TrakPack

[alex2]

I'm going to invest in one. Does anyone have a cheaper dealer then northwoods?

Also, has anyone ever used one before? What did you think of it?

[SheHawka!]

you can get them strait from marshal, it might be cheaper.
missy

[alex2]

Actually Marshall is $1 more lol.

[Ryan]

What are they, when I did a search on Northwoods I couldn't get results?

[alex2]

A Trackpack is basically a backpack placed on your bird where you can mount a transmitter. You never have to take it off, and its nearly invisible because the bird preens it into its feathers.

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With the leg mount.. it can get in the way of those feet, With the tail mount, you run the risk of your bird getting caught in somthing and pulling out a deckfeather.

As far as I know, the only drawback to using the backpack, is its heavier, and reduces mobility.

However, the weight is distributed evenly to the back
and I dont see it being any diffrent then wearing anklets,jesses,chaps etc..

[falco]

It isnt a hinderance at all, i know a lot of ppl that use it on merlins with no ill effect at all. My dad has had one on his merlin since trapping and it ignored it after a day. You have to be able to put it on correctly which requires using medication in most cases. It has also been used on female sharpies and one female kestrel that i saw personally. Small female kestrels and also tiercel kestrels and sharpies have too narrow of a space in between their shoulders in flight for it to be used. Im going to use either a 1.8g or 2.3g leg mounted transmitter from holohil on my musket sharpie.www.holohil.com. They really work well from all the ppl i have talked with and in personal applications. They are saferly for large falcons because of the even distorbution of weight. A leg mounted 7g transmitter in the end of a stoop can be 40-50g because of g forces, when mounted on the back, it is just added to the birds weight. Wolf, did you check the shipping prices as well. I know northwoods has a shipping chart based on the $amount instead of weight(stupid). It might be cheaper from marshal with shipping.

[alex2]

If thats true, what about WesternSporting.com

Same price as northwoods. I'll have to call them to see if it'll be cheaper with shipping and handling.

[falco]

Yeah, im lucky and can drive 35 mins and pick it up! Check the shipping, all in all its only gonna save ya a buck or 2.

[Falcon Boy]

Wolf im going to be getting one of those as well, just need to figure out what bird im getting so i know weather to get a regular or micro ;-)

[alex2]

falco said:

Yeah, im lucky and can drive 35 mins and pick it up! Check the shipping, all in all its only gonna save ya a buck or 2.

Actually $3 lol.

I ordered mine from Western Sporting today.

51 somthing compared to 54.90 at Northwoods.

[Stormscall]

I looked at Western Sporting's website and the TrackPack is not listed anywhere. Did you just call or did you find it on the website?

[Falcon Boy]

Its on the site...
www.westernsporting.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1111&Product_Code=FE1040&Category_Code=FEA

[Falcon Boy]

Here is more pictures of the trackpack, i borrowed this picture from Eric Edwards' website, www.ericedw.com

[alex2]

[Falcon Boy]

Thats my trackpack! LoL. that picture shows the size of it, that is my index fingure. I thought it was much larger, but it is tiny!