Hey wolf try just cutting a slit in a whole tennis ball. Then another hole in the top to put a line. That slit closes up nicely and when you press on the sides it opens up. You can clamp a quail let in place with it. No ties or anything just a quick sqeeze and it opens.
I'm going to do some experimenting with water resistant cloth for lures. Really got tired of picking up a sodden lure from the snow weighing about 5lb. Leather can be treated, but not sure how greasy I want a lure.
I believe color is for the benefit of the falconer, for the most part. Find some bright orange water resistant cordura, cut out and sew up on my wife's sewing machine. Grommet, swivel, para-cord ties. Make up a pattern so when cloth gets too raggedy, toss it and make a new one.
Pass up the temptation to make it look "rabbit Like" or "prey like". I feel that as soon as the bird associates the lure absolutely with food, shape is mostly irrelevant. Lead weight sliding on lure line to prevent carrying.
A wise falconer I know told me the lure should lay flat and not wobble. Helps a bit with mantling if the bird isn't standing on a tippy lure.
Anyone have thoughts on this? They would be welcome. Got to get a hawk next fall...
do you think i could use my old fox tail in a lure?
"Falconry is not a hobby or an amusement; it is a rage. You eat and drink it, sleep it and think it. You tremble to write of it, even in recollection. It is as King James the First remarked, an extreme stirrer up of passions." --- T.H. White
The lure doesn't have to be realistic although some people like them that way. Just something the hawk recognizes as a full meal. But I'm sure you knew that by now. ;D
"Falconry is not a hobby or an amusement; it is a rage. You eat and drink it, sleep it and think it. You tremble to write of it, even in recollection. It is as King James the First remarked, an extreme stirrer up of passions." --- T.H. White