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Rage
05-14-2008, 03:15 PM
I havent ever posted pics or really spent much time on the forum so I thought that a few Pics might break the Ice for me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD030.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD035.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/maynardatfist.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD046.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MaynardoutofTree.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD064.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v611/AlmightyArboreals/Maynard/MAYNARD047.jpg

Truly my favorite RT in my falconry career. Ill be flying him one more season then releasing him. If i can beat last years head count with him ill be happy but that has a 74 head count and that is upstanding for a first year passage.
FredFogg
05-14-2008, 03:26 PM
Hey Chuck, nice looking bird and nice numbers! I wish we had those numbers of rabbits around here. I see you have some of the bullet jesses, how do you like them? I have a very old set that he first put out and didn't like them, but have since bought the new ones, but got them at the end of the season, so haven't tried them yet as I don't want to change my birds equipment now that he is in his molt.
wesleyc6
05-14-2008, 03:43 PM
Nice pics, bird and season!!clapp
Hawkingcolorado
05-14-2008, 04:06 PM
Hey Chuck,
This is a good forum.....how are the quail?! You getting excited about the Gos?-Tim
Rage
05-14-2008, 04:19 PM
Hey Chuck, nice looking bird and nice numbers! I wish we had those numbers of rabbits around here. I see you have some of the bullet jesses, how do you like them? I have a very old set that he first put out and didn't like them, but have since bought the new ones, but got them at the end of the season, so haven't tried them yet as I don't want to change my birds equipment now that he is in his molt.

Fred,
I use the bullet jesses durring the moult. My first RT had no jesses durring the moult and as wild as he got it was a real pain to get the bird back not to mention the mental trauma on the both of us. I dont use them while hunting, not to say that i havent in a pinch but with maynard i just got to the end of the season where i didnt use jesses at all. The bullet jesses i think are the best way to get your bird out durring or after the moult for maintainance.

Tim,
Quail are doing great! Right now i have a good 230 quail growing for that eyass gos that i cant stop thinking and dreaming about. Are you still up for climbing the tree for me should that situation come about? My surgery on my knee is schedualed for June 11 so that doesnt give me a big window to get the baby. I do have the weekend of the 7-8 in june off and i think that might hopefully be the magic moment.
Falcon Boy
05-14-2008, 04:23 PM
Hey Chuck. See you friday. Can't wait to put a dent on those CO bunnies with Goose, Maynard, and the [hopefully] goshawk!

Great pics too!

Here's another of Maynard

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v386/apprenticefalconry/day2003.jpg
John
05-14-2008, 04:48 PM
Hey, Chuck. Good to see you, and Maynard, on here. He really sounds like a great bird. Hope I can see him fly at the meet this year. Have fun looking for nests, you guys. I'll be looking forward to hearing some good news!
Hawkingcolorado
05-14-2008, 05:01 PM
Chuck,
I will do it, no problemo. You should set up a backup plan just in case, though...You don't want to miss your window of opportunity in case something comes up. My work situation is pretty predictable, but crazy things can come up that would make it difficult. I will keep those dates in my mind.-Tim
chris kimble
05-14-2008, 05:14 PM
Chuck, thanks for sharing. Love the truck! Been looking at an old 86' that a guy is selling for a few hundred bucks, but its nowhere near the shape yours is in. Those little nissans are the best hawking wagons IMO.
Rage
05-15-2008, 04:34 PM
Yeah, you cant go wrong with a nissan. great milage and you really cant get stuck anywhere.

Thanks for all the great words guys! Hopefully soon ill have vids of my eyass and when the season starts vids and pics with noah out cleaning out the rabbit population!
John
05-15-2008, 04:39 PM
You guys and all your dang rabbits! You're just torturing me, you know that, don't you?frus
Hawkingcolorado
05-15-2008, 04:43 PM
http://www.terrierman.com/jackrabbitslamarcolorado1894.JPGJack Rabbit hunt, Lamar Colorado, turn of the century....
John
05-15-2008, 04:44 PM
jaww
Hawkingcolorado
05-15-2008, 04:44 PM
:Dhttp://www.ddmrb.org.au/images/Rabbit%20plague2.jpg
John
05-15-2008, 04:45 PM
rockon That's great. It made me laugh out loud!
Hawkingcolorado
05-15-2008, 04:52 PM
http://www.falconphotos.com/catalog.php?item=909&catid=Small%20Mammals
Rage
05-15-2008, 05:15 PM
LOL thats almost the equvelent of what i felt like i caught last year. Its only going to get better as the forcast is saying they will be better this year than last year.
Hawkingcolorado
05-15-2008, 05:21 PM
Chuck,
I think we should each capture a breeding pair of rabbits just in case we need to re-populate the area..har har har!!! ( I'm probably jinxing us):eek:
Rage
05-15-2008, 05:26 PM
we will have to have an ark to keep our breeding stock in from all the blood of fallen rabbits

Hoppy Meal Anyone?
jfneumann57
05-15-2008, 06:02 PM
Must be nice to live out west.:(
MikeT307
05-16-2008, 08:10 AM
Must be nice to live out west.:(

Tell me about it. I saw 3 cotton tails while walking the dogs on Wednesday afternoon and I was like HOLY CRAP!!! It's the mother load! I haven't seen that many at one time all last year!
Chris L.
05-16-2008, 09:14 AM
Chuck,
great season for you. Good to have you posting on NAFEX.. Welcome
Rage
05-16-2008, 04:50 PM
3 rabbits? I see that in5 minutes here. Sure is nice to live out west
Saluqi
05-23-2008, 10:25 AM
Wow! Nice head count Chuck! How were you hunting your redtail? From a high perch, or off the fist? I used to try and fly redtails off the fist, the head counts weren't as high, but the flights were pretty cool.
wesleyc6
05-23-2008, 01:49 PM
We have bunnies here in the country, but you have to walk quite a bit of ground sometimes. The plus side is that the walking is really enjoyable in my neck of the woods. The jacks are in easy walking cover. The cottontails, not so easy. IN town, that is where the real bunny/jack population is at, but it is also 30 minutes at the least into town.

I would hawk myself to death in situations like those black and white pics! I would put in for my upgrade to Master so I could get another bird and would hawk a cast of female HH's until their feathers fell out.
Rage
05-24-2008, 01:02 AM
Maynard finally dropped his first tail feather today. Same day as my last bird and 2 days before my first bird. It really must be because of where my windows are and where the tree is and how much direct light he gets. I think for sure my next mew will either have a skylight or for sure a connected weathering area to the mews that he can just go out and fly into and get the sun and rain at his leasure.