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Nice work by that springer- matches well with the goshawk. They are great falconry dogs that are capable in a wide range of hunting scenarios. We dont see them used much in the US.

This lawsuit threatens the future of legal wild raptor take for falconry. Period. NAFA did a great job addressing that with the amicus curiae -the extent to which raptors held under a falconry permit...

Dialog can occur when people actually read/understand/address what another has said, rather than spewing every piece of minutia that occurs to them.

Thanks for sharing your mental diarrhea Geoff. I stand by what I said (that is, what I said....not what you misread and/or misconstrued).

And a criticism of the AFC in this section of the forum is...

I vehemently oppose the commercial use of wild-taken raptors. That agenda is a serious threat to the future of wild take in this country.

I dont care if people want to use captive bred raptors for...

You guys are from my second home. I spent 8 years at the Mag Lab. I miss the Gulf a lot, especially the tarpon. I used to see wintering merlins at the sod farm on the truck route headed towards...

Robert- An easy solution is to get on craigslist and buy an ipad mini. They are a nice screen size for the field and can be picked up cheaply if you get a used one.

Hi Joanie- good to “see” you here. I enjoyed speaking with you at the merlin meet this year....and the maple syrup....

So why is it that the starling fun starts in two weeks- is there a hunting...

I just found one whilst cleaning my garage. Pm me your address David, I will send it to you.

Is it a separate/new system or does it work with existing transmitters?

about $500

If you are short on spending money at present, I'd skip the omni. I have not found that to be nearly as useful as it used to be with 216. The small UHF yagis make it pretty easy to use in the cab of...

Hi Ryan,

I did not save the logs. Without making a novel out of it, both instances were where my barbary tangled with a nasty prairie falcon for a while and then decided to move a few miles. The...

I have chased my bird twice with it and I would say that the chance of losing a bird with the gps unit on are very slim. If you consider how strong uhf transmitters are now days anyway, the utility...

I've been playing with the "tour" feature in Google Earth as a means to share flights with others. This is a cell phone video of what I'm talking about.

https://vimeo.com/146156833

I get a nice...

Sorry Jill- typing on my phone somehow deleted a sentence at the end there. What I was trying to say is that the pocket link plugs into the car DC outlet so running out of battery on that part is not...

Hi Jill,

I have not run it to depletion yet, I will let you know what that duration is when I get there. So far, a total/cumulative flight time of ~3.5 hours on a single 1/3N battery shows...

Mine works. We tried it on my barbary tiercel (Flight 1 below) and a friend's peregrine (Flight 6) in thermals this weekend. The top speed number for the barbary is not correct, I think it maybe...

Gerry you win the prize for the most gear hung from a train.

Did the ordering for the GPS transmitter open in the EU before it did here in the states?

Ha ha- Robert, you cant lay a landmine like that last sentence and not follow up. Indeed!! Can you imagine what that does for a hack if the lifetime can extend to say a month? Imagine trapping the...

Hi Robert,

Is the antenna length the same as for a standard RT UHF?

Thanks,
Tanner

Alrighty then.

To Audry's original post - Audry if you find your kestrel hood shy, you can try putting a small piece of meat on the tip of your pinky finger. Put that through the beak opening of the hood so your...

In America, haggard merlins do ring quarry as part of their repertoire. Furthermore, as Ray points out- many catches are made in the air during ringing flights, either at a high pitch or on the way...

High Flying Gyrfalcons is by far the best. Bruce Haaks book is also good. The four week window is not about imprints. Good luck!