You ain't goona learn nuffin with an 'arris mate

[Ben C]

Just sitting here drinking me morning brew, getting ready to go to school and put up the year 11 art exhibition, and I am thinking.......'well its obvious what they have learn't this year, its there on the wall'.

But I wonder what I have learnt this year? If the harris is an easy hawk, perhaps nothing. So I thought why not make a list............

Make a mews from scratch
Discover the different nutritional values of hawk food
Learn about pressure points and bumblefoot
The application of first aid in the field
How to approach landowners and be ganted permission
Hooding
Making furniture
The law and what DEFRA is
Watching the changes in how an animal learns
Dispatch
Paunching various game
How to cure feather mite
What the hell feather mite is!
Transportation of a hawk
Casting and Imping and Coping (thats 3 different things :lol: )
What Moorhen and Squirrel tastes like
Finding a lost hawk
Motivating a hawk through the use of kills
Lure work
What being bitten by a squirrel feels like
How rabbits are very fast indeed
How to use ferrets
Commitment to an animal
How a hawk shows imperceptable traits which could be called a personality
NOISE
Cleaning up mutes
How to wear smart clothes, support the local hunt and appear on tele
How to write about the fun in the field
History both here and in the USA
How little I know
How to avoid dogs
What a partnership is and how to learn from an animal
How to cook properly
How to balance food, exercise and flight weight
What creatures to avoid
How much fun ferrets are

is there anything I missed..........???
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Shaun Byrne]

is there anything I missed..........???

Yeah, people who say the Harris is an easy bird have never really had one fit and hunting to its true potential!!!!!

[Gaz]

Harris is an easy bird have never really had one fit and hunting to its true potential
:supz:

[Jastreb]

Fu..ing truth! :D

[Ben C]

lol

[Albie]

Hey Benc,
I can see you forgot the most important thing and that is...
All your new found friends on the Best Forum.
Cheers,
Albie.. :wink:

[Kevin Massey]

is there anything I missed..........???

Yeah, people who say the Harris is an easy bird have never really had one fit and hunting to its true potential!!!!!


spot on that man :prayer:

[Shaun Byrne]

is there anything I missed..........???

Yeah, people who say the Harris is an easy bird have never really had one fit and hunting to its true potential!!!!!


spot on that man :prayer:

:D :D

[ColdZero]

loads of stuff you have missed lol, such as...telling strangers all about falconry and BOP without the urge to tell them to p*ss off. But i think he most important thing is confidence, i have to admit when i first changed jesses etc at the course i was quite nervous about being mantled, but soon got over it. Handling a 'wild' bird also takes confidence.

[Bones]

is there anything I missed..........???
the amount of times you have to put people straight who approach you and say is that a kestral and don't you need a licence or some thing for that bird :evil:
(when what you have sitting on yer arm is a FHH)
PAUL

[Tim Laycock]

is there anything I missed..........???

How to man an eyass P/R Accipiter without having serious doubts regarding your level of available time, commitment, skill and most important of all :wink: sanity :lol: :lol: :D

[Tim Laycock]

Seriously though-
well done m8 :wink:

[Ben C]

Thanks Blackbird........give us a few years and I'll do a list on that as well M8........I might even scan in some of the hair that I shall be pulling out frequently as well. lol lol

[Red Sheridan]

Coldzero - you were nervous about being MANTLED???

You're supposed to be the trainer NOT the quarry!

Now I'm worried for your safety.........

All the best - while you're still alive!

Red (the original and still the best!)

[Tim Laycock]

:mrgreen: :lol:

[ColdZero]

lol, i thought any sudden movements and i would have a ****ed off hawk trying to eat my hand or eyes...mantled lol.

[Red Sheridan]

Nice try Coldzero but no banana!

Footed, yes, possibly.
Pecked, yes, possibly.
Shat upon, yes, possibly.

Mantled....................... er, No!
:wink:
Goodnight,
Red

[North East Harris Hawker]

is there anything I missed..........???

Yeah, people who say the Harris is an easy bird have never really had one fit and hunting to its true potential!!!!!


spot on that man :prayer:

:D :D
NAIL ON THE HEAD THERE MATE!!!