Hunting Photos

[aitchi130475]

Hi im new on here and was wondering if you had any hunting photos your particularly proud of and wouldnt mind sharing?

Once i manage to understand how to post photos i will post a couple myself :-)

[Lowachi]

How to post photos this will help w/your posting'

as to the other, there several photo threads running now.

And before the forum police wake up, one of the rules here is to sign your posts. Check your User CP and you can set up an automatic signature.. There's a few others in Forum rules.

Welcome to the party!

[aitchi130475]

Thanks Lowachi im uploading some photos now ;-)

[aitchi130475]

My P/R Male German Goshawk On Rabbit[IMG][/IMG]

[aitchi130475]

Got there in the end :-)

[aitchi130475]

some more of my birds.[IMG][/IMG]

[aitchi130475]

My 2012 Imprint Female Goshawk On Cock Pheasant



On Hare

[HGlider]

My 2012 Imprint Female Goshawk On Cock Pheasant



On Hare

In the US we aren't aloowed to use smart missiles that home in to the head while hawking. Is that a CO2 bottle opener / game dispatcher? I always wonder about trying that

[kitana]

In the US we aren't aloowed to use smart missiles that home in to the head while hawking. Is that a CO2 bottle opener / game dispatcher? I always wonder about trying that

It appears to be some sort of spike to dispatch the prey. Sadly, it is firmly set in the sinuses, far from the brain. The brain is in the middle of an "x" going from right ear to left eye, and left ear to right eye. Or it could be hit by entering behind an eye toward the opposite ear... But not that way.

[aitchi130475]

My Male Redtail On Squirrel



On Rabbit

[aitchi130475]

My Redtail on squirrel

[Joan Marie]

Great pics, beautiful birds! Thanks for sharing!!!

[aitchi130475]

Great pics, beautiful birds! Thanks for sharing!!!

Always a pleasure to share photos with other falconers around the world

[aitchi130475]

My P/R Female German Goshawk

[aitchi130475]

some more

[Betelgeuse]

Wow, that's one hell of an introduction. Welcome to NAFEX!

[aitchi130475]

Wow, that's one hell of an introduction. Welcome to NAFEX!

Thankyou betelgeuse, its nice to be here.

[aitchi130475]

My Redtail On A Coot

[kitana]

Welcome on here Andy and thanks for giving us an opportunity to show off! lol

My Male Harris on a Snowshoe Hare:


The same Harris on a Ruffed grouse:


And my female American kestrel on her second catch, a Common grackle:

[aitchi130475]

Welcome on here Andy and thanks for giving us an opportunity to show off! lol

My Male Harris on a Snowshoe Hare:


The same Harris on a Ruffed grouse:


And my female American kestrel on her second catch, a Common grackle:

Fantastic photos kitana !

Was starting to get worried, if anybody was hunting there hawks

[aitchi130475]

kitana is the common grackle related to the corvid family dont have those here in the UK similar shaped bill to our Jackdaws

[Betelgeuse]

Lovely pic of your kestrel and grackle, Audrey.

Andy, your RT on a coot made me smile.

[kitana]

Thanks Katy, she caught many more and large males at that, but this one is special as it was her very first, and her second catch.

Andy, the Common grackle is not related to crows, it belongs to the Icteridae family, with the Orioles, American blackbirds, cowbirds, and many others. Ths one is a young female, but you should look up for pictures of mature males, they are splendid birds.

[aitchi130475]

Thanks Katy, she caught many more and large males at that, but this one is special as it was her very first, and her second catch.

Andy, the Common grackle is not related to crows, it belongs to the Icteridae family, with the Orioles, American blackbirds, cowbirds, and many others. Ths one is a young female, but you should look up for pictures of mature males, they are splendid birds.

Thanks will do kitana

[christopher.vly]

Great pictures Andy! Im interested in your spike. Could you post a picture of it?

Cheers!

[Billy Blackwolf]

This Wani (Wa-nee) my new Passage Female Red-tail Hawk for the hunt of 2012 to 2013. She trapped at 52oz. and is a great Red-tail to hunt with. Date when trapped 9/17/2012

[sharptail]

Andy, thanks for the great photoed introduction. I couldn't help but notice that your Goshawk has red eyes. I thought this was a trait mainly limited to the North American version. How common are red eyes in German Goshawks?

Oh... we hunt. You won't need to look very far for all the gore that you want.

[aitchi130475]

My Redtails First Partridge

[poleyc]

Snowshoe #1



Snowshoe #2

[aitchi130475]

Snowshoe #1



Snowshoe #2

Thanks poleyc, very nice redtail

[bobpayne]

thought to bump this thread, steady rain is keeping out of the field this morning.

[prairie ghost]

Nice One Bob, tell me a little about the flight on the goose.

[Lowachi]

nice going Chad!!! and a fine lookin' 'tail too!

[christopher.vly]

Way to go Bob!!! How was the flight?

[bobpayne]

Way to go Bob!!! How was the flight?

She wasn't as high as I would have liked, she was upwind, I was prepared to let her run out farther in hopes for more altitude.
The next time I looked her direction, she was in a shallow crosswind stoop. Figured I had bumped something, but saw nothing in front of me. About that time I watched as the goose cleared a hedgerow and she went vertical. She came in behind and bound to it, upending it and then disappearing behind the cover. Prints in the snow showed it took a while to get control of it.