need member falconry photos- NAFEX calender

[Chris L.]

Ok guys, just came up with an Idea.. I know it is February but I will be stating to make yearly NAFEX calenders, I will do one for this year as well... What I would like to do is get the members to submit your best photos and I pick 12 to go into a calender.

No one will know the pictures that are being used until the calender comes out. I think it would be cool to see your picture on a calender and see others from real falconers.

Again, I will be doing this yearly.. just a little behind this year.. damn brain needs to hurry up with the thoughtsfrus

What are your thoughts on this?

[robhawkyyz]

make it work!!! i'm tired of puppy, ducklings, and great pictures of landscapes without a BOP making a mark...

[Chris L.]

make it work!!! i'm tired of puppy, ducklings, and great pictures of landscapes without a BOP making a mark...

Exactly how i feel.. clappI think it would be neat to see a NAFEX member calender... No Wes, not shots of you in a thong, holding your harris and your dogconfusedd

I want a falconry calender done by falconers, lets see some action shots or just pictures of your birds.. what ever you think others would enjoy for 30 days :D..



if so lets get some pictures posted.. February is almost over.. I want to make one for 08

[robhawkyyz]

'08 is cool.. you are late , work on the '09 calender now... sounds cool but , T-shirt , patches, sound like the way, although a nafex calender sounds sweet also ...

[kimmerar]

Yes Chris - Do it!! I have been getting quotes on getting a calender made this last week. How funny. I agree on working on the 09 calenders

[...and a girl]

Chris
should we post the pictures on this thread or send them to you differently?

[wesleyc6]

Exactly how i feel.. clappI think it would be neat to see a NAFEX member calender... No Wes, not shots of you in a thong, holding your harris and your dogconfusedd

I want a falconry calender done by falconers, lets see some action shots or just pictures of your birds.. what ever you think others would enjoy for 30 days :D..



if so lets get some pictures posted.. February is almost over.. I want to make one for 08

Oh, well delete that picture I sent.:eek:

[Chris L.]

Yes Chris - Do it!! I have been getting quotes on getting a calender made this last week. How funny. I agree on working on the 09 calenders

Kim, that place that does my t-shirts does calenders as well. I am going to see the price. I think its around 18 dollars.. do you have a quote yet?


Chris
should we post the pictures on this thread or send them to you differently?

Sabrina, yes please post them here.

Again, if you would like your picture in the calender please post them here

thanks everyone

[kimmerar]

Again, if you would like your picture in the calender please post them here


This is gonna be a good thread!!

I have one quote so far - it was done through the internet. I'll forward it on to you if you send me an e-mail - ecoman00@swbell.net. It is a lot better price but I requested a big order soo....

Here's two of my favorites

1st bird
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/kimmerar/P1030300.jpg

2nd bird
http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u102/kimmerar/P1030467.jpg

I know there are a lot better pics out there but I had to include at least one of a kbird.

[Chris L.]

awesome pics of your kestrel. You can be guaranteed that the first one will be in it. thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. They look great. These are the kind of photos that will make a NAFEX calendar top notch.

Thank you again

[kimmerar]

Cool Chris. Thanks. I didn't think we had a shot with Andy and his pics he's been posting. That is my first bird Sky - she was an awesome hunter. She didn't miss.

[tacatanach]

Here's three of my falcon that a friend of mine took at NAFA, I've cropped it so hes bigger, but I've got the original also.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee276/tacatanach/cal1.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee276/tacatanach/cal3.jpg
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee276/tacatanach/cal2.jpg

[hawkstir]

Here's one for ya! My 1st PMRT Mischiff on a bunny.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c397/hawkstir/m4.jpg

[Chris L.]

Great pictures guys.. thank you for posting them. Please keep them coming.

[sevristh]

A few of Neco...

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/sevristh69/creance006-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/sevristh69/Hunting006-1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t272/sevristh69/Hunting012-1.jpg

[GyrXPeals]

Here's one for December. Christmas pic. LOL
ATB,
Jeff
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j254/gyrxpeales/SnowKill1-1.jpg

[outhawkn]

damn brain needs to hurry up with the thoughtsfrus


Oh how this begs for a smart remark..................toungeout

[Chris L.]

Oh how this begs for a smart remark..................toungeout

Bill,

:D.... the brain just isnt what she used to be.. must be all the malted hops and barley adding up!



Dave and Jeff, great pictures thank you. I like the Christmas picture idea clapp

[Eagle Owl]

Here are a couple I took of a friend's HH.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k6/brandi7777/Falconry/Bunny_on_the_tracks.jpg

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k6/brandi7777/Falconry/Bunny_on_the_track2.jpg

[chamokane]

I posted this one on another thread but I still like it. When I walked up to him I could hear him muttering, "I caught it and I'm going to eat the whole thing."

http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r50/chamokane/Oscarsdrake.jpg

[chamokane]

Brandi, that first photo is really great.

[Chris L.]

Brandi,
great pictures.. love the first one for sure.

Dave, thank you for the long wing pictures. I was wondering if any long wingers wanted to post.. thank you

[awahl]

Here are a few of my favorites. I have some more at work I can take a look through.

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/aut_0030.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/iPhotoLibrary1387.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/iPhotoLibrary1176.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/iPhotoLibrary1388.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/iPhotoLibrary1382.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/Picture_0437.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/iPhotoLibrary1492.jpg

[laj]

Love all the pics, especially the first Harris and the Merlin. I just started to take pics of my bird and will invest in a good camera next season. Here is a shot I took of my Harris yesterday...not calender worthy but I thought it was funny the way he looked at the bunny. It's like he is thinking "what now?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v117/lajudoka/birds/DSC00034.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

Got a few, sent em to your email Chris...lol, have fun!

[kimmerar]

Got a few, sent em to your email Chris...lol, have fun!


Lee- That's mean!!!! Why not share - were you closed rip off running the briars and Chris needed to edit it for public view :D! LOL

[Lee Slikkers]

Lee- That's mean!!!! Why not share - were you closed rip off running the briars and Chris needed to edit it for public view :D! LOL

Don't worry, you're not missing much...I only emailed them cause I was afraid to eat up the bandwidth here, I think I sent him 23 or 24 pics :) Most don't meet Calandar grade though...trust me.

[kimmerar]

thumbsupp Sure!! Hopefully Chris will show us a few good ones.

[stewbutter]

wow was going to post some of mine but after seeing the ones above I better go take some more pics. Nice pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FredFogg]

Here is a few of the red-tail, I will try and dig out some action shots of the coops! Not sure if they are calendar worthy, but I like them!

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/FredrickFogg/Calendarpic01.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/FredrickFogg/Calendarpic02.jpg
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/FredrickFogg/Calendarpic03.jpg

[John]

http://home.insightbb.com/~t.kirkby/Original_Photos_341s.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~t.kirkby/Original_Photos_2006_0041.jpg
http://home.insightbb.com/~t.kirkby/Original_Photos_006.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

http://home.insightbb.com/~t.kirkby/Original_Photos_2006_0041.jpg

That looks pretty familiar...Is it an Englert edition?

[FredFogg]

Here is another that I thought was pretty cool! I am not good with cropping pictures, but I think if you just took the bottom half the picture and cropped into into a square, it would be really good! The squirrel looks like it is sky diving! LOL

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/FredrickFogg/P1060612031Small.jpg

[John]

That looks pretty familiar...Is it an Englert edition?

Those are a couple birds I had a few years ago. I took the pic, but he did make the hood.

[Chris L.]

Guys keep the pics coming.. I really appreciate the interest in this. It will be worth it when it is done.

Again thank you for the great pictures

[tumble]

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g121/tumbledownmusic/DSC00153-1.jpg
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g121/tumbledownmusic/DSC00304.jpg

[awahl]

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii68/FredrickFogg/P1060612031Small.jpg

If you look really close, you can see a big red "S" onb the squirrel's chest.

[cbdfox]

chris here are some pictures hope i didnt give you too many.

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/falconrypicturesatMadras015.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/sabrinasrabbit3.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/BabyGospictures002.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/concert019.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/falconryUno008.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/harlotsmoulting008.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/IMG_1401.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj15/cbdfox/jackalope016.jpg

[tumble]

Those are phenomenal, Mr. Fox.

[Chris L.]

The photos that you guys are posting are awesome. Thank you for the time and effort you are all putting into taking and posting these pictures. This calendar is going to rock. Keep them coming.

[cbdfox]

thanks guys.

i am suprised no one has said anything about the Jackalope?

about a year ago my boss came into the office and asked if i had ever seen one while hawking. shocked i said no. he said he had seen one stuffed in Sisters OR and was told they were real.

so as a joke i put thos horns on that jack as a joke then framed the picture and left it in his office.

not long ago our new secretary was amazed at the photo and fully believed it was real. said she had even seen one herself.

of course this is the same woman that when she asked me why wool area rugs smell i told her it was the goat pee they use in the middle east to die the plant fiber yellow when hand weaving the rug. this didnt turn out so well when she passed that tidbit on to the customer. he had a good laugh when i explained it to him though.

[Bodarc]

Tom

I like the pic of the RT in the snow. That is a neat one.


Chris

The pic of the eyas is cute. Looks like he's picked his first book to read but hasn't decided which way it needs to be turned.

Andy

In one of your pics of the peregrine, the gray sky with the pinkish sunset streaks blends perfectly with the color of your bird. Beautiful pic!

Great pictures everyone!

clapp

[Bodarc]

Too funny Chris!

I know what you mean about the Jackalope. My uncle has a very large party room with all kinds of mounted fish and animals in it. He has a Mississippi Swamp Monkey made from the tail end of a white tailed deer ....you can only imagine what the nose is made out of! If you've never seen one, you wouldn't believe how real it looks. You should hear some of the comments that were made by people when he'd go into his long story about how he got it down in the bottoms.

[KidK]

Here is my contribution..

[hcf]

hi guys,
here's one for april perhaps!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z147/hcf_photos/goshawks/HPIM0150.jpg

andy

[cbdfox]

I think the pictures with the Falcons and sunsets are definatly calander material.

they really get the imagination going.

[Chris L.]

hi guys,
here's one for april perhaps!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z147/hcf_photos/goshawks/HPIM0150.jpg

andy


LOL.. love it Andy clapp.. That is a great idea!!!

[Bryant Tarr]

and here's a few from me...

http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/goshawkguy/VictoryCry.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/goshawkguy/EmilyNov04.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/goshawkguy/128-2896_IMG.jpg

[cbdfox]

Now those are some nice pictures.

that Gos looks like she is singing the bald bunny song.

and moma feeding her baby thats a good shot.

[Bryant Tarr]

Thanks Chrris. The baby is actually a Coop chick that I fostered to her after she incubated dummy eggs the first season she laid. Wanted to get her some mommy practice! That shot was about 30 seconds after I traded out the egg for a chick. :D

[awahl]

Wow there are quite a few great photographers out there. I love looking at the pictures, especially the action shots. Here are a few more of the better ones that I have.
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100B8242.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100_9000.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/Picture_0230.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100_9071.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100_8201.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100B8213.jpghttp://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/102_8581.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100_2197.jpg
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s212/andywahl/100_1933.jpg

[cbdfox]

nice shots Andy.

thos pictures of the Falcons with food on their faces make me think of a Carls Jr/Hardy's ad

they sure look content.

[awahl]

If it doesn't get all over the place...

Thanks. I wish I could get some better action shots. I can't pull my eyes away long enough to get the camera in front of my face! :D

[FalconryFriends]

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww16/FalconryFriends_Mina/EagleOwl.jpg

[FalconryFriends]

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww16/FalconryFriends_Mina/Bellaandpheasant.jpg

[FalconryFriends]

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww16/FalconryFriends_Mina/FrantzandBella.jpg

[skooky20]

here is a pic of me with a cast of passage hh. a good mid season pic.
http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv7/skooky20/dh.jpg?t=1242691692

[wyodjm]

Ruthi, passage female goshawk. Hawking trip to Malad, Idaho. Winter, 2007. Photo by Daryl Peterson.

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/djm708/IMG_2521.jpg

Ruthi. Sweetwater County, Wyoming. Winter, 2007. Photo by Jonny Coons.

http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu312/djm708/IMG_2193.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

She sure was gorgeous Dan! Are you considering trapping another passage Gos this fall or just sticking in some extra time with the Eagle?

[Lee Slikkers]

Dan, did you make that hood on Ruthie?

[Isobael]

Here's a few pics of Fizgig...

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff234/SaharaHawk/Fizgig/Fiz6.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff234/SaharaHawk/Fizgig/Fiz3.jpg

http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff234/SaharaHawk/Fizgig/Fiz5-Ap7-2009.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

excellent pics Sandie!!! He's a real looker!

[Isobael]

excellent pics Sandie!!! He's a real looker!

Thanks! Yeah, he is. He's also stubborn and bratty.

Especially this time of the year. Now I know why my sponsor smiled when he said he wanted me to keep him through the moult. "To experience what it's like," he said.

Yeah...

LOL.

[wesleyc6]

Did we ever get a calendar made? I have missed a lot of appointments:eek:

[RyanVZ]

I have found myself with a free minute so here is a picture bonaza. They are of my 3 year old imprint G/P Hybrid that was killed last season (ruptured his pancreas from impact with a duck). Anyway, maybe he can make the calender as a memorial :)

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/DSC01459.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/5-19-06065.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/12-14-06.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/DSC_0143.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/DSC_0151.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/RhythemDrakeMallard_5.jpg

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/DSC01258.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

Great looking bird Ryan...and the drake Can is just the icing on the cake!

[RyanVZ]

If you look really close, you can see a big red "S" onb the squirrel's chest.

http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/VZVideos/SuperSquirrel.jpg
You're right I see it.....

I said I had some time on my hands :D

[Lee Slikkers]

Ryan, KILLER photoshop work! LOL

[goshawk5890]

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1223/saqu.jpg (http://img14.imageshack.us/my.php?image=saqu.jpg)


http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6657/18621692.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18621692.jpg)

[wyodjm]

She sure was gorgeous Dan! Are you considering trapping another passage Gos this fall or just sticking in some extra time with the Eagle?

Hi Lee:

Thanks. She was something. I think I'll stick it out with the eagle this next season and give him an honest shot at jacks. Perhaps another passage gos in two years.



Dan, did you make that hood on Ruthie?

The hood was made by my good friend Larry Ray, in Spokane, Washington. It's a blocked, sewn hood with an Arab closure. I love these hoods on eagles and goshawks.

ATB,

Dan

[Lee Slikkers]

Thanks Dan, I've heard Larry makes an excellent hood.

[awahl]

You're right I see it.....

I said I had some time on my hands :D

I just wish I could spell. As I read it for the second time around, I thought I was saying something about a snob? Nice work! :D

[GONEHAWKN]

a little something of mine from this past season. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/GONEHAWKN/3DOUBLE1-18-09.jpg (http://www.nafex.net/%5BIMG%5Dhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/GONEHAWKN/3DOUBLE1-18-09.jpg%5B/IMG%5D)

[Hawkmom]

Love the kestrel on the starling. My personal favorite.

[redtailflyer]

here are just a few of my favorites....i have them all in larger sizes if you need.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/redtailflyer/DSC04653-1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/redtailflyer/DSC003213-1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/redtailflyer/DSC023671-1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/redtailflyer/DSC025541-1.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e361/redtailflyer/PICT0049-1.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/LeeSlikkers/DSC_0140.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/LeeSlikkers/DSC_0141.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/LeeSlikkers/DSC00901.jpg

These were a couple of my fav's from last season. Enjoy~

[Ross]

These pictures were taken by my friend Dean Miller of my peales peregrine Diana, they appear in other places on the forum also.
http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/2009_best_peregrine.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/2009_Finale.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/2009_pph.jpg
http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/the_shadow.jpg

[Ross]

These were taken by Joe Spoo of my large female redtail, Denna
http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/redtails015.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/redtails006.jpg


http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/redtails004.jpg

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/redtails017.jpg

This also taken by Joe Spoo is my goshawk, Stile

http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh439/rossdirksdvm/2004picsbyJoeSpoo002.jpg

[wyodjm]

Really nice pictures Ross.

[Lee Slikkers]

Really nice pictures Ross.

agreed, love the last shot of the Gos...

[Ross]

Thanks, Dan and Lee. I always feel obligated to point out the photographic talent is not mine. Having nice looking birds attracts good wildlife photographers. Lee I really like your coops pics. I think they'll be able to put together a top notch calender from what I've seen on here, and they have a few months to round up some more.

[jboro]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/jboro76/IMG_88631.jpg

Red Tail/Snowshoe
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/jboro76/IMG_97861.jpg

Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

[wingnut]

I had a picture of my gos tearing into a bunny on my screen saver for a while and got some comments like "Ewuuu that's gross" Thought mabe you'd want a few pics that don't have a bloody, half-eaten carcass in it. :D

http://i599.photobucket.com/albums/tt72/dwin1019/Chipinsnow12-072.jpg

[Lee Slikkers]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel


Red Tail/Snowshoe
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/jboro76/IMG_97861.jpg

Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

So excellent!!! One goal I never achieved with my RT's...beautiful photo as well.

[jboro]

Thanks Lee

I have never caught a cottontail with a Red Tail. I've never even seen a cottontail in New Hampshire.

[raptrlvr]

I took hundreds of shots last season, but, here are a couple that I liked.
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/DSC_0036A-2.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/DSC_0038A-1.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z74/raptrlvr/DSC_0029ABcopy.jpg

[Fawkes]

Whats happening with the calendar? Did either 08/09 get made?

Here's some of my own shots from NAFA 07/08

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/R38r-bLH2NI/AAAAAAAAAfw/PulUc21FXjU/s640/DSC_4067-crop.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/R38quLLH2II/AAAAAAAAAfE/Ww8nZHej-RY/s800/DSC_3876-edit.jpg
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/R38qt7LH2GI/AAAAAAAAAe0/UiS42AbDvVw/s576/DSC_3868.jpg

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/STM-cUrh7KI/AAAAAAAACC0/1IUvFs2TfSI/s576/DSC_9738.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/STM9P4_-XBI/AAAAAAAAB9o/qRsPg-cd9xc/s576/DSC_9538.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_sEdDYpFsdDs/STM_qpUHagI/AAAAAAAACHk/bFqF850_m7k/s576/DSC_9887.JPG

[Dirthawking]

Soooooo........

Where are the calanders Chris? Any luck/chance of something for 2011? We have more than plenty awsome photogs on here!

[Hunter45]

This is a December, 2007 picture of Tess, my (then) 2nd season PFRT w/Whitetail Jackrabbit in the San Luis Valley, Colorado. The valley floor is 7,500 feet above sea level and the mountain in the background is 14,000+ ft. Mt. Blanca. She is an awesome jack bird with strength, power, and confidence that make her one of the best I've ever flown.

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/dale1908eleanor/DSCN4749C46Scenic.jpg

[dliepe]

Red Tail/Red Squirrel
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/jboro76/IMG_88631.jpg

Red Tail/Snowshoe
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh190/jboro76/IMG_97861.jpg

Photo Credit goes to my wife: Amanda

Amanda knocked it out of the park with that shot. Awesome!!

[dliepe]

http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/dliepe/Female/femaleonhoodie.jpg



I like this shot. Don't know why? Maybe it's the spartina grass. Also shows the size and powerful build of a big female gyr/per hybrid. Duck is a female hoodie taken in style.
Another a few years back of the tiercel. colorful
http://i750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/dliepe/Tiercels/16BlackmanN.jpg

[Hunter45]

Amanda knocked it out of the park with that shot. Awesome!!

I agree. This is truly a "one in a million" picture. You can go forever to get it all to come together like it does w/this on. I believe it's the only action picture I've ever seen of an RT on a snowshoe hare. How great to have such a moment memorialized beyond one's memory!

[dliepe]

I agree. This is truly a "one in a million" picture. You can go forever to get it all to come together like it does w/this on. I believe it's the only action picture I've ever seen of an RT on a snowshoe hare. How great to have such a moment memorialized beyond one's memory!


Thousands of attempts and I've not come close to such a unique and beautfull shot. This is the reason you take your camera hawking.

[Hunter45]

This is a picture of my wife, Sandra, in 2004. After 31 years of marriage and taking care of my birds when I traveled on business, she decided she wanted to try her hand at it. She had finished her chemo and radiation treatments for breast cancer in late summer and wanted to both regain her strength and for us to have more time together - walking up to the edge of the pit will do that to you. Her tiercel, Jack, was the perfect bird for an apprentice - great temperament and a very good hunter. She caught 50 rabbits with him her first year. It's been 6 years since then. She's remained cancer free (praise God!) and felt her time with Jack was instrumental in resurrecting her "old self" from the ravages of the treatments. Unfortunately Jack died suddenly the next season of unknown causes (vet Ken Felix was on the scene when it happened and he thought a stroke, aneurism, or heart attack). She's not flying at this time; grandkids are her hobby right now, but she's thinking about getting another tiercel to fly this fall.

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/dale1908eleanor/DSCN0365.jpg

[Squirrelhawkin]

My buddy,John White took this one at the Cali meet a couple years ago. Take a look at the cover photo of Vol.52 of "American Falconry" mag. Almost identical.
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc156/goshawkin/IMG_0131.jpg

[Squirrelhawkin]

John White took this one as well. My little male,lookin' for a bunny
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc156/goshawkin/IMG_0043.jpg

[OATS]

Wow, lots of GREAT photos posted here. The calender is a great idea. Let me know when they're ready, I'll buy a few.

[YARAK28]

This is a picture of my wife, Sandra, in 2004. After 31 years of marriage and taking care of my birds when I traveled on business, she decided she wanted to try her hand at it. She had finished her chemo and radiation treatments for breast cancer in late summer and wanted to both regain her strength and for us to have more time together - walking up to the edge of the pit will do that to you. Her tiercel, Jack, was the perfect bird for an apprentice - great temperament and a very good hunter. She caught 50 rabbits with him her first year. It's been 6 years since then. She's remained cancer free (praise God!) and felt her time with Jack was instrumental in resurrecting her "old self" from the ravages of the treatments. Unfortunately Jack died suddenly the next season of unknown causes (vet Ken Felix was on the scene when it happened and he thought a stroke, aneurism, or heart attack). She's not flying at this time; grandkids are her hobby right now, but she's thinking about getting another tiercel to fly this fall.
thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.
http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/af175/dale1908eleanor/DSCN0365.jpg

thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.

[Chris L.]

Soooooo........

Where are the calanders Chris? Any luck/chance of something for 2011? We have more than plenty awsome photogs on here!

Hmmmm, I will tell you where they are not ;)


There are some great pictures here. I just bought a mac book pro and I hear there is some software on macs for doing them. If its not to bad I will make one.

I will go through the pictures and see what I can come up with. I do have a little free time. I will contact those who I use to get written permission to use your pictures.

If the costs are reasonable I will do a run of them

[Hunter45]

thanks greg for sharing that wonderful story.

Sean, thanks for your comment. Nearly 4 decades together have given Sandra and me a very close bond that we appreciate more each passing year. Having her with a bird on the glove and time together in the field has been very special.

Oh, and Sandra came up with a new regimen in keeping our birds that has worked out really well. They are NEVER picked up off a perch with meat on the glove or fed on the glove in the mew or have food tossed to them in the mew. Every meal is either via a timed feeder in the mew with no human present or away from the mew. The result is almost zero association with the mew, us and food. As a result, they bate very little, if at all, when we go out to get them during hunting season. Why should they when they have no expectation of being fed? Better manners, sharper talons, and less wear on the feathers are all further benefits. Interesting that the "apprentice" taught the "master" a thing or two, eh?

[skooky20]

here is nikon on the squirrel that he caught at the state meethttp://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv7/skooky20/nikononsquirrel.jpg?t=1267419141

[hawkerev]

Georgia Hunting Morning, Trevor & RT Kira.


http://www.4outdoorsmen.net/images/trevor%20hawk%20web.jpg