Showing posts with label Horseback Falconry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Horseback Falconry. Show all posts

Monday, 24 August 2015

A Fresh Start and a discount

Well after a long 6 months I've got a more or less all clear on my Lymphoma,Huge thank you to the clients who have bee3n understanding when I had to cancell the odd day due to being wiped out by the radiotherapy treatment, (and Bah Humbug is all I can say to the two that were less than understanding).
I'm mow back up to full function and playing catch up as well as starting to prepare hawks for the up and coming hunting season, we have two very exciting hybrid falcons joining our crow hawking team, and Barney and Harley are getting fit for Magpies, Monty the young GSP is coming on in leaps and bounds (Literally ) and will be aiding the two small falcons when the snipe come in.
We're also breaking in a new Landie as our previous much loved one was an insurance write off after being driven into by a suicidal ford KA, and two new falconry ponies, both ex race horses as there is starting to be more interest in our unique falconry from horses day.
Any how to celebrate my good health we are running a 20% discount on all vouchers purchased before the end of the month for people who follow my Blog , our face book page or follow @dartmoorhawker on twitter, just enter code lymph on booking

Thursday, 6 November 2014

The Mad Racehorse

William Percival, The mad racehorse only really arrived by mistake, we'd heard about an ex racehorse looking for a home and went to have a look at him for a friend, I jumped on board to give him a spin and thought wow,now if this would take a falcon what a great horse he would be........
Despite being told by a self proclaimed expert that an ex racehorse would never be suitable for a falconry horse (news to me, my first falconry horse,Toffee was an ex racer) he ended up coming home with me



 First thing we did on arrival was cautiously approach him with Agravane, My old harris who's made all my falconry horses.He didnt bat an eyelid so we tried a noisy imprint falcon,Barny.
He wiffled him and went back to his haynet.


 Thinking he might just make it we took him outside and introduced Artemis.....he was more interested in the fact his nose tickled than there was a large eagle flapping its wings next to him'

                        

So I jumped on Board    
                            

A Falconry horse that takes too much making is never going to be reliable enough, but I've never met one that took to it with as little effort as this, he's now done dmos, I've hunted with Falcons and Artemis from him, he's great with the dogs and is an allround lovely chap...what a find