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I'm not you're mate! toungeout mooon :D lol

Welcome to the forum Mark. Its nice and quite here, we dont have no trouble. ;)

Good to see you here Tim. (welc)

Lee.

I already uploaded some pics before you joined, Rob.

Here's the thread....

www.nafex.net//showthread.php?t=1928

Lee.

Oh no, we don't want riff-raff like this joining nafex! toungeout LOL

thumbsupp

Hi John.

I am also new here, and am another accipiter fan. I would love to see some pics of your gos. :D

Lee.

Thanks for all the welcomes from everybody. I love the forum, and will be checking in daily. I think thats me well and truly introduced now.

Regards...

Lee.

In the UK, magpies can rarely be found on open enough ground for longwings. Most magpie hunting is done with accipiters (male gos/female spar) from a vehicle, giving a short dashing flight. I know...

In UK magpies have been hunted for centuries because of the damage that they do to gamebirds, stealing eggs and chicks. The only reason that some people dont like hunting them with accipiters is...

I have also spent a lot of time last season with a young female Harris. My hawking buddy, Rob trained her last year and we would work her between the two of us. I used my springer spaniel and team of...

I've actually just ordered a PR male Finnish gos for next season. My hawking buddy is gonna be doing an imprint spar. Hopefully we will be doing drive by corvid hawking together, as well as bunnies...

Oh yeah... I forgot, their personalities...

Many people have gone down the 'McDermott' root with imprinting these birds and have regretted it. It seems to cause lots of mantling and aggression....

Why can you not hunt magpies? Are they protected? I dont think your maggies are the same as ours are they (Pica pica)?

The European sparrowhawk is a popular bird here in the UK. They are almost...

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/ROBIN20004.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/pest20control20006.jpg...

A few more for you...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/pest20control20005.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/magpie1220004.jpg

Here is my hawking buddy, Rob...

Tell me when you get bored!!
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/goodpic01-1.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/goodpic02.jpg...

The musket in most of these pics "Jeremy" was about 225g, I think.

Seeing as your all enjoying them, I will keep going.
Here is a little musket that I flew a couple of years ago...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/jeremy20004.jpg...

Glad your all enjoying the photos...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/img147.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/img137.jpg...

Well, its getting bloody late here so Im off to bed. Nice chatting to you all. The forum looks great... I will be back soon!

... One more pic before I go!...

The European Spar lies somewhere between the sharpie and coops. I must admit that I have never seen any of your native accipiters in the flesh. Both female spars that I have flown have been below...

LOL. England, Wales and Scotland used to be seperate coutries but are now united (they are all on the same island known as Britain.) Our country the United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland as well...

Thanks for the welcome.
Yeah Teal is the bird in most of those pics. Here she is as a baby...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/img136.jpg

Teal was my second spar, and the first...

A couple more...http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/slaughterday002.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p17/sparviter/dunnock014.jpg...

I think its a case of 'the grass is always greener'! I would love to fly a coopers or sharpie. I have loads of spar pics for ya'.......