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Moses
12-12-2005, 02:17 PM
God bless em all :D


i had the best day of my holiday yesterday, as some of u know the gos and peregrine are my all time fave birds.


my lil cousin,we call him jugnu,its his nick meaning firefly, he arranged a day with his very good friend, who is the head of transfers opc a police officer,who owns, 7 horses a very rich man,with dancing and race horses with loadsa land, a very nice lad indeed, he arranged for us to see his horses dancing ,i luv horses and he arranged a party for us forfree,using his 12 bore double barrell shotgun to hunt the mqueens bustard, near the big river ravi.

well we were in for a surprise, the party he called out to track down the bustards were 2 falconers haha, i swear i have been dying to meet falconers for 2weeks, this place is 20 mins out where we stay , guess what themaster falconer came along with his student,a trapper and trainer of passage hawks,comes along with 2 goshawks, on my thanked God so much for this wonderful day, i never ever touched or held a gos in my life, my beloved hero bird.


he didnt know i loved birds of prey and called them out by chance to help us find the bustard that day,thebirds werent ready to hunt that day,they were a bit overweight and the lads didnt knowthey will be called out suddenly, so they took us out, first of all they hadnt any meat left that day, the first gos tries to chase a bugla,some kind of white bird,long legs and a mohican and a massive beak

well it chases it but looses interest, it was overweight,so it flies a bit and sits on the tree, doesnt wanna get down.

so we have to go and shoot some birds haha,i got the pics and on vid too.

i aint tried a shotgun for10 yrs, i missed but the other lad shot a few ,so the hawk came down before we could take the birds to them anyway.

they come here every winter the falconer said,and he traps goshawks and shaheens,but says the gos is his fave too, he loves them.


i made a mistake and told them they cost 2k thefemale gos in the uk haha,so i asked him, how much do u sell them for, which was stupid, coz he would have raised his price,he said 30.000 rupee's trained, or 20,000 untrained

300 pounds and 200 pounds it calculates, a bargain haha a massive bargain,coz the breed looks like the german gos, same pattern , so the police officertells me,bullshit in private, he said he sells them for 5000 rupee's to 15000 rupee,s 50 pounds to 150 quid lol.

so he tries to sell me the young one, he caught 15 days ago, between 4 to 6 months old, with baby feathers like a sakers pattern, hasnt had its first moult of course.

i said mate i cant take it to the uk, law forbids it,specially since the bird flu, he says, keep it here, isaid well who is gonna look after it for a yr or 2.it will be silly.

but the lad was nice, he took us out and showed us the best shooting sites, guy was awesome, well the gun jerks alot coz i aint used to it,hot scorching dessert land and massive river, so beautiful.

so i asked plz can i hold, your goshawks, he said sure, take the older one

i touched them both alot, not a foot or nip on my fingers, so well manned and beautiful, i loved them both so much, let me touch it on the head, beak, brow, back and talons,not a nip, loved it,so kept it for 2 to 3 hrs

this one was the ruthless killer, one eyed beast,blind in one eye,it nailed itself trying to unhood itself,when he first trapped it and trained it, lost an eye, but still a lovely hunter,the young one was so awesome like a baby, still getting trained but does hunt, the student was hauding that bird.

lol for a laff they put both of them on my shoulder,but the older female decides to hop on my head,im so lucky,it didnt nail me haha, it would have been nasty

i got a photo of it haha, i will post it when i get back.

i swear horses, gos, desert heat, u could only dream of it.

it was an awesome day

he told me to come back before i go and he will get them ready for me hungry and ready to kill, i wouldtry to get back before i leave

pakistani jess and anklet very nice,made thick so the birds cant bait they just stay on theglove,, leash is nice too.

he was using a homemade 3 fingered glove and even holds it on his bare hands in such a way, brave.

i just wish i could have owned these, the one eyed beast was my fave gos, a proper killer and well manned bird


cheers

will post thepics once i get hame




Darren
12-12-2005, 02:23 PM
so your still alive man.....wondered where you had gone....Get the pics up when ur home

Moses
12-12-2005, 02:46 PM
lol still here darren mate :D, hows u bud, got all your xmas shopping done yet mate


yes bud God willing i will do,awesome pics

only thing i dont like is, i dont know why its necessary for the falconers to use a jangoli on the gos's neck, unecessary weight and cruel i think, they use it to launch the bird so it doesnt tilt its head backwards, a shame really

NGuruve
12-12-2005, 03:36 PM
wow that sounds like a awsume day omg the prices are rediculasly cheap one to keep in mind for when the ban is ova if there quality birds

MickeyDredd
12-12-2005, 03:38 PM
wow that sounds like a awsume day omg the prices are rediculasly cheap one to keep in mind for when the ban is ova if there quality birds

Wonder what paperwork would be available? ;) :lol:

Talon
12-12-2005, 03:46 PM
hi moses great to hear from you.and to hear your having a great time m8.
bring me back half a dozen goshawks at that price.a bargain too say the least.
all the best .talon

Tim Laycock
12-12-2005, 04:57 PM
You have been very lucky Moses :D

I look forward to the pictures.

Shikra
12-12-2005, 05:07 PM
Hi ya Moses, if u r still in Pakistan... contact me i have PM u my cell number...

Moses
12-12-2005, 06:17 PM
nguruve my friend even then my friend i heard its very hard to get them out of the country , ali told me that, i wish i could i would bring back many :D haha
mickey no paperwork indeed mate haha

talon my bros thanks alot bud, mate i would luv to my friend, prices rock indeed and their beautiful

bb my good friend , i had an awesome time bud, first few days i was ill, now im rocking haha and luvin it

salamun alaikum bros shikra still here till the 28th inshallah and im going to lahore pls will be awesome to meet up

i will check my pms and jazakAllah khairun

Stephen
12-12-2005, 06:20 PM
sound like your having to much fun over there moses
keep it up m8:supz:

Moses
12-12-2005, 06:27 PM
sound like your having to much fun over there moses
keep it up m8:supz:


mate im luving it my good friend haha, the feeling of touching a gos, is far better than touching any woman :D lol i mean with respect, just luv them to bits bud

and thanks :)

Stephen
12-12-2005, 06:32 PM
just dont get caught stuffing it in to your suitcase m8

Moses
12-12-2005, 06:37 PM
just dont get caught stuffing it in to your suitcase m8


lol mate they would die haha, it would be nice if their was a way mate :D

Moses
12-12-2005, 06:56 PM
here r a few pics my cousin saved in hs pc

the rest i will post when i get back

here is my cousin and the falconery master and his student

the one eyed beast, still a superb hunter, very famous gos in that part of the woods



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/freedomfighter/24.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/freedomfighter/9.jpg




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/freedomfighter/000.jpg

Talon
12-12-2005, 07:15 PM
great pics .as you have allready said ,the falconry master has no gloves on .
for a laugh make a noise like a squeeling rabbit and watch that gos tighten its gripp.
then legg it ..lol

Hawkmaster
12-12-2005, 08:08 PM
Love the look of the mature female, very much like the US birds. The young bird looks large, did they say what weights they are, if they weigh them that is?

Stephen
12-12-2005, 08:12 PM
cant wait to see the rest of the pics moses
and not just of the feathered birds lol

Stephen
12-12-2005, 08:35 PM
want to try and get a shot of this one moses

Moses
13-12-2005, 08:35 AM
great pics .as you have allready said ,the falconry master has no gloves on .
for a laugh make a noise like a squeeling rabbit and watch that gos tighten its gripp.
then legg it ..lol


lol mate i would have paid to see the gos tighten its grip and to see his mastersface and him squeeling :D haha

he wears his three fingered glove too when he feels like it,im lucky the gos didnt dig into my skull it was sitting on it while they all had a laff and took pics haha


hm my friend hows u bud, and hows cherry, mate i asked them,they dont know much about weighing haha,he said never heard of weighing birds haha,just doesnt feed it for a day or 2 before hunting lol


yes their big birds indeed but so cool ,it was amazing all the time i wastheir i kept on patting them and they were fine with it, hm what breed is the pakistani gos mate, cheers, finnish r lighter arent they and big,hawkmans is very light and massive these ones look smaller than hawkmans.


lol stephen my friend i would luv too haha, if i take a pic of the 2 legged birds in pakistan, chances r their brothers and uncles and fathers would cut me from my baws to my mouth and cut me into pieces lol

Moses
13-12-2005, 08:36 AM
want to try and get a shot of this one moses

stephen mate awesome looking bird,who's is it bud,very nice