Peoples most favourite bird of prey

[HarrisHawk.1.]

whats the best BOP people have flown
thanks..

[Blaze]

Female harris thats all iv got or ever flown...........Dont want another bird happy with what iv got!:) ..........The feathered sort that is!

[HarrisHawk.1.]

have u just started falconry
or have u just sticked with that bird...(FEATHER 1 )

[Blaze]

Just started mate......Iv been out with a few other birds though.........

[Flying High]

Prairie Falcon. Love flying them
But i also loved flying
Golden Eagle
Gyrs

[Tr1gger]

Male harris and Lanner falcons are great fun to fly

[Kanati]

I have never hunted with one, but i like the Peregrine best of all birds. I think they look great, and seeing them fly is somthing that impresses me every time.

[Blaze]

I have never hunted with one, but i like the Peregrine best of all birds. I think they look great, and seeing them fly is somthing that impresses me every time.
Definatley mate!..........Very impressive!

[HunterPaul]

sparrow hawk....... the nuts in looks and hunting prowess... and its british...

[Stephen]

I could not just pick one as i love watching them all flying the kestrel hovering,pair of harris chasing a hare ,lanner for his speed ,hybrid follows on better than my dog!,and last but not least the barn owl because hes like a bloody parrot and keeps landing on my shoulder,european eagle owl cos he looks good

[KenHawker1970]

A (musket) male spar. He was a propper nutcase, had a go at anything lol.

[Pogue Mahone]

no bird at present till next yearl but im sure we can all relate to kylie hahahaha

[LeighJauncey]

Definitely Peregrine. Just so amazing on the wing but not for the faint-hearted - unless you have perfect ground you need nerves of steel to let them show what they can do - and good telemetry! Not for the beginner.

[Rob Tinsley]

( havnt huntted with any BoP) but my fav bird of all is the spar, Last yr 1 went through a glass window ( green house ) to get a bule tit. Bird was fine lol just killed the bird nd went on its way.






TinHead

[Falconer1000]

Prairie Falcon. Love flying them
But i also loved flying
Golden Eagle
Gyrs

i've got to agree prairie falcons have always had an appeal for me but have never had the oppertunity to fly one yet,
the best bird i have ever flown would have to be my peregrine max solid as a rock and hits partridge like one too.

[Hells99]

My favourite's a EEO called Asbach - h'es stunning to look at and so agile in the air for such a large bird.

[MattSpar]

If the criterion is how much fun one has had with a particular species, I would have to say sparrowhawks every time. I have flown a number over the years, and one scene comes to mind whenever I think of them.
Many years ago, I was flying an intermewed musket, and on this day he left the fist at something in his view, but not in mine. He went fast and low through a fence, down a slope and disappeared along a small, overgrown brook. After much searching (these were the days before we'd heard of a new fangled invention called telemetry), I came upon a small, low footbridge, under which was a small bank of shingle washed up by the stream. A single, narrow shaft of sunlight shone on this patch of shingle, and there, under the bridge, right in the middle of the sunlit patch, was my musket, on a cock stonechat. The musket, in his adult plumage, and the colourful stonechat, combined with the shaft of sunlight, made such a picture as has remained with me ever since. If I close my eyes now (without falling asleep), I can see them, even after the passage of so many years, as clearly as I did then, with eyes still young. If only we'd had digital cameras back then. Unfortunately, my box brownie was to cumbersome to carry around.

[Bird_Dog]

Cooper's Hawk is the best falconry bird. They take the widest variety of game. Super fast and aggressive with a striking appearance... prototype of a predator with those red eyes glaring right through you:twisted:. Damn just thinking about it makes me shiver. Best of all no one flys them, instead most falconers prefer a RT or HH.

BIRD_DOG

[Coedhirion]

Depends on what flying....A lot of off the glove hunting large ground quarry a female Gos. For all round fun out huting all sorts with out any hassle, a male or female Harris every time. During the summer, none hunting just pure pleasure flying to kite or lure, a peregrine x saker, fast, agile makes amazing height and breath taking stoops.

[Barbary Boy]

barn owl every time! no contest, they are cuddly sweet and dynamite on small invertabrates, nothing else compares, barn owl every time! no contest/

[Liam Fensome]

Sakers or gyr sakers

[Barbary Boy]

Liam, gyrs and sakers are ok but really lack the vivavoom that barn owls possess,

[Adam Barrett]

Its gotta be a spar or goss for me-the best of british!

Allthough iv never had a chance to see one in the flesh but that should be sorted by next weekend.

[Liam Fensome]

Ive never seen a spar in adult plumage just got a male and female this year for breeding

[Harrisii]

If the criterion is how much fun one has had with a particular species, I would have to say sparrowhawks every time. I have flown a number over the years, and one scene comes to mind whenever I think of them.
Many years ago, I was flying an intermewed musket, and on this day he left the fist at something in his view, but not in mine. He went fast and low through a fence, down a slope and disappeared along a small, overgrown brook. After much searching (these were the days before we'd heard of a new fangled invention called telemetry), I came upon a small, low footbridge, under which was a small bank of shingle washed up by the stream. A single, narrow shaft of sunlight shone on this patch of shingle, and there, under the bridge, right in the middle of the sunlit patch, was my musket, on a cock stonechat. The musket, in his adult plumage, and the colourful stonechat, combined with the shaft of sunlight, made such a picture as has remained with me ever since. If I close my eyes now (without falling asleep), I can see them, even after the passage of so many years, as clearly as I did then, with eyes still young. If only we'd had digital cameras back then. Unfortunately, my box brownie was to cumbersome to carry around.


lovely story, i can just about picture this although a different spar at a different bridge but in all its glory non the less. nice visual thought you have left us with. nice one.
best bird i have flown to date was my old male harris rico. what a star. how i miss him. i still call my others by his name from time to time. guess he is still in the back of my heed and in my veins.