Post by apprentice16 on Aug 12, 2005 22:51:50 GMT -5
Hey, I'm new here and just finished making a lure. I'm glad someone mentioned that it is more an eye appeal for us than for the bird... because after I put wings and a tail on it... I figured I was pretty much dooming all my chickens, lol.
I'll have to get pictures of it, its the first thing I've really made with leather.
-App16
One of these days I'll find the time to get a permit... until then, all of you better keep the pics and stories comming!
Post by apprentice16 on Aug 14, 2005 11:16:52 GMT -5
Thanks =) but is it good for an RT? I have heard that bunny lures work better, but I figured if I used this one the RT would be good at a variety of attack methods. -App16
One of these days I'll find the time to get a permit... until then, all of you better keep the pics and stories comming!
I'm not sure how well it will or will not work on a RT, but its a nice looking lure. The only problem I see is that you may have to replace the feathers every so often-they may break over some hard use.
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What I do is have the lure leather almost the same shape as yours, but, I tie pheasant wings on so that when they are damaged, its easy to replace them. I personally think that a rabbit lure for a RT should have the rabbit fur on it and be drug along the ground. This lure you made would be a nice falcon./ goshawk lure if it weren't so big
Post by apprentice16 on Aug 15, 2005 10:29:40 GMT -5
Well, I don't yet have a falconry bag... but once I make one, I will be sure it can accommodate whichever lure I end up using. I'd rather not be mulled by my hawk everytime it catches a glimpse of the lure, lol.
-App16 =)
One of these days I'll find the time to get a permit... until then, all of you better keep the pics and stories comming!
Post by apprentice16 on Aug 16, 2005 8:44:00 GMT -5
I talked to my sponsor, she said a good lure for an RT is only about 2" by 6"... somehow I don't know if that seems right. The leather part alone on mine is 8" by 6" and with feathers and all 17" by 14"
I figured the size off of a Broiler that was mulled by a jouvenile RT. The only feature I exagerated on with the lure was the tail, (cause I liked the pheasant tail, lol).
-App16
One of these days I'll find the time to get a permit... until then, all of you better keep the pics and stories comming!
Post by apprentice16 on Sept 23, 2005 8:04:14 GMT -5
I made a new lure, (my sponsor suggested I should) I'll post pics soon. She wanted it to be smaller, and more along the lines of the one she made. So I did just that... but maybe went a little over board. -App16
One of these days I'll find the time to get a permit... until then, all of you better keep the pics and stories comming!
I recently finished my lure for a RTH. The lure is pretty small (about 5" x 3") but should do the trick. I'm planning a making a slightly larger one to have as a back-up.
For stuffing (and to add a little weight) I put a small bag of sand inside and some polyester fiber fill (like you would use for a pillow). I put the sand in a plastic baggie, shaped it a bit to the dimensions of the lure, duct-taped the baggie, added the fiber fill around it in a second plactic bag, and duct-taped that as well before stitching up the lure. That combination seemed to work well in producing a lure that has just enough weight to swing it easily (and possibly help prevent carrying), yet is not so heavy that it will be unwieldy in the field.
I have two 5/16" grommets on either side with a rawhide shoe lace running through each pair of grommet holes for meat ties. I used cord locks (as suggested in "Falconry Equipment" by Kimsey and Hodge) on the ends of the laces for the meat ties. I also have a grommet near the top of the lure to which I have affixed a removable split ring and a clip. The lure line threads through the hole in the clip, but can esily be romoved if needed.
If I can borrow a digital camera, I'll try to post some photos of the lure.
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