****** year

[RedNoseK9]

This year is started out to be the *****st ever
fed my gos in garden today about 4 30 heard him bate after checked him he was fine went back out about 20 mins later to put him away because was dark then and he was gone leash was there no swivel jesses any thing i cant understand or belive it i am gutted have been out all night looking to no avail and will be up at 6 am before light i just cant belive it

[Hacker]

Feel for you m8, was it a leash break?
If so leather or synthetic?
best of luck in the morning

[RedNoseK9]

no leash intact knot intact can only think clip came undone

[Blaze]

All the best in the morning m8....:-|

[Maxwell]

Nightmare... good luck m8

[ColdZero]

thats bloody awful mate, where abouts are you from i'm sure some lads could help out. If you are anywhere near me i can get 3-4 people together at short notice.

hope you find her soon, good luck

[RedNoseK9]

would be fantastic but unfortunately bristol but ill be out first light with a lamp and whole rabbit

[Maxwell]

thats bloody awful mate, where abouts are you from i'm sure some lads could help out. If you are anywhere near me i can get 3-4 people together at short notice.

hope you find her soon, good luck

Dead Right... have you tried local radio...? If you're in SW Scotland we'll help...

[LongVVing]

would be fantastic but unfortunately bristol but ill be out first light with a lamp and whole rabbit

What area of Bristol. I may be able to keep an eye out tomorrow afternoon and over weekend. Hope you get the bird back safe and sound.

[Peregrine960]

What a nightmare. Equipment failure or did someone cut it loose had that happen to a friend of mine . We eventualy caught the guy had the bird in his garage free lofted said he felt sorry for the bird and wanted to release it but ended up keeping it.A neighbor tipped off the police. Anyway wish you the best of luck in getting him back

[SakerYZF]

Best of luck mate , sure you'll find him... never give up hope!

[Talon]

hope every thing turns out ok for you .
just hope no one took it.

[Jazz1]

Know how you feel M8 i lost a H/H at the start of the season and never been seen again
Good luck M8

[Josh]

You said that you think a clip came undone, was it a spring clip or something I was always told by my sponser and every other falconer to not teather a bird with any kind of snap.

[Juzzer]

rednose69


how did you get on m8?

devastated for ya pal,hope you get it back m8.

[Hawkmaster]

Good luck RNK9!:cry:

[Kentish Falconry]

I don't know about not your year it's not your season either is it?
Sorry about your loss just hope you find it as I seem to remember you were going to try to enter him this weekend. Keep us posted and best of luck M8
Terry

[Big Dazz]

i really feel for ya mate hope you find ur bird soon mate dont give up hope

[RedNoseK9]

just to let you know still no luck have been out in the dark with a lamp and out this morning with a whole rabbit didnot even hear a bell but will keep trying thanks guys

[Pitbull]

good luck on finding your bird. A friend had one slip of as the wrong leash was used on the swivel and it had a smaller knot and slipped through swivel when baited. Luckily bird was waiting outside for them. We use plastic washers on the leashes to stop it happening or a piece of round leather. Good luck again don't give up.

[Wightwings]

bloody hell.........sickner....i presume you know Gaz, Lee and the other bristol boys?.....

spread the word mate and good luck.

[Out Hunting]

Any luck mate??:) :(

If not contact the IBR and the local RSPCA (i know, but they found one of my spars once when the same thing happened)

Keep us informed.
:(

[OutFlying]

Good luck Wes,

Don't understand the clip failure - what clip ?????

Yours Jim.

[RedNoseK9]

had him on a raptor post and the guy i got him from used a leash with a dog clip on so that it stayed fixed to the post instead of having to keep tying knot seemed like a good idea guess not.
yeah i know the bristol boys the word is out and police ibr rspca have all been informed

[Gaz]

Wes,you need to call me.,we didnt know anything about it:confused: :confused: a bird was seen today,Gary went to check it out,thers 4 of us here who knew nothing about it:!: :!:

[RedNoseK9]

just a bit of good news every one got him today having chased through woodland for an hour i decided to throw the rabbitt and sit quiet in a hedge i did this and after about 20 mins he landed on the rabbit and started to fed so i made in an simply picked him.
now the reason he didnt just simply come down is he killed a neighbours chicken so for the cost of a chicken igot him back.
thanks for everybodys help and support.

[Juzzer]

well done m8 great news:supz:

[Wightwings]

AT LAST...a happy ending this season........well done mate.:supz: :supz:

[Stevie]

excellent news . well done.

pls throw offending clip away :!:

[LongVVing]

Brilliant news glad you got him back. Hopefully after his hacking period you will have a great 2006 season!

[Kentish Falconry]

just a bit of good news every one got him today having chased through woodland for an hour i decided to throw the rabbitt and sit quiet in a hedge i did this and after about 20 mins he landed on the rabbit and started to fed so i made in an simply picked him.
now the reason he didnt just simply come down is he killed a neighbours chicken so for the cost of a chicken igot him back.
thanks for everybodys help and support.

Well done Wes very happy for you M8 a bit of good news for a change
Terry:supz:

[Sprout]

Excellent news, chuffed for you. But word of warning for everyone using dog clips - don't! I've heard of this several times, birds being lost due to dog clips snapping/spring weakening. It may be a shortcut short term but fasttrack to a disaster!

[Wurkin]

I am really glad to hear of your successful recovery!!!!

One quick question though, I am a bit perplexed. Was your bird left tethered outside unattended? If so, is there not a concern of it becoming a meal for a wild BOP or any other preditor ?

Sincerely
Henry

[OutFlying]

Good to hear Wes,
Burn the clip.

Jim.

[Afshimo]

glad u got him back!

[Finnish]

Well done Wes how much did that ckicken cost you in the end:lol:

[RedNoseK9]

just got back in the people who had the chicken would not accept money as their loss helped me getting my bird back and they were very happy so i went and bought them aq bottle of wine.


jim clip has been totally destroyed live and learn i guess

[Maxwell]

Brilliant news M8... we've been following this daily... bet you can relax now!