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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 7826757" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>Initially, I rented 600 acres of neighbouring land that was being planted up for forestry and tried to run it as a commercial shoot, but that didn't really work for me so i gave it up. The owners invited me back to do deer control, with no money changing hands, but I refused and offered them an alternative. I offered to control the deer and manage the game in return for the privilege of flying a hawk, running a dog, and catching perhaps 20 birds/season with the hawk. The owners would have several family days each year with plenty of birds as I would ensure that.</p><p></p><p>That worked well until the land was sold several seasons later and my interests had changed anyway. I had some fantastic flights and indelible memories. I flew a peregrine at introduced grey partridges for a few season until the trees got too big, then a goshawk which was more suited to the ground. One flight at a hen pheasant with the gos was 1,400 metres measured off the plan. Another flight as a partridge with the goshawk had a wild peregrine join in the flight. The partridge escaped! I don't think I ever caught the annual limit but it was huge fun trying! I had a lot of fun trying to catch woodcock over a pointer but the hawk only managed to catch one in three years! I'd catch a pheasant perhaps once in three outings. Frankly, that rather spoilt me for shooting as it always seems such a waste when one falls to a shot and I think of the sport it could have given -- and still escaped! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 7826757, member: 4505"] Initially, I rented 600 acres of neighbouring land that was being planted up for forestry and tried to run it as a commercial shoot, but that didn't really work for me so i gave it up. The owners invited me back to do deer control, with no money changing hands, but I refused and offered them an alternative. I offered to control the deer and manage the game in return for the privilege of flying a hawk, running a dog, and catching perhaps 20 birds/season with the hawk. The owners would have several family days each year with plenty of birds as I would ensure that. That worked well until the land was sold several seasons later and my interests had changed anyway. I had some fantastic flights and indelible memories. I flew a peregrine at introduced grey partridges for a few season until the trees got too big, then a goshawk which was more suited to the ground. One flight at a hen pheasant with the gos was 1,400 metres measured off the plan. Another flight as a partridge with the goshawk had a wild peregrine join in the flight. The partridge escaped! I don't think I ever caught the annual limit but it was huge fun trying! I had a lot of fun trying to catch woodcock over a pointer but the hawk only managed to catch one in three years! I'd catch a pheasant perhaps once in three outings. Frankly, that rather spoilt me for shooting as it always seems such a waste when one falls to a shot and I think of the sport it could have given -- and still escaped! :) [/QUOTE]
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