trying to escape. Turns out that the Goss’ was a wild caught import from the Czech Republic with two split rings to identify and trace the owner who lost the Goss’ last November in Bedfordshire! ''

I bet he had given up on that Gos!

[Hawkmaster]

Lucky Gos, if it was a gamkeeper, it may have been, bye, bye, hookie!

[Fenman46]

To true Hawkmaster,round my way the poult is more important than anything else to the keeper,, so the gos would have been gone to the great larson trap in the sky ,

[OutFlying]

A friend of mine lost a gos for an extended period, it ended up living on a shoot for the summer and the keeper didn't mind it as it was catching crows and magpies. But when it became time to put the poults out - it's presence wasn't as welcomed. Trapped in larson trap and return to owner via defra.

[Goldie]

A friend of mine lost a gos for an extended period, it ended up living on a shoot for the summer and the keeper didn't mind it as it was catching crows and magpies. But when it became time to put the poults out - it's presence wasn't as welcomed. Trapped in larson trap and return to owner via defra.

bet he ended up with a damned good gos

[OutFlying]

nope it was sh**e, it decided trees and other types of flight where the way to go - didn't want to fly off the fist anymore. But it made a good breeding gos though.

[Goldie]

Thats sods law aint it, at wild hack learning all the moves to survive and ending up a tree hugger :lol: Maybe the grass isn't greener on the other side after all.

[OutFlying]

sh*t hot survivor but no good for falconry.

[OutFlying]

i think it was rock steady on the fist the day it was trap, and jumped straight into the giant hood. No problems manning or training - just wouldn't fly as wanted.

[Shaun Byrne]

It just goes to show! A Harris would have been in the trap, killed and eaten the calling bird, had a kip, escaped and reset the trap on the way out. :D :D

[Fenman46]

Now thats got to have been a female harris,in her second year ,due to the fact she would have spent her first year building the trap and sussing out the best call bird :D

[Shaun Byrne]

Like it!!! lmao!!

[Wightwings]

very witty...... :lol: :lol: