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I am ready and so is the team.
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Hi Jase nice to have another fellow Brit on here. It gets lonely out here in the former colonies. Need a few more on here who know what a decent pint is!;)

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She likes to play with the water
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After a week of vacation I am trying to get back on track with the tame hack. work has got in the way a lot but managing to organize things a bit more and Iam getting Snafu out.She is flying more and...

Yes she even sleeps with the dogs at this stage of the hack. You are also correct that those are the Sandia Mountains in the background. I should also mention the road next where I am hacking is...

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Hanging with her hack buddies...

A few pics from the last week, she is coming along well and should be flying soon.
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I dont have a good answer myself my last prairie was a rehab passage that ended up flying at 776g by the end of the season but started at 700g. This one is a eyas so going to be a little different as...

Oh she is currently 833g, thought I had better mention that as someone will ask for sure.toungeout

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She is starting to tear food for the first time today, with any competence at least....

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Update time, snafu is doing great growing rapidly all the usual eyas stuff yada yada.;)
So here are some pics which is what you want anyway....

Thats the plan hopefully it will all come together without any disasters along the way.

Going to be boring baby stuff for a while doubt I will get any real hunting until September. Just socializing with the dogs and tame hack when shes ready.

Well to make it real here are some pics of my new baby. She came from an eyrie outside of Farmington NM, Paul Domski kindly pulled her for me as he as more experience on the rope and I am a...

I bought the beer doesnt that count for something?

I just pulled a 10 day old eyas female prairie will be fun watching her grow.

Welcome to Nafex I look forward to hearing about your falconry in South Africa.

All the best

Always nice to have another Brit on here I feel lonely sometimes on here.:D

All the best

I am a big fan of my bird being well manned to anything that might distract from hunting in the field and anything that might stress it at home or on the way to the field. Having said that I use the...

Good job you are not in the UK then, your description would sadly fit many in Britain entering falconry these days. We are very lucky to have the apprentice system here in the USA to filter out the...

Careful now, let one Irish falconer on the forum and before you know it half of Irelands falconers will be on here all the time!
Welcome Ross kidding aside it is a mellower experience here than on...

Some very deep thinking as to the nature of our birds and what they are to us and to themselves. My current falcon has been very interesting to watch develop and at ten years old I still see his...

Wow Ken, I wasnt fishing for a hood with the compliments on the hood but thankyou I look forward to it very much.
Just a few more weeks hawking for me now then time to start all the ignored projects...

I am not a fan of the decorated hood usually but that one I would find appropriate for Cog:D