Falconry: Hooding VS hood training 

You're really great at explaining things! Also appreciate that you take the time to think about and understand the bird's psychology. Fantastic videos!!

Your videos are amazing. You take out a lot of the mystery out of falconry that only comes with experience.

Ben I absolutely enjoy your way of giving us tidbits of information of these truly amazing birds of prey.Great work 🦅

Awesome information, next video on training big falcons for waiting on ... please!

A clarified approach. Thanks

Your videos are really good for real. You explain things very well, it really shows how well you know your subject and we can see the experience you have threw your words. Plus you seem to have a really really good ethology approach, understanding the mind set of birds that is such different than our mine set. Really looking forward on having a bird and I've been watching lots of your content. Even tho here in Europe the approach towards falconry is a bit different the content is still relevant. Thanks and keep up the good work.

i love how you empathize and really get into the mind of the bird and their perspective and psychology. I greatly appreciate this resource and your videos. So awesome :)

You are super good at gesture and body language. Look real in every example, I have to subscribe for now.

Berry good advice thank you so much ,before I’ve work hard but softly with my Laggar Falcon but he never accept to hood then I solved this problems by travel box,but I still scared by training him without hood before watching this video now I got it 😊❤

I love your videos, they definitely help.

Very helpful video thank you! You mentioned its the same thing in all vertebrate life! But some inverts do the exact same thing. Tarantulas do a defensive curl to protect their bodies and carapace! Figured I'd throw in that fun fact. Have a wonderful day

Very good help.

I wish I'd known this information when I was training my Redtailed Hawk. I tried to get him to the hood but it was causing a detrimental effect with trust. I had to abandon the idea. Great video Ben.

Great video, again! Thank you and keep them coming!

I love your videos. Think I've watched every one! I would love to become a falconer so have been reading and watching whatever I can. I live in Colorado and need to find a sponsor. You said you have an online course? Please describe more sometime? Thanks! Love and blessings to you.

Hey Ben, Amazing video. Could you do a video on making hoods. Thanks.

Hi Ben, excellent job! I'd like to share your videos with a couple friends but they just don't speak English, do you know if it's possible to set spanish subtitles to them?

Is it possible to design the drawstrings of the hood so that your index finger and thumb will do the tightening and loosing of the hood?

My first Year Goshawk has a Problem with its Travelbox. He jumps into, no Problem but out is the Problem. I want to try it with the Hood next Season. I tried earlier, he accepted the Hood at some Point. I can touch him at his Chest with the Hood but when I attempt to put the Hood over hier Head he jumps off the Fist. Then I canceled that, because I don't want to destroy the Bond with him.

You certainly took quite a scientific approach to this! I'm not the type of guy that would want to hood my birds, but I figured, well, I could still learn something from this! As different as a bird of prey's mind is compared to ours, I would still want a hawk to always know what's going on at all times! I know in my own mind, if I closed my eyes and I was in a different place all of a sudden, I'd be like, "Where am I, what happened?" I also know that when birds of prey are relaxed, they don't care where they are after the hood comes off. The important thing is that they are more relaxed than they were before, assuming that it was done in the correct situations as you explained! The concept of placing the hood up and down many times while sitting on the couch is certainly useful in the unlikeli-"hood" that I use a hood! And about the "giant" hood. I'll rather just call it is a travel box. It doesn't need any other name! That'll be my main tool of not ruining the trust of a hawk!

I dont know if anyone could answer this, but I have a Eurasian kestrel, (im in uk) and he doesnt mind the hood, but ive stopped training him as the first time i drew the braces he hung his head and looked like he was going to fall off my hand, i was a bit alarmed, just wondered if this was normal the first few times.

Could you do a video on sharpie hawks

Hi Ben! I follow u from France and i love your vidéos, i actually learn falconry in France with a sponsor but u have a différent vision of this Art and i like ur vision. Sorry for m'y English, i'm not so great for speak so i want to ask to u: Can u get somes subtiles on ur vidéos? This is help me for sure to understand u ! Ty again for ur job and for share ur expérience, enjoy the next vidéo!

Hello. What program can be used to make the pattern?

I watch these even tho my mom won’t let me take the test and stuff😭

Where can i get this hood