Post by moredtailboy on Mar 10, 2006 9:11:04 GMT -5
Guy i got to see both fly at the Missouri meet this past weekend. there was no one that didn't kill a Bunnie we flushed some were around 600 i saw the female fly but the male killed more and was alot more graceful but every one tells me to get a female but i want to get a male thanks for any info you can trow my way
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I personally want a female. No reasoning involved.. just do ... well actually there are a few reasons... 1) She's bigger, 2) i tend to bond closer to female anythings, dunno why, but so far the females in every species has tended to treat me different than the males... can't place it but oh well.... And all I can say is... If size doesn't matter too you, and the other things... and all that matters is the hunt, and you've seen that they can do roughly equal work, and you can't decide... go with your gut feeling on which sex you should go with, you'll generally be right.
If squirrels or Jacks are the goal I would go for a female. A female is more likely to hold a jack and less likely to be bitten badly by a squirrel than a male. After a male learns to handle squirrels, I think they do better than a female. They will just end up with more and worse bite than a female at the start. If you are going after cottontails then either would be fine. The males are a little more agile but the females will penetrate deeper into a bairer patch. That being said, my personal preference is the male birds.
Post by Falcon Boy on Mar 10, 2006 13:25:47 GMT -5
markt said:
If squirrels or Jacks are the goal I would go for a female. A female is more likely to hold a jack and less likely to be bitten badly by a squirrel than a male. After a male learns to handle squirrels, I think they do better than a female. They will just end up with more and worse bite than a female at the start. If you are going after cottontails then either would be fine. The males are a little more agile but the females will penetrate deeper into a bairer patch. That being said, my personal preference is the male birds.
i share your opinons
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Post by Falcon Boy on Mar 12, 2006 11:35:51 GMT -5
"You wont get quail with a RT, you'd be wasting your time." <<< Thats what im told, although im sure if you had a small enough RT [im talking 20oz] you could pull it off.
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i'm wondering which is better to catch cock pheasant and jackrappits people said the female but i have heard that the tiercil is fully capble if in tip top shape. what do u think i should get for the pheasant and the jackrappits in my area
Post by moredtailboy on Mar 14, 2006 16:07:06 GMT -5
Personaly i like males because at the missouri meet is saw 5 female and one tericel and he was the most accuate thank if any one wants to e mail me try tempers2hot@yahoo.com
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Depends on what you're going to hunt. I know you've got squirrels and you're close to rabbits. Don't see the need in getting a monster female unless you're going for the riverbottom fox squirrels around you. Sorry you didn't get to see my bird fly in the afternoon, she was dead on. She's an average size female with a killer drive. My biggest mistake early on was trying to make her fly at too high of a weight. Average size, be it male or female isn't a bad thing, that's where evolution put them, generally for a reason. Kurt
Forums like this are so cool because they allow those of us who are a bit lacking in experience to speculate as to which and whether and why. I can almost feel a few of the master falconers in our midst slowly smiling, because they know when all is done and the trap is on the ground, whatever sex of redtail gets caught will most likely come home with us.
When redtails are responding to traps, it might be easier to turn a perfectly fine bird loose and look for the opposite sex to show up. Dec. comes and having a bird in hand truly is better than two in the bush.
A falconer friend of mine told me never start trapping until cold weather sets in. That way the "dumb ones are weeded out". My sponsor once told me, and I feel it bears repeating, that the true mark of a falconer is to teach his/her charge all they can. "To impart excellence where there was none". I like that. It is fun to speculate which sex is better and which one will be acceptable for my needs. I must be honest and admit that if and when a redtail tangles up in my BC next fall, he/she will very likely be coming home with me. I will adjust my hunting to learn from a passage bird that has forgotten more about hunting than I know.
They are both capable of taking cottontails and jacks. The male is going to be more apt to shy away from a big jack in some cases where as the female will take that same jack without hesitating. They can both take pheasants once the pheasant is on the ground. The pheasant is going to out fly the RT, but, once the pheasant sets in, the RT can crash the brush and take them. That has been my experience with RT's on pheasant. I don't know any thing about squirrels, because here in California we have ground squirrles, but, we try to stay clear of the areas they are in because of the bites to the birds. I have caught a few squirrels in the past with a RT, but, not enough to know much about it.