This video explains the methods and purpose of training a bird of prey on a creance, in preparation for their first free flight. Two difference creance methods are shown and demonstrated.
Oh yeah, there's extremely useful info right here! This is what I call the core of Falconry! I never realized that the weight of the rope or the fact that its dragging on the ground makes a difference. I don't believe the hawks have their eyes fixed on the rope, however they do feel it underneath as they are in the air flying. So, that second method you showed of using a clip to attach a short rope to a longer rope makes obvious sense to use! And of course, I would want my future hawk to feel okay with me being outside for the first time.
JeremyThePlayer88 and of course the line I showed for the video was just for demonstration. Usually you do it much longer in actual training. And a 200 foot line dragged that distance really starts to cause substantial drag.
Thank you for this video, Ben! It's good to know the zipline method is used by falconers other than myself. The other benefit is eliminating the chance of the line getting caught up on anything, especially trees!
Bred a clutch of Harris hawks & a friend had a male of me. He brought it out a manned it while we were hunting with trained Harris hawks. This bird had jumped a leashes length a few times. We let him go one afternoon & he flew like a well trained Harris, he knew the score perfectly. The old Falconers used what was called a 'Make hawk' proved the point perfectly. The intelligence of the Harris helped.
Nice, and the audio was quite good on this one! Cyour idea of a kind of 'zip line' looks goodm and, if it is et up so that it slopes up to your wrist level (as it appears to do in one clip) , it offers the least resistance when the bird flies directly to you, whoch seems like a winning plan... btw, these seem like nice, 'bite-sized' training pieces, and i note, also, that you are always careful to meention sponsors, and possible 'different ideas'...
This upcoming hunting season I should have a cameraman with a stabilizing gimbal so we can get active field shots. The trick is to have a good camera operator so I can just do my thing and to be able to catch the action without having it be too graphic that some people get upset. Upcoming videos will have a lot of action hunting with goshawks!
Everyone has their own opinions, I learned lots of Falconry because Ben is clear and concise over his techniques! But there are other people who still don't understand why someone would want to train a bird of prey that's meant to be free in the wild. Technically, these birds will always be wild, they are trained to fly to the fist temporally, then they are free flighted the entire time they are hunting. Some people just frown upon the fact that they are controlled in such a way. The fact is, they aren't controlled at all, they are being coached in order to make the Falconer the first priority if the hawks can't catch anything. This is to create a stimulus that there's always food available so its a win-win situation so that the hawks have a better survival rate. In the wild, the hawks would just leave the area and fly to another place where prey is more abundant. It all varies, and the hawk has the ability to wait until something larger to catch arrives. With a Falconer, he/she can take that hawk to a place where prey is abundant. The hawk doesn't have to make that decision, but it can fly all over the place looking for prey and the Falconer just follows along with the hawk.
I see, thanks guys... but this is nonsense. This means then any video uploaded by Ben will have unlikes yes or yess, right?... again, nonsense. I thought this could have been someone didn't agree on the way this creance is used... or the system, which by the way i find smart. Cheers everyone. Keep safe
Hello again, Ben... Again, I've been fascinated by birds of prey and falconry for years, and I'm just now getting to a point in my life where I would like to actively pursue it. I'm in Southern California, and I'm currently looking for locations near me, I'm currently outside of Los Angeles, where I can get in contact with other falconers and gained some first-hand education and experience, before eventually finding a sponsor. I'm very fond of hawks and Falcons, but I also think that I would like to very much get into working with owls. As I have a very deep passion for them. Do you have any recommendations on resources or places to get in touch with around my area? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Hi Ben. if a friend gives you a hawk and that bird was caught in the wild and has been in the cage for 2 years ,can you still train the bird? if so, can we just follow training videos if there's no one around that can mentor? Regards, EJ
Elric John Limuaco it is always better to have a mentor help of course, but yes you can still train a bird by reading books and watching videos. Most birds of prey can still be trained even if they haven’t been worked with for a few years. Large falcons are most common to be the exception. But hawks, owls, eagles, kites etc can usually be trained with some work, even if they haven’t been flown for a few years. The biggest thing is to build trust!!!!!! Spend A LOT of time with them on the fist. Let them eat off the fist. Look up my video on this channel about “the importance of food” to better understand the psychology of how this builds trust. So in the situation you are describing, the three most important things are going to be 1. Build trust and socialize the bird. 2. Develop a good bond so that your bird trusts you with food. 3. Use proper weight management to regulate the weight of the bird. I hope you have a lot of success!!
Raptors have extremely strong legs- they won’t break:) now parrots and other birds don’t have the same rugged anatomy. I have been doing it for 15 years- I have never had (or heard of) any raptor injuring themselves
