Years ago, I saw a red tailed hawk either catch, or try to catch a poult. The hen flew after the hawk, and I have never seen a turkey fly that fast or that high. We don't have many eagles here, but do have an overabundance of hawks. Growing up on a farm that had a large flock of chickens, my grandfather had a rule............if it would catch a chicken, you killed it. Back before they became protected, we shot every hawk we saw.
