I feel like Apollo Creed just told me exactly what I needed to hear to become a champ.

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

11 күн бұрын

Hehe. Nice one!

Holy shit. What a huge knowledge drop. I'm memorizing this entire thing.

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

11 күн бұрын

Cheers! Check out the full set “ how to train a hh”

Beautiful bird. Really educative. Thank you

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 ай бұрын

Thankyou

A very welcome return, keep up the great work.

Back in the late 80's I had a male Harris Hawk for twelve years, a brilliant bird, hunted best at around 1lb 10 Oz, caught rabbits, pheasants, moorhens and a whole load of other prey. No hood , no telemetry, just bells. I had a large variety of land to work on and I flew it nearly everyday in the winter months in all kinds of weather conditions , I never lost it once. I got so used to flying it and I knew the hawk so well that I hardly ever needed to weigh it, and as I said I never lost it once. I also flew it in demonstrations with groups of young people (cub scouts etc) It was kept loose in a large aviary, rarely tethered to a bow perch. There were very few books in those days but the book that I used was 'Falconry and Hawking by Philip Glasier, a renowned bird of prey expert and esteemed falconer of the day. * Unlike today Harris Hawks were extremely rare in the UK in those days, I bought my bird for £750....the equivalent of £7,000 today!!

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

11 ай бұрын

Very similar ; same book but bird was a goshawk , same thing ; just bells and never lost it; ran more in those days tho !

@davidmclachlan6592

11 ай бұрын

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy .. thanks for quick reply. . As well as having my own bird I also I helped out part time at a falconry centre on a stately home for a few years so I got to see lots of birds of prey fly. As I remember back in the day (80' and 90's) most people started out with a common Buzzard , nice birds and easy to work with but they never caught much ! Then Harris Hawks and Redtails come along, only very patient and dedicated falconers were able to fly sparrowhawk's. Much enjoyed your videos, good information, 👍

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

11 ай бұрын

Thankyou

Have had my HH for about a month now and have followed your tips and the results have been amazing!

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful ; enjoy this season

beautiful video and your excellent advice that I fully share.

Love your enthusiasm & passion for birds of prey all your information is 1st class keep up the fantastic work looking forward to the next video about Harris hawks 👍🏻

It's amazing how quickly (it seems) that one can get a Harris' to a beginning hunt! My understanding (from about a hundred HH videos) is that they are well-suited to human companionship, generally, and work like a real 'team', as their evolution has set them...not a falcon, not a Goshawk, but a real hunting bird, that seems well-able to get all sorts of game. Thanks for this video, covering so many basics, in a logical progression!

Thanks for the advice, still reading books and watching your videos great help man. Thanks!

yep running a bit behind on my bird. Still working the hood, but then I've been going the same route as I did with both passage Redtails and my the Saker I had. Though yes I am finding they don't need the 100 meter call. Unfortunately a later bird, hatch end of June and winter set in a little early here in western Canada. Kind of went your route. Table perch in the basement during the day, Bow perch in the living room and fed on the perch till she would come and take from the glove then climb to the glove jump then fly. I failed on the hood straight out as you suggest but she is coming around on the late stage hooding. Lots of walks around the neighbor hood , meeting the neighbors and when it warms up well be out on the deck at out local coffee shop. Most feeding is being done from the lure and once the temps get back up around 0c's we'll hitting the trails for Snowshoe hare. Might be a bit hard for a starter but we'll get it. Always looking for more HH info as I've never owned one in the past and am noticing how different they are from other birds of prey. Been using your vids alot prior to getting one and they have helped a lot. Thanks for the info and keep those vids coming

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ! Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for this video! I've learned a great deal from it. I've been handling my harris for way long like you would a gos. I'll do better upcoming season. And I'll never say 'you don't need to hood a harris' ever again 😂

My sponsor also adovocates that Harris hawks do not need to be hooded, or buzzards in general. He hoods his falcons and eagles so its not that he doesn't know how. I never understood why but that's how I was trained

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

Жыл бұрын

I know I find it odd as all birds benefit from being able to hood; I think it may be because falcons hood easily whereas hh and gosses require more effort

hello, loved the video, any suggestions on where to find a mentor to learn how to care for such magnificent creatures, thank you in advance

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

9 ай бұрын

Wet difficult , finding a good one anyway! Maybe go onto the larger fb falconry groups and see if anyone fairly local to yourself who will let you tag along out hunting etc

GREAT!

Hi Dave Great video and lots of very useful information for a newbie as me 👌 Where do you order the 20 pound hood's ?? jj Denmark

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Try westweald falconry supies U.K. and then once all sorted you can always buy a more bespoke British made one

@hawk_wing.hunter36

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks , it's a great help for me . Love your channel's 😊

Could falcons or eagles or both be trained well to hunt high numbers of invasive snakes in parts of the world where invasive snakes are threatening eco systems? Which type of bird might be best say in Spain, to train for this?

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

7 ай бұрын

No not really . I think you’ll have to rely on summer breeding short toed eagles you have there

@trueblueexperiences-ibizaf6983

7 ай бұрын

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy here on Ibiza we are dealing with 2 types of invasive snakes. But we only have some booted eagles no short toed snake eagles here…

Hi what issue did you write the hood articles in? As I would like to take a look thanks

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Dean it’s issue 49 January 2022 world of falconry

What does the manning without food the first 5 days do? I'm used to a wild redtail and the goal is to get it to eat off the fist asap

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

Жыл бұрын

For a wild trapped bird id carry on as you do . For a captive bred bird even fully grown they so easily switch from parents to you as a food source if you take up the feeding role as soon as the parents stop and can end up vocal . A few days of eating alone food no one has given to them helps but importantly a few days in its new life and seeing the new things and then having confidence to eat on the perch there usually means there is no ‘battle ‘ when you ask it to feed on the glove and progress . Wouldn’t use that method for goshawks tho they’re too dim and too reactive

@jacobwardrip3470

Жыл бұрын

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy thank you!

@jacobwardrip3470

Жыл бұрын

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy p.s. love your videos! I get my first HH tomorrow!

Any advice for exercising my Harris in the dark? I’ve tried flying from the perch and doing jump ups but she won’t let me get away from her she just jumps straight back at the glove instantly. She’s really well behaved in the day light and when I take her hunting in the dark. But handling her to feed her at night at home she gets really grabby and bad mannered.

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Too much for a reply here but keep watching for future help videos and see if anything to help on my d Channel raptorxotics falconry or there is a Facebook page called lamping with hawks

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Hi have you got an email address please. I would like some suggestions on an 9 year old harris hawk. They are too long to mention them in the comment's. Thanks.

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Check out my other hh videos on the channel raptorxotics falconry see if they help at all

That was nice to see , I reflected on how I trained my Hawk, i enjoyed listening to the great advice, like you said , not for the dabblers who haven’t researched and are not fully prepared and have a plan, and already have telemetry. we have a couple of Harris hawks lose around us because someone has lost them which I find very frustrating, I cant see how you can lose a Harris hawk, although I do know how. no idea ,over weight, and unmanned , then expected to return. Great advice cheers for sharing.

@falconry.davesharpenatureboy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Freebird and hope Your season is going ok