Kite

[Gaz]

Spent a couple of hours out tonight watching some kite training,thanks to Finnish..his birds coming on a treat..well done Lee :finga:

[Finnish]

Cheers mate hope you liked it. It was some thing different hey. I will doulble the hight tomorrow. Rob and Tony's bird's are doing well tho Gaz arnt they.

[Gaz]

Yeah dude,Tony"s is gonna be a strong tiercel...ill bring Lily up next time..show you a real dog :finga:

[HawkMan69UK]

did the rain get ya :lol: bloody got me when i went out dragging bloody bunnies :evil:

[Finnish]

Just missed it Gary. Thank GOD :wink:

[HawkMan69UK]

hows the gos coming on lee

[Wightwings]

talk about a social club....... :finga: :finga: :finga: :butthead: :wink: :lol: :lol:

[Finnish]

Still in the moult mate nightmare. :(

[Wightwings]

same here for the HH,,,,,,,,,,,,AAAARRRGGGHHHH

[Finnish]

Still got the falcon to go on with hopfuly he will be trained before i get the Gos out. Iam going to try 150foot on the kite tomorrow.

[Wightwings]

what you looking to get from the kite training Lee..??

[Finnish]

A good game Hawk WW.

[Finnish]

He will only be on the kite for a max of 20 days.

[Afshimo]

Hiya,

Some q's for you...

how do you use kites? what stuff have u got to buy and how do you use it? I've seen kites only once at the fair being used, so I'd like to find out more, if its worth me savin up for falcons.
Advantages/disadvantages? etc etc and any more info you think might be usefull - go wild lol

Thx!

[Wightwings]

sorry Lee........wasnt having a dig just trying to promote a bit of banter! :oops: i meant what do you expect the hawk to gain from the kite...???

[Finnish]

Hannah the best person for this is SJ. This is my first time using a kite. therd time today. It gets your bird very fit for one and get's him to mount.

[Afshimo]

thx for that, will do!

[Wightwings]

the kite can be a versatile bit off kit that has a number of uses from training the bird to gain height to training the bird to stoop or fitness ttraining.....it all depends what you want from it hence my question Lee..it can also be the best tool you have as a recall...............

[BFC 007]

what bird you training to the kite lee?

[Finnish]

White Gyr/Pere hopfuly going to do 150ft tonight i'll put some pic's up later.

Lee

[Falconry Equipment International]

Lee, take your time, build on confidence, it aint a race m8 HTH

[BFC 007]

White Gyr/Pere
male?
hows the pere/lanner doing?

[Finnish]

pere/lanner started to moult big time so i put her away. But a friend is going to fly her soon. Gyr/Pere Male. He flu realy well to the kite tonight.
I think Gaz took some pic's tonight.

Finnish

[Wightwings]

look forward to seeing them Lee........thats if Gaz got them in focus :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Gaz]

Yep :o

[Gaz]

Found some pikeys...... :lol:

[Finnish]

Nice one Gaz.

[Gaz]

more of Lees bird

[Wightwings]

great pics lads.....any of the kite and bird up??

PS Lee that angle aint your best mate.......looks like you have been at Gaz's pie........ :wink:

[Gaz]

That last pic...thats the first time ever Finnish has been short of wind :!: ...F#####g belive :finga:

[Wightwings]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :supz: :supz:

[BFC 007]

nice bird lee,how is the disk held on his leg? noticed some birds at the falconry fair had the bells held on with the same thing but not sure what it is

[Finnish]

With a small cabel tie and some earth sleeve around the tie.

Lee

[Shaun Byrne]

That green leash in the last pic is a bit o t t mate, or did you have gaz's gos on your arm :shock: :D :D

[Gaz]

.....any of the kite and bird up??
Gary Wren....NOT....Dieter Kahn, ya nobhead.....let that gos off before HE turns into a kite :butthead: :butthead: :butthead: :rolleyes: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
:finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga: :finga:

[Finnish]

That green leash in the last pic is a bit o t t mate, or did you have gaz's gos on your arm :shock: :D :D

What do you mean thickness or colour. :?:

[Tim Laycock]

He cant mean thickness cos it would be OTT for Gaz's musket too! :finga: :P

[Wightwings]

What do you mean thickness or colour. pmsl...... :lol: :lol: i think H4 was taking the a bit Lee he was refferring to the rope you secured the reel with i think not your actul green leash........... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Gary Wren....NOT....Dieter Kahn, ya nobhead.....let that gos off before HE turns into a kite

ellequant as usual Gaz...........pmsl....... by the way can you do me a favour stick up a recent picture of yourself mate.......winters coming and i need summat to put on the mantlepiece to keep the nipper away from the fire....... :roll: :wink:

[Hawkmaster]

eloquent Gaz :?: :roll:

[BFC 007]

winters coming and i need summat to put on the mantlepiece to keep the nipper away from the fire
:supz:
With a small cabel tie and some earth sleeve around the tie.
cheers mate

[BFC 007]

still on the kite lee :?:

[Finnish]

Yes still on the kite but no lure he mounts really well and high and comes straight to the lure. So all is good he is waiting on nice looking at me not the kite so we will have to see.

[Falconry Equipment International]

lee , with the site going down last week I cvant remember if I Pm'd you or not( please feel free to give me a bell). any way sounds like he is going really well. just one thing , try to think more of the pcsychology , ie if you have stooped him to the lure, do this hard t the beginning of your session, then let him rest while you kte another hawk/ do something else for an hour or so to let him recover, then kite him ( he will find kiting much easier than stooping to the lure) when you start hunting with him do the same thing when hunting, ie replace the stooping session with hunting. HTH

[Finnish]

I have flown him now twice with out the kite. He mounts between 150 250 but the field is small so going to try him in a bigger field tomorrow. Got a few pic's

[Wightwings]

looks the biz Lee...very nice indeed mate

[Finnish]

Cheers Chris i'am well happy with him mate. Never thought i would say it but the kite is the dogg bo---ks.

[BFC 007]

does he ring up lee or eats up the sky?

[Finnish]

He pritty much rings up mate. But there was not a lot of wind tonight so he ranged out and waited on two dog walkers for a couple of mins. I bet they thought what the hell is going on here. :lol:

[BFC 007]

hehehe

[Wightwings]

pmsl........brlliant mate..........would have liked to have seen that one. :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol:

[Finnish]

It was funny at the time mate it's not ever day you take your dog out and have a Gyr/Pere waiting on you. :lol: :lol: