Mr. & Mrs. Migisi, if you guys are gunna be around this weekend, do you want some help at the center? I finally don't have a paper or anything huge to do for school this weekend. If you do, just let me know.
Id be careful you don't end up paying tax / Customs duty. That's the only issue i have with buying stuff from abroad. I looked at that scale with my sponsor and that's the one i'm going to get
Most falconers I know use size 0. The 3/8ths are too large. A back talon may easily become caught in it if the anklet stretches and the grommet hangs low. And one would need to make a really big jess button so it wouldn't slip thru the 3/8ths grommet.
We prefer the oil-tanned, 1.5 to 2 ounce gauge kang for RTs. (You'll have to do the converting ounce to mm.) Beware... some hides are very poor quality, even tho they look good. Ran into this just recently. No matter where you buy from, test it when you get it.... cut a small test sample, oil the test piece up well, cut a slit in it, and try to rip the slit. It if doesn't rip, soak it in water for five minutes (a bird bathes). If it rips, send the hide back and demand a refund.
Others use other leathers. Ask around at the meets... look and feel.
I punched some holes down the right-side strap, put some grommets in them, and use them to carry a few spare jesses, or my mews jesses while in the field. The game sits low enough in it that it's below the window. I've had several rabbits and several squirrels in there at the same time with no issues.
I also just added a buckle/strap that connects the two arm straps right across my upper chest. This keeps the rear section from "sagging" and keeps it higher on my back.
It seems you will be flying a redtail so the scale will work fine. If you fly a kestrel in the future you will need a triple beam because it is more precise. For the perch on the scale I cut a scrap 2 by 4 the length of the plate and secure astro turf on it with staples. Barge cement works good for securing it to the scale.
I was on a different forum and a few people said if you go straight to places like Pakistan you get the way better prices for the same equipment that you would get from a supplier here. His prices are awesome, just like people said. I have the price list if anyone wants it.
Don't trust this dude (agha bro international) !! The first order i made with him everything was molded and rusted!
Stupid me gave him a second change, I transfered him €350 but he said that he didn't got the money! started a bank investigation with my bank, the money was on his account! After sending about 50 email, a year later he said he recieved the money! But refuses to send this back. The products I didn't needed anymore because in that year I bought them somewhere else. Now 23-02-2014 he still don't want to send me back my money!
Dont work with him!
If anyone don't believe this I will send you all the emails !!!
Ok I just grabbed this post to ask a personal question on traveling with your bird. When hunting in a local area and I'm not driving very far I normally leave my leash on the bird, and of course for many various reasons. However as we know birds can sometime be a little jumpy and end up tangled. What is you point on traveling long distances like 100 to 1000 miles with a bird. Would you leave the leash on for easy extracting the bird along the way. Would you take the bird out of the box during the trip? Now myself I have taken the leash off, but I have also had a big problem at the end of the journey and almost at one point lost a very excited or disturbed bird that tried to knock the door open.
Post by Master Yarak on Oct 3, 2014 7:39:19 GMT -5
Austin, I've traveled many miles with a giant hood and hawk leashed inside. No problem. The rehab group I volunteered for had 14 non releasable raptors that they used for education. Those birds also traveled by giant hood and they too were leashed. Yarak
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away