[yorkiemini]

Very interesting!!
Like Yorkiemom1 says, I would like to totally deter the aaa track, but that being said this seems to have some merits. After Cali was attack I made her a vest from the left over fabric from one of my son's bulletproof vests that had been damaged (he is in the military - all damaged vests are supposed to be returned to the manufacturer).

The fabric is not light weight and it went through several needles in my sewing machine - but is still don't trust it. If the hawk could have gotten ANY little grip on her she would not be here. That little grip is my fear because if he had gotten airborn he could have dropped her and that would have been deadly as well.

This, however, looks much lighter than my creation and I may get one just to compare. Bottom line- unfortunately she no longer gets to go out and play in her suburban yard without me and my rake-of-death!

IMPORTANT REMINDER if you ever have an encounter with a hawk and the hawk gets killed, bury it to China with as few witnesses as possible and keep your mouth shut. The fine is $10,000 to $12,000 with some jail time added, and the legal fees to fight it can be (in my case) around $5000 - you are dealing with federal court.