Join me as I reflect on the lugger falcon as a species within falconry; once a poor man’s choice , then almost lost as a uk species to fly, now championed as a wild raptor by project lugger .
Is there any point in working with this species ? Can they fly with any style ?…let’s find out .
SINCE AIRING THIS VIDEO it has come to my attention that some have misinterpreted what I’m trying to get across; let me be clear I’m an not snubbing this species as a viable hunting companion or belittling its flying prowess . This is a bird we love here at icarus falconry as a fast and dynamic falcon and of course it has been flown and hunted with great success for a very long time indeed in India let alone the U.K.
my point is really that the once commonly available lugger not only has fallen by the way-side as a captive bred bird, but also that most other large falcons have been bred to excess of recent years and many such as tiercel peregrines are given away, pushing the lugger further down the scale of falcons most folk would hunt with in the the U.K. as mentioned to choose one to hunt with would be a choice to hunt with a lugger; not a choice due to the lugger being the poor man’s option as of old.
As a lure falcon they surely can excel with a loyalty to beat any Peregrine !
When it comes to thinking and loyalty and working out that hunting is the fools choice , this species is more like a buzzard to a gos ( or a lugger to a Peregrine ) and that’s not a derogatory comment .
21 авг 2024
