Quest for a New RT Hunting Partner

Much thanks to my place of employment for granting me 2 glorious weeks off during what I hope is the peak of Red Tail migration.  I want to add a Red Tail to my hunting team.  I really need a big, aggressive hawk (female) to go after squirrels.  Wyvern liked chasing them last year, but I need to discourage that to preserve her toes.

It has been unusually warm this year, and the migration (as monitored through Hawk Count through Duluth) has been fairly slow, for Red Tailed Hawks.  It is forecast to be clear, dry, and more specifically, colder for the next week.  I will be "hawk stalking" the roads some, and "hawk fishing" on a hillside I have permission on.

I feel like keeping track of my efforts.

Date	Trapping Mode	Weight	Comment	Fate
10/8	Bow Netting	900 g	1st bird of season	Male - Released
10/8	Road Trapping/BC	1280 g	Only female so far	My apprentice’s bird!
10/17	Road Trapping/BC	992 g	Large crop!	Male - Released
10/18	Bow Netting	1009 g		Male - Released
10/18	Bow Netting	1042 g		Male - Released
10/18	Bow Netting	1020 g		Male - Released
10/19	Bow Netting	815 g	Tiny but Fierce	Male - Released
10/20	Road Trapping/BC	1081 g		Male - Released
10/20	Bow Netting	1043 g		Male - Released
				Where the heck are the
				FEMALES????
10/21 to 10/23			A lot of driving around and sitting in a blind, but no Action!
10/24	Road Trapping/BC	1420 g	OMG!!	Female – My New Partner

I'll update this, until I catch "the One".  Hopefully she is out there, and I won't spend all of my 2 weeks off trying to locate her.  I really have a lot of other things I could do around my home with some of the extra time (clean the garage . . . pull weeds and get gardens ready for winter . . . clean my hawk shack . . . get Flint flying (he is close) . . . . continue to shave weight off Wyvern).