Hunting with George...

[YELLOWDOGDAVE]

My falconer buddy has a juvenile female redtail that his grandson named George. Told him it's a girl - he said that's ok - George is a good name for her . lol.

I was lucky enough to go out rabbit hunting with them today. For anyone who has never been out hunting with a falcon - I would highy recommend it.

The sheer speed and determination of these creatures is just absolutely amazing. We ran quite a few rabbits today and she had quite a few flies. She actually got fur off two bunnies but just didn't have a good enough hold on to them. So unfortunately no kill shots today but did get some flight shots of her.

These were all taken with a Nikon D300 DSLR. Next time I need to take my smaller lens - the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8. The 200-400 was just too big for much of the action today.

Once again if you ever get a chance to go out with a falconer - definately go - you will be absolutely amazed. I can't wait to go out again and get a kill shot of her.

Here's George..
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Caught her in a blink...
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11)Flying to the glove...

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Last week while out hunting with her they found a dead buck - too bad, he was a nice one.

Well hope you enjoyed the pics as much as I did taking them. Next time hope to get her with her prey.
Take care
Dave

 

[Roscue2]

n/t

 

[silvernail]

Nice work as usual.

 

[Tom/Cocoa]

Beautiful shots as usual.. You are lucky to have such a opportunity to caputre such nice photos

 

[CROCK of COINS]

Well done ! ! !

Jerry

 

[Waterdog]

WOW... Dave those are some fantastic photos of George. I sure wish I had the opportunity to take shots like that. I really love those photos. Well done

 

[Sodbuster27]

Great photos. She's a beautiful hawk.

 

[MINELABMIKE]

very nice wildlife shots