Redtail trapping...

[Chenango Dave]

Got my capture authorization forms for my falconry liscense so

we got out earlier this week to try and trap a new redtail for hunting rabbits and squirrels this year. The weather couldn't have been any better. We had some time restraints, so we could only trap for a couple hours. We ended up catching one mature male and one yearling male which we released. I'm waiting to catch a nice heavy passage female for training. Hopefully nextime we'll get lucky.

Here's the setup..

The bait..

Comming in for the kill...

In the bownet.

Take care

Dave

[erussell]

That thing looks pissed!!!! You do know shotguns and 22's made falconing obsolete right

[burmjohn]

Neat let us know how the training goes.

[Elmo]

Good stuff!

[WNYBuckHunter]

Sweet. Great pics, and yes, it looks awful mad at you lol.

[Rev Ev]

Wow. I don't think I would go anywhere near that thing. But def keep us posted on the training with pics.

[otis2]

Awesome pics!

[Pygmy]

WAAAAAY cool... I love birds of prey and have never been involved in falconry, but I find it fascinating.. Keep us posted on your endeavors.

[NY Trophy Hunter]

That thing looks like it's going to peck your eyes out! You're a brave man.

[greybeard]

Those photos are great.. I love redtails !!!! I hope you keep posting photos....thanks for sharing them

[ny hunter]

Great pics please keep us posted when you catch the female.

[agross]

Dave, great pics as always. Have u ever trapped anything smaller than a red tail such as a goshowk or coopers hawk?

And u def have B---s of steel for grabbing a hold of that thing with those talons.

[SteveNY]

That is wicked cool, great pics too

[132 eight pointer]

Gorgeous pictures.That must be quite an experience.

[Chenango Dave]

Thanks guys.

agross, I've have had a Goss hawk hit the pigeon, but didn't actually catch it. I've had lots of Coopers and Sharpshins come in and buzz the pigeon but never really hit. I think they are intimidated by the size. I bet if we used a starling as bait they would probably hit it. Going aout again in the morning - supposed to have some good winds - hopefully they will be flying good. I'll post some pics if I get my female..

[Karpteach]

What great pictures. Thank you so much for sharing. When I bred/trained GS Pointers worked with a guy to train a pup for falconry. It was very very cool.

[Guides ForHire]

wow.

hats off to you, there is so much involved in falconry even on the training and paperwork level that if hunters had to go through that there would be 10 in NY total...none in VT.

the British School of Falconry is right up the road from me and I love to watch them when they are out there, its simply far FAR to big of a commitment for me to get beyond the " Wow, cool, I'd love that" stage. And that from me, who builds flintlocks from scratch, 2,000 hours or more in a finished gun, Falconry is so massively involved, weighing the birds, the housing of them, it makes catching the easy part! LOL>

http://www.dec.ny.gov/permits/28632.html