alright i aint been posting any reports recentlt, i had misplaced my camera for passed month. anyway, the weekend started bad, with a field meet i was looking forward too since summer cancelled due to weather. couldnt get out on friday(booked day off work because of meet) and didnt get out yesterday. the wind was just terrible. anyway, today wasnt much better, but the bird had been flown in a few days, so i braved it anyway. got to farm at about 11. walked first field and spotted a few holes with fresh scrapings. because of thew weather i was only gonna go for the one kill, so decided ill put the ferrets down later on if needs be. end of the field i went down a small lane to spot about 10 pheasents or so running through a gate into a field at the bottom. got into the field and the pheasents all ran, none flew, they were running alongside teh ditch, and i thought this could be rolfs chance of his first pheasent. i managed to get ahead of a bird at the ditch. as it started to retreat back down, rolf was off, as he was going in for it( took him ages cos of wind lol) it was tryign to get through the sheep fenching, bouching off it and contiinuning to run down. then he striked and missed it, only for it to pump up in the air and over the hedge. how he missed it i will never know! easyest pheasent ever lol. anyway, after this all the birds were in cover, and i didnt really wanna risk reflushign them and rolf being blown down the glen with them. so crossed a small stream and walked a field. managed a silly slip at rabbit, into the wind, he had no hope lol. then seen 2 hen birds running into the wind bush. there was a tree above, but again, i didnt wanna risk it. so i held hiom on the fist, and nudge the bush, a pheasent tried to crawl through, rolf missed it again! it got up, but not virtually this time, as it rose, rolf managed to swoop up and strike it, only for a buch of feathers to fly out of it! it headed for a field that was full of small trees, with rolf following him. it soon left him in the smoke, and he tried making his way back to way, on his way back he must had seen something in the small trees, as he stooped down on it. i knew id have to cross the stream again, turned out this part of the stream was alot depper, and i got soaked to my thighs. anyway got into the field, and ran through the trees to try and find him, no sign. then after a few minutes hi heard teh bells, he was making his way up wind to me. got him back and decided to head back the first feild to start the ferreting, and quit before i loose him. got to the field, first set was empty. next set ferret was in, i stood in position, and a rbabit bolted behind me, new hole this season that wasnt there last year, so rolf chased it, it was running down far side of fenchline, rolf was gaaining, and it turned into the fnech, i thought it had went into hole, but it just ran through to other side of fench, rolf went over and caught it just at a hole, i was well impressed with the flight, especially in the wind. i fed him up on this, and headed on home. on the way home it started to bucket down, glad i ended it when i did lol.
the one that got away
the catch
the one that got away
the catch