It's actually all weight management. The are like a fighter, you want to get them at their fighting weight (hunting weight). When they are too heavy they are fat and lazy and would just assume sit there and watch a rabbit go by. You get them to light and they are weak, you get the same results. Get them to their hunting wieght and it's game on. It does take a little time to determine what their hunting weight is. Just a matter of 20-40 grams can make all the difference in the world in how they react to you. In the spring time before letting them go - you feed them as much as they can eat for a couple weeks. When they get fattend up like that they turn wild just like the day you caught them. You could walk in the mews and their hackels will go up and wings stretch right out. That's when you can tell they are ready to be cut loose. You could try and call them back to you but they wouldn't even give you a second look. The whole process is actually quite a learning experience.
Ditto!!! Guarentee after deer season I'll be researching this all I can. Thanks for a great thread...
