What A Bummer !

[Pete Kent]

Just a word of caution:

I took my game hawk out on Thursday, he tail chased a pheasant onto a railway track, a train came along and hit him full on, he was smashed to bits.

I found the telemetry first in the middle of the tracks then him about 50 yards up the track leaning against the live rail, wasn't sure about the cause of death until I picked him up (after safely moving him away from the live rail) and saw the extent of the damage: two broken legs, one wing broken, one eye completely gone the other hanging out, skull split in two and protruding through the head, 3 inch gash in his breast, beak smashed, cere hanging off and before somebody else asks yes he was dead !

Just buried him, a real shame as he was really a high flying cracking little bird. That's not taking into account the time I've put in with him and the sentimental side of things, I hatched him out.

[RainbowDale]

:cry: Really sorry to hear that mate, not a nice way to loose your bird.

[Little Joe]

Thats terrible luck Pete, sorry to hear.:(

[Pete Kent]

Thanks, the good news is that he wouldn't have known much about it.

[Harris]

I'm Gutted for you Pete. :(

[AndyHawks]

bad news mate.it happens unfortunately.sorry for your loss.atb

[Kennelre]

That's really terrible and I'm very sorry for it.


...Rene.

[Kat67]

Very sorry to hear this Pete:(

[Pertie]

That's rotten luck and I'm very sorry for you.

[Geoff59]

Sorry for your loss mate,tragic.

[HunterJen]

:( Sorry to hear that Pete, unfortunately these things happen. He died doing what he loved though.

ATB Jen

[FireAsh123]

**** news pete. sorry to hear that.

[MickeyDredd]

Sorry to hear this news Pete.

[UglyBear]

sorry to hear it mate !! i had one hit a car its horrible but they die doin what they enjoy :(

[Sean D]

Thats terrible news Pete,

[Stephen]

Sorry to hear that Pete was it the hybrid

["On Wings Like Eagles"]

That's tragic, very sorry to hear this. A friend of mine lost his eagle in similar circumstances.



Nigel

[SatansLittleHelper]

Thats terrible, poor bird. Really sorry to hear that :(

[harrishawkwayne]

had the same last year with a gos the pheasent was laying next to her on the track sorry to hear it mate broke my heart

[Pete Kent]

Sorry to hear that Pete was it the hybrid

Yes Steve, you know him, you helped me get him back at the crack of dawn on that windy rainy morning after he had a night out. He had more nights out than Elvis Presley that bird.

[Pete Kent]

Thanks for all the messages. Be careful if you're flying near to a railway line, a lot of natural quarry favours a walk up the tracks.

[Thistle]

Sorry to hear this Pete.

Something similar happened to me a couple of years back. Involved a speeding car in a sunken lane. I ran to find feathers everwhere. I'm convinced it was deliberate - as the car didn't even stop. Anyway.

It'll take a while to get over. Take care of yourself mate. atb richard. ;)

[Stephen]

Yes Steve, you know him, you helped me get him back at the crack of dawn on that windy rainy morning after he had a night out. He had more nights out than Elvis Presley that bird.

He was a nice bird Pete sorry you lost him that way

[Pete Kent]

He was a nice bird Pete sorry you lost him that way

Thanks Steve. He was hard work in his first year but after he moulted he seemed to switch on to what we were trying to do. He was making 700 - 800 feet and staying right above me then coming down like a teardrop. I was really pleased with how he matured both in colour and his manner.

I'm going to put all my time into the female Peregrine I bred this year now, she's coming on but still has a way to go yet in becoming a gamehawk. Here's a pic of her I took yesterday and another of the hybrid on a partridge he'd caught before he moulted.

[Pete Kent]

Although the father of the hybrid also died (not my bird by the way, just borrowed to see if he would breed with my female) I have put another tiercel of my own with his mother (a Gyr/Saker) and hope to breed some more of this mix this season, if successful I'll definitely being keeping one for myself to fly at game.

[Toz]

it always seems that these things happen to the ones who love and care for there birds the most, sorry mate.

[Pete Kent]

it always seems that these things happen to the ones who love and care for there birds the most, sorry mate.

It's funny you should say that, because in the first few months of flying him I didn't like him much at all, he fought me on everything I was trying to do with him. It was only after he took a week's holiday (he escaped and was out for 7 days) that he seemed to put his head down and get on with it, he finished up as my favourite.

[gudgeon]

Sorry to hear about ur bird Pete, im gutted for you.....all the best and keep ur head up

[Mark Collins]

Terrible loss Pete, what a shame, sorry to hear,mark.

[Finnish]

Gutted for you Pete thats a real ****ter mate...

[Nemesis]

sorry to hear that the odds against that happening must be like winning the lottery/dave

[Eagle Owl]

Sorry to hear of your loss, Pete. :cry:

[Pete Kent]

Thanks again.