ah if only i had the money and time

dicky82

http://www.gumtree.ie/p/community/female-harris-hawk-and-mews/76642194

jap gt

as far as i know its illegal to own one without a licence, would be serious bird to hunt with, meant to take up alot of time tough

Dusty87

jap gt wrote: »

as far as i know its illegal to own one without a licence, would be serious bird to hunt with, meant to take up alot of time tough

yep, licence needed, for any bop. Some one comes and checks your setup before granting it.

round tower huntsman

two lads i lamp/hunt/dig with have just finished their first season working hawks,got them as chicks. its hard work and time consuming but they love it. the birds are male harris hawks. they had to be checked out by rangers and spent about 1000 each all in all getting set up and got licences. again you need to put the time in from what i hear.

jellybaby21

This is Willow my female harris and its a great sport.We have just finished our second season hunting together.It does take up alot of time but well worth it.You need to have a licence to own a bird and another licence to hunt with one.












ATB Wayne

garv123

lovely bird.
does she miss? :P
can you hunt anything with it?

jellybaby21

garv123 wrote: »

lovely bird.
does she miss? :P
can you hunt anything with it?

Yeah she does miss alright and yeah you can hunt a good range of things with them.

FISMA

I wonder if I could get one to hover in the vicinity of deer.:rolleyes:

EastTyrone

can ye hunt pheasents with the harriss? i seen vids of men flushing pheaents to the perigrine but would the harriss be fit to take 1 in the air?

Half-cocked

Myself and a mate were sitting in a ditch shooting over pigeon decoys one time and a Harris Hawk swooped down out of nowhere and crashed into one of the decs. Scared the sh1t out of me! It picked itself up and flapped off. We went looking for the handler but there was no one around. Found out afterwards it had escaped from a falconer and was seen around the area quite a bit. Obviously an inexperienced hunter if it was fooled by my faded old decoys. A very impressive bird though.

jellybaby21

EastTyrone wrote: »

can ye hunt pheasents with the harriss? i seen vids of men flushing pheaents to the perigrine but would the harriss be fit to take 1 in the air?

Yes a harris can and will take pheasants in flight.

jellybaby21

Half-cocked wrote: »

Myself and a mate were sitting in a ditch shooting over pigeon decoys one time and a Harris Hawk swooped down out of nowhere and crashed into one of the decs. Scared the sh1t out of me! It picked itself up and flapped off. We went looking for the handler but there was no one around. Found out afterwards it had escaped from a falconer and was seen around the area quite a bit. Obviously an inexperienced hunter if it was fooled by my faded old decoys. A very impressive bird though.

I have had a wild sparrow hawk have a go at my decoys.

caprilicious

Stunning pics Jellybaby, beautiful bird

Birdnuts

caprilicious wrote: »

Stunning pics Jellybaby, beautiful bird

Jelly's bird always makes me mad jealous:(;)

jellybaby21

Birdnuts wrote: »

Jelly's bird always makes me mad jealous:(;)

She is a cracker alright,she keeps me happy.

dicky82

Birdnuts wrote: »

Jelly's bird always makes me mad jealous:(;)

what about his harris hawk though??:p