Another day...

So on Monday 2/26, Brandi and I set out for another day of hawking. Katana was a little low: 926 grams, but I figured I would fly her any way. We decided to try to cast Katana and Harley again, as Katana's hunting had improved. It started out well, they both flew to different perches and we paying attention to us. That was short lived. If Katana flew to a new perch, Harley would come and knock her off, and vice versa. We had to break them up severl times. When they were up together, we only had one rabbit flight. Katana had a rabbit run directly under the tower she was on and she folded up and dropped straight down. Unfortunatly, she hit her wing on the tower, causing her to miss. After a couple more crabbing incidents, we separated the two and put Katana in the car.
We continued to fly Harley, giving her a few good slips with excellent chases. She got a hold of one rabbit by the back leg,but could not hold on to it and it got away. After working one side of the field we put her up and brought Katana back out.
Bringing Katana out, it was now apparant that her flight was too low. She took very low perches at first, and then decided to perch on the ground. She followed well, hopping along the ground, and her fist response was great: coming to the fist when called for a tidbit. She did perch in a tree twice, and gave two rabbit chases. Her flights were not as strong as I am used to, so I called her to the lure and ended the hunt.
Even though no game was taken, it was a great day of hawking! We are going to start perching the 2 together again, and then try casting them once more.