Thread: falcon having a go

We had one turn up and smoke all the pigeons at one of our calf sheds a few years back, one pigeon escaped and flew into the workshop, falcon went screaming in there after it, through the open roller door, smashed it out of the air and in the same movement hung a sharp left and came hooning out the small man door on the side of the workshop. Then landed and hopped back into the workshop on foot and collected its stunned prize which was still flapping around on the ground. Some pretty impressive flying!

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

We had one turn up and smoke all the pigeons at one of our calf sheds a few years back, one pigeon escaped and flew into the workshop, falcon went screaming in there after it, through the open roller door, smashed it out of the air and in the same movement hung a sharp left and came hooning out the small man door on the side of the workshop. Then landed and hopped back into the workshop on foot and collected its stunned prize which was still flapping around on the ground. Some pretty impressive flying!

I had the pleasure of hunting with Hawks back in the old country. Mostly for Rabbit and duck. The flying skills just leave you awestruck.
Body weight of the Hawk/Falcon is the of the utmost importance if hunting. A couple of grams over weight and they will just sit in a tree .
Ultimate for me was flying a Russian Steppe Eagle