What a week....

[Allan]

Last Sunday I went to a new wood checking for Squirrel.I,d literally only been in there a couple of minutes when she slipped and went on and went and went........Here we go again I thought as shes now a speck going deeper into the wood.I eventually got to the last place I saw her heading,out of breath......
An hour later I eventually found her......two legs burried deep into a Rabbit earth holding onto a good sized Buck..I really need to think about Telemetry I thought to myself...Getting a bit fed up with the stress now....
That was Sundays escapade.Caught 2 Squirrels on Wednesday......no bites.....good fun.I,ve posted some Pics to Falcon Boy and they should be up soon.
Friday,as it was starting to get dark she took a Squirrel in the top of a tree and decided to stay there...I got her back after a half hour the following morning.Got to think about Telemetry I thought again,but as usual the thought lasted until about 10 seconds after I found her....
Sunday morning was my first day out with my new Apprentice..........You guessed it.!The Hawk sailed into the distance after something that she could see,but we couldnt.......I gave up calling and luring after an hour.I got her back from a not very happy Lady who contacted the Police to tell them a Hunting Hawk was in her field eating one of her Chickens.I,ve popped her over 10 quid compensation for the chicken and a bottle of wine to apologise........I should have checked out the wood better.....I didnt even know there was a house there,as you cant see it off the road........
The telemetry sytem is being delivered on Thursday

[Weasel]

hehehehe, I said the same thing yesterday as my bird was taking 100 yard flights at a time into the woods and all I could do was to run like heck for awhile and then stop and listen......several times I said"damn....should of put the transmitter on her..... "

[ColdZeroUK]

i was lucky my harris never showed any interest in chickens, as they were free ranging 30 yards from our field.

Just wondering, but aren't woods owned by anyone? In the uk the 'national trust' seems to own them all, and have banned hunting.

[alex2]

In the states ( california ) if there arnt any fence's nor signs that condem it... legally you can hunt there. Also, we have specific public property area's that you may hunt from.

So to answer your question... Yes and No.
" Just wondering, but aren't woods owned by anyone?"
Yes if its clearly stated as private property.
No if its not

[Allan]

Hi Jimbo....nice to see a British fella on here aswell.....
I like this site
Firstly....keep an eye out for your Hawk around Chickens....I thought mine was okay with them until her second season.She had another one yesterday
I traded her off and the chicken went merrily back.....minus one eye.
As far as woods are concerned down here in Monmouthshire;we are a rural farming area where 90 per cent are owned by Farmers and permission to hunt Squirrels is guaranteed.The other 10 per cent is owned by Forest Enterprise who plant up the saplngs about every 20 years after falling the timber.....Needlss to say...Ive never even asked permission to Squirrel hunt in them as they are the main vermin problem to the young whips and I generally get the thumbs up from any Forestry workers.......Although I had my license plate number taken once because one thought I might be in there stealing timber..... ;D