type of falconry bag

[Kanati]

When out hawking what bag , if any, do you use?

I prefer ex-army gas mask bags over the traditional hawking bags. I find them better in every way.

[Sean]

i use an ex army bag, bit diffecult to put rabbits into it, but its only 3 quid lol.

[Sparrow Hawker]

I like the bags Martin Jones makes really hard wearing and durable, do however find that a bag tends to get in the way when jumping fences so use a pineo vest. Tend to use the bag more when training etc.

HH

[Osiris]

I use a traditional Canvas Hawking Bag. Had for coming up 8yrs and still doing great! :D

[Game & Pursuit Falcon UK]

Dont use the bag, I make her stop at home. Damn right. Hehehehehehehehehehehe!

[Tim Laycock]

Hawking vest, Traditional bag slows you down

[RabbitHawker]

I use a hawking vest, once you have good birds you need one to carry the quarry, 5 rabbits in a traditional bag is heacy.
Chris

[Tim Laycock]

The image that sticks in my mind about the traditional hawking bag is that of an austringer running after his rapidly dissapearing hawk with the bag twirling behind him like the propeller on a boat! :lol:

[Darren]

Dont use the bag...I use a Hawking vest:supz: , a lot better in my opinion

[Mr John]

Dont use the bag, I make her stop at home. Damn right. Hehehehehehehehehehehe!


:lol:

Got to agree with the bag getting caught up in fencing, branches etc.
Depends on the terrain where I fly her.

[DeathFromAbove]

i use either the pineo bandolero bag or a pineo vest, both hold plenty of quarry and are superb in the field.

[Addi]

Dont use the bag, I make her stop at home. Damn right. Hehehehehehehehehehehe!


ooo just wait til i nxt see amy!

[Hosehead]

Avery Guide bag. Lots of room for four rabbits, 1/3 the price of a hawking bag. Unlike a vest you can take it off with the hawk on your fist. Kurt

[Austin]

Here in the U.S. we have a lot of brush areas where we fly hawks so hawking vests are the best. Crossing barbed wire fences also is a real treat with a bag so again the vest works great. You can carry numerous items and eqt. and it wears nicely.

[MattSpar]

The image that sticks in my mind about the traditional hawking bag is that of an austringer running after his rapidly dissapearing hawk with the bag twirling behind him like the propeller on a boat! :lol:

Not so, if you use a belt in conjunction with the shoulder strap, in the style of the military Sam Browne Belt.

[Dave G]

i use a falconry bag from ben long,and wear a vest and have a old sack to put all me quarry in lol,just a bag or the vest depends on where i go hunting

[Sean]

how do use cover a kill with a vest?

[Kevin Massey]

Hawking vest, Traditional bag slows you down


an anchor would'nt slow u down tim.... but yes vest

kev

[Afshimo]

For displays I used bags, but training with a creance did catch up. Jackets, like a fishermans jacket were best for training and normal pineo type were horrid with the creance, did catch up pretty bad.

Off the creance ie hunting and fitness, vest and jacket are ace and I swap between all 3 of them so birds dont become to accostumed lol.

[Ben C]

Vest is best: Why? Well, ferret finder, food, hood, knife, lure, first aid kit, glove, camera and camcorder............oh and game if we are lucky.


Bag my arse :supz: :supz: :supz: :rolleyes:

[FlameHairedFalconer]

how do use cover a kill with a vest?

You either have one with straps that you can release on the left side (so the vest can be removed and used to cover quarry - and then put back on once the hawk is back on the fist.....or carry an old tea towel....

FHF

[Ben C]

I never cover it, just get the hawk to jump from the kill.

[MickeyDredd]

Bag my arse

Is that an invitation? :rolleyes: :lol: :lol:

I use a hawking vest, but hare legs do stick out a bit unless folded properly :lol:

[Ben C]

The only hares I have seen you catch are the ones on your legs as you climbed the fence in scotland. :supz: :goodman:

[MickeyDredd]

The only hares I have seen you catch are the ones on your legs as you climbed the fence in scotland. :supz: :goodman:

They were not on my legs, they were hanging down from elsewhere:wink: :rolleyes:

[Ben C]

surely that was your sporron my hairy caladonian pal! Anyway one RT under a dead tree was enough for us HH to run home screaming. :supz:

[MickeyDredd]

surely that was your sporron my hairy caladonian pal! Anyway one RT under a dead tree was enough for us HH to run home screaming. :supz:

Neither the tree nor the bunny were dead before she hit them simultaneously :supz:

[Ben C]

My god sir! The idea of exageration is not far from your lips is it?

[MickeyDredd]

My god sir! The idea of exageration is not far from your lips is it?

And neither is the pint of Southern Comfort :supz: :supz: :supz: (obviously)

[Ben C]

If true, you will die young and with a hallowed space in the realms of falconry....just like Joplin, Hendrix and the other falconry greats, all of whom supped from the perfumed vat of Southern Comfort!:supz: :heart: :supz:


They also only used a hawking vest....a bag to them was a mere piffle.

[North East Harris Hawker]

its a waistcoat for me im afraid, cant be done with all the dangley bags that dont hold enough game, especially when it snags on a barbed wire fence as i climb over. learnt from experience!

[Flying High]

i don't always use a bag but when i do i always go for the traditional