hawk attack

Looks like its open season again. Had a hawk atack this morning.birds all over the place had 1 turn up after an hour. Another this afternoon 1 of my dogs found the last 1 trapped between fenceing..so all ok will be waiting with a prezy for it next time

sorry to hear that edgie, seems they are always there lurking ready to attack, it sickening having to put up with this sort of thing.

hope your ready for it tomorrow if it comes calling.

Bad stuff this hawk problem hope all this raptor alliance will make a .difference. If it gets passed don't think it will though

Raptor alliance waste of time Just do what you have to.

I thought this act which protected the bops etc was brought about by being a member of the EU, so if we are not in the EU, that means the law is worthless, and we can protect our pigeons.

nobodys going to help us ...best help yerself I am afraid

I always did anyway Darren, there worthless "laws" meant nothing to me where my birds are concerned.

how can you take the likes of Cameron, osbourne and now may seriously....make them do a proper days work, see what they are made of eh...

edgie wrote:

Raptor alliance waste of time  Just do what you have to.

The Raptor Alliance is NOT a waste of time.

I was talking to the Reddings yesterday on this very subject.  They are doing all they can in conjunction with ALL the homing unions to get things passed in LAW - to try and cut down the amount of hawks there will be.

If you want to support The Raptor Alliance - you can send donations to the RPRA at the Reddings, Cheltenham, Glos (marked donation to Raptor Alliance) and they will be very happy to put your money to good use.

However, Steve - I take your point - we ALL have to do what we can to get rid of these pesky varmints by any means at our disposal!

What the pro-hawk people do not seem to understand, is that raptors do NOT discriminate between scrags from the local factories and our top racing pigeon, sometimes worth HUNDREDS of pounds/Euros/Dollars.

It is all fair and good for the pro-hawk people to say that it is all about conservation - but what about conserving OUR racing pigeons, which in some cases mean as much to us as our children and they certainly would not suggest giving children to hawks.

Back to you guys.

A very peeed off
Phil
Not peed off at anyone on this forum - but at the situation!  Why can't the RSPB see our side of things.

Thanks for your comment phill but I will stand by what I said .and any donasions can be sent to me I will buy some more cartridges for my arsenal

Just rememberd I read on a r.s.p.b. site only recently that if the food supply is good you will find a pair of sparrow hawks every 1 and a half square miles .this is probably why they are a pest to the pigeon fancier.as they have eaten there larder almost to extinction.

edgie wrote:

Thanks for your comment phill but I will stand by what I said .and any donasions can be sent to me I will buy some more cartridges for my arsenal

What you say, is all good, but you can't be in all the places we have trouble with raptors all the time.  Maybe if you live out in the country, you have a chance at getting rid of a few - and REALLY good luck with that.

But a lot of pigeon fanciers, live in built-up areas, and I am sure Mr police-man badger would love you, for shooting your big gun at hawks up and down the street of England.

Sorry, Steve - your argument just doesn't stand up.  Maybe, if you could get the law changed, were we could all go around with rifles and shot guns killing raptors, then I will be one of the first to join you with my Holland & Holland.

Cheers for now
Phil
p.s. ONE L in Phil

There is more ways to get them than a gun phill look at falconers sites. And game keeper sites do what you have to ?.