Funny you should bring this up. Just this sunday i had a rabbit hunter from south of here trying to lead me to some swamp rabbit holes. He showed me his dog, a Feist, and was bragging about how good a rabbit dog it was. Just about then Buzz sliced and hit the dog from the nape of its neck to the tip of it's snout! The dog didn't sniff out one single rabbit that morning. The owner said that he just couldn't understand why. Zach and i were laughing saying that the dogs nose was full of hawk chalk!
As much as it pains me to cause thread drift... My RT teircel Deuce was very readable when he was about to fling one. In-laws were over one day last winter. Deuce roused and started to lean forward on my glove. I reached out my hand to my 10 yr old nephew and asked him to "pull my finger". Well, he knew what THAT meant and was happy to oblige. The bird sliced straight out to the only spot no one was standing. The look on that boy's face and everyone standing there was beyond priceless. I quietly repeated what I'd told him earlier. "Never stand behind the hawk". My father-in-law had just taken a hearty mouthful of beer. Blew it out of his nose. (That had to sting) Nobody could stop laughing for half an hour. They still talk about my "trained hawk".
Slicing stories there are many some better than others yet some are funnier seen than told but i will tell this one . I was to go hunting ine mornng but Marry "s weight was to high so I took the time to work on transporting her. I stopped at a friends house he invited me in and said to bring in the bird. I worned him of the slicing problem, He says No problem I 'll just put out an old sheet that the dog sleeps on and she can sit on a chair. So there we sit haviing coffee I told him the sheet wasn't going to be big enough but he asured me that it would more than cover enough flooring.Ya he told me. well there are still marks on his hardwood floor from where the sheet didn't cover in fact I think we missed the sheet altogether.
My wife didn't pay as close attention the the whole leaning thing at first and the only warning she would get was me yelling "POOP!!!"......I have hawk chalk on the sterio, speakers, carpet, picture frames, top of the giant hood, boots, scale, window....I give up....... Chris, what's funny about what you said is thatmy wife did a similar thing several times now....Her bird will get ready to slice and I'll say "lower the bird or it will miss the sheet". "No it won't".......missed the sheet entirely.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines "Give a man a fish, and you'll feed him for a day; give him a religion................ and he'll starve to death while praying for a fish."
I see FB drifted on this one, so I'll share a slice story. Shortly after getting my bird I had her in the house manning when my sister came over with her kids. My nephew who is five was standing... unnoticed by me behind my bird with that open mouth little kid in awe kind of a thing. Needless to say of that kid ever tells me something tastes like sh*t I'll believe him. Rich
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All right hand glove wearers come and mann your Hawks over here in the UK....... When manning your new Hawk to traffic,what I call roadwork,I always walk with my left hand toward the hedge...I,d rather a Hawk bate toward a hedge than toward a vehicle. The problem is,over here we drive on the proper side of the road ;D and the traffic always comes from behind... It does make for a steady Hawk though..
Theres no hard and fast rules to right handed gloves.I think that as 85-95 per cent of us are right handed,it naturally has evolved that a left handed glove is used,keeping your best hand free.Aswell as tying and untying Knots......a lot of the time in the dark......you,ll need the open gates,unlock vehicles,dispatch quarry,light cigarettes,find equipment in your bag,and undo your flies when needed.....Try doing this with the wrong hand wearing jeans with button up flies,when youre desperate If youre naturally born a leftie..get a quality right handed glove..Theyre a bit more expensive than a left,but so are left handed golf clubs,guitars etc... One thing I,ll also say is........I saw a film in a Club Meet a few years back where they were hunting Passage Gosses in Northern China,I think,and they ALL wore right handed gloves.... If youre still unsure .....try a glove on both hands ;D ;D Cheers....Allan.WHC.UK.