Hi Ben, nice video. I may be wrong, but I think another name for such a hawk would be brancher? One of the nicest Goshawks I had was a Finnish goshawk raised by an imprint female. Taken out the chamber at 9 weeks, It was very steady, silent and easy going.
Loving the content and your sense of humor is hilarious. Would love to see more instructional videos on things like training your bird for car hawking, training HH to hunt birds and things of that nature.
Zach Galifianakis!! You reminded me of him the first time i watched one of your videos, Lol! I can't unsee it now, especially when you do a bird impression!! You gotra be related!! Great videos!!
This Explains behaviour I have seen from my house. I live in the suburbs only a feet hundred feet from the edge of a city, with prime habitat all around. A Few Years ago I saw some Accipiters from my driveway flying around in circles making that unusual call. I later saw a small Accipiter chase birds in my Garden and down my street, in a rather clumsy way. They must have been at that stage. They were either Brown Goshawks or Collared Sparrowhawks as those are the only Accipiters that live in my region.
Cool video Ben!!! Really Cool!!! What do you think about keeping a raptor and not go hunting with it. Just flying it to the lure? Why i ask you this is because here, in Spain it is not easy at all to go hunting ... law is very restrictive and there are not so many hunting areas... and will not improve. I do have a American Krestel for some years now but it is challenging to hunting with it... you get me, right?
Hi Ben thanks for the great content. I am going to do another sharpie and the family bird is what I am going to get. Question though I can't find any answer to is how to man the bird. What would be your process. Thanks
@@brendannielson5292 Thanks Brendan. I thought I watched all of the Kestrel Trapping videos and I don't remember that. I will go watch again an see if I can find it.
@Ben Woodruff What method do you use to get a young family bird hunting right away? Its seems that turning a newly trapped bird loose on wild or even bagged game without a creance is asking for a lost bird. I'm also guessing that you dont want to feed your bird from the fist, as that would make them loud/vocal birds, so seems counter intuitive to hunt with a bird right away before it is manned.
Thanks Ben! I would assume that this bird should always be fed on a lure, never by hand so as to avoid the food association which will prompt screaming? At least until it is hunting regularly?
I was reading A Falconry Manual by Frank L. Beebe. The section on vermine and the history of game keeping was really disturbing. How in the world could our public policy in north America be so backwards for so long? Can you do a video on North American Falconry. It is a hard subject to find materialon, I guess because it is really new here...
Good evening, the family goshawk (if hunting is illegal then it is a moment of grown feathers - wings) should hunt within 1 week (also training prey or lure). And then this day. He will not be aggressive towards us. Vocalization is suppressed by daily hunting or free tracking and frequent changes of location with a bow. (Not mews). Hacking is great, so I'm looking forward to your next video.
Mostly so. I try to avoid imprint buteos where I can, other than ferrugies. Usually with buteos I prefer a hawk trapped passage, the first week of October. Falcons I usually imprint, but family bird falcons are also wonderful.
White nets Vs black nets??? When will you post this topic..?... Last year I had a Shikra,, parents left them alone....and one by one they gone far into village.... And I traped the last remaining female about to go. She did fine but hesitated to come on glove from tree.?!!
Hi Ben, this is a great video, is going straight to my playlist, i wonder if anyone has tried falconry with a harpy eagle, do you know anyone or story about that? Maube people in brazil, Peru, ecuador?, I have only seen videos of golden eagles in falconry
I've worked with a couple harpies in a zoological/education setting. I've worked with golden and bald eagles as well, though I've only hunted with buteos and falcons. I can honestly say, as much as working with eagles takes someone a little bit crazy, I can't imagine how completely off your rocker you would have to be to hunt a harpy. The (admittedly few) harpies I worked with were twice the weight of a golden- the big female was just shy of 20lbs. That's not a weight a human is meant to carry on their arm for any length of time. Harpies, like any eagle, can be aggressive, and if you were ever footed you would be in a world of trouble. We were not allowed to even enter the harpy's enclosure without a spotter. None of them were especially aggressive or troublesome- in fact they were quite well behaved- but it's more akin to working with a tiger or a lion than a falconry bird. To free fly this bird would be to put the public at extreme risk; I remember one "edu-tainment" company flying one point-to-point for programs, but they used a creance, and eventually stopped the practice entirely. Hunting with a golden eagle requires an extreme level of skill and a deep and personal understanding and acceptance of the of the potential consequences of something going wrong, but a harpy's natural diet is money-shaped and very large- up to and over their own weight. Small (and not so small) children also fit that same description. Our birds were glove trained, but we used half of a PVC pipe under a eagle sheath over a triple thick glove, and on one occasion, the big female got startled by a car alarm and cracked the PVC. Before I worked at this organization, one of their staff was footed in the face by a bald eagle they'd taken in (poorly managed imprint). The damage had been catastrophic: multiple surgeries and reconstruction was required. If you were footed in the face by a harpy, you'd quite possibly be dead. The human skull can withstand about 520psi: a harpy's grip is conveniently about 550-600psi, and their foot is plenty big enough to palm your whole face like a basketball. They are amazing birds, and I loved working with them, but I think you'd have to be 1) insane and 2) have a criminally cavalier attitude towards the safety of yourself and others to hunt with them. They aren't especially aggressive (at lest for an eagle, and at least not the three I've worked with who were professionally trained for several years before I worked with them), but if the consequences of a mistake with a golden eagle vs a red tail hawk are x10, the consequences of a mistake with a harpy vs a golden are x100.
First comment first view first like got here in 10 seconds. Greetings from Missouri tommarow or I should say later today I am going to my first falconry meet.
Loving the amount of videos you've been putting out lately Ben. Thanks!
Great information!! Thank you
I love your videos Ben. You pack so much amazing information in and lay it all out in a fun and easy to absorb format. So much to learn, thank you!
Hi Ben, nice video.
I may be wrong, but I think another name for such a hawk would be brancher?
One of the nicest Goshawks I had was a Finnish goshawk raised by an imprint female. Taken out the chamber at 9 weeks, It was very steady, silent and easy going.
Loving the content and your sense of humor is hilarious. Would love to see more instructional videos on things like training your bird for car hawking, training HH to hunt birds and things of that nature.
I would love to see videos of u training a bird to hunt or videos on u hunting with ur birds if possible please
I third that
Zach Galifianakis!! You reminded me of him the first time i watched one of your videos, Lol! I can't unsee it now, especially when you do a bird impression!! You gotra be related!! Great videos!!
She's gorgeous and well trained. Very good job.
Great video planning on trapping my first gos this spring very helpful. Keep it up
Great videos. Keep them coming!
Another great video with alot of great information. Thanks Ben!
Would you do a video of the black sparrowhawk please, thanks.
This Explains behaviour I have seen from my house. I live in the suburbs only a feet hundred feet from the edge of a city, with prime habitat all around. A Few Years ago I saw some Accipiters from my driveway flying around in circles making that unusual call. I later saw a small Accipiter chase birds in my Garden and down my street, in a rather clumsy way. They must have been at that stage. They were either Brown Goshawks or Collared Sparrowhawks as those are the only Accipiters that live in my region.
Hey I’ll be flying a Ferruginous hawk next season. I would love to see what you think of them.
Great vids lately, thank you for sharing your knowledge. Could you do one about how to use telemetry?
I’d be interested in this area as well.
Cool video Ben!!! Really Cool!!! What do you think about keeping a raptor and not go hunting with it. Just flying it to the lure? Why i ask you this is because here, in Spain it is not easy at all to go hunting ... law is very restrictive and there are not so many hunting areas... and will not improve. I do have a American Krestel for some years now but it is challenging to hunting with it... you get me, right?
Great videos Ben, anyway you can help with a Kestrel that is mantling heavy ? definitely wants to carry
Wait where can I get your book Ben? Im in Mesa, AZ.
Hi Ben thanks for the great content. I am going to do another sharpie and the family bird is what I am going to get. Question though I can't find any answer to is how to man the bird. What would be your process. Thanks
Ben, I love your videos! Any chance you can do one on how to tell a passage from a Haggard Kestrel?
The tail and breast feathers differ slightly, he talks about it in a trapping vid
@@brendannielson5292 Thanks Brendan. I thought I watched all of the Kestrel Trapping videos and I don't remember that. I will go watch again an see if I can find it.
@Ben Woodruff What method do you use to get a young family bird hunting right away? Its seems that turning a newly trapped bird loose on wild or even bagged game without a creance is asking for a lost bird. I'm also guessing that you dont want to feed your bird from the fist, as that would make them loud/vocal birds, so seems counter intuitive to hunt with a bird right away before it is manned.
Any reason you don’t post more hunting videos? Long form short form success or failure it’s interesting to watch.
Thanks Ben! I would assume that this bird should always be fed on a lure, never by hand so as to avoid the food association which will prompt screaming? At least until it is hunting regularly?
Do you have a book you recommend for Goshawk, coopers?
Very interesting. Does "family bird" window apply to captive bred, parent raised accipiters?
Would this method work with a Red Tailed Hawk as well or would that trigger aggressiveness?
I would LOVE a video on tame hacking. DO eet.
Around what time of year do you start to look for a family coops?
I was reading A Falconry Manual by Frank L. Beebe. The section on vermine and the history of game keeping was really disturbing. How in the world could our public policy in north America be so backwards for so long? Can you do a video on North American Falconry. It is a hard subject to find materialon, I guess because it is really new here...
Thanks Ben for this Video. Which Goshawk is easier to Try? North America Goshawk or the Finnish Goshawk? Or it don’t matter! God Bless
In other videos he’s commented that the bigger Finnish Gos has a slightly better temperament.
Good evening, the family goshawk (if hunting is illegal then it is a moment of grown feathers - wings) should hunt within 1 week (also training prey or lure). And then this day. He will not be aggressive towards us. Vocalization is suppressed by daily hunting or free tracking and frequent changes of location with a bow. (Not mews).
Hacking is great, so I'm looking forward to your next video.
What is the difference between a passage bird and a family bird?
Are family birds from the buteos or falcons just as good falconry birds as accipiters?
Mostly so. I try to avoid imprint buteos where I can, other than ferrugies. Usually with buteos I prefer a hawk trapped passage, the first week of October. Falcons I usually imprint, but family bird falcons are also wonderful.
White nets Vs black nets??? When will you post this topic..?... Last year I had a Shikra,, parents left them alone....and one by one they gone far into village.... And I traped the last remaining female about to go. She did fine but hesitated to come on glove from tree.?!!
A video on mews please
Hi Ben, this is a great video, is going straight to my playlist, i wonder if anyone has tried falconry with a harpy eagle, do you know anyone or story about that? Maube people in brazil, Peru, ecuador?, I have only seen videos of golden eagles in falconry
I've worked with a couple harpies in a zoological/education setting. I've worked with golden and bald eagles as well, though I've only hunted with buteos and falcons. I can honestly say, as much as working with eagles takes someone a little bit crazy, I can't imagine how completely off your rocker you would have to be to hunt a harpy. The (admittedly few) harpies I worked with were twice the weight of a golden- the big female was just shy of 20lbs. That's not a weight a human is meant to carry on their arm for any length of time. Harpies, like any eagle, can be aggressive, and if you were ever footed you would be in a world of trouble. We were not allowed to even enter the harpy's enclosure without a spotter. None of them were especially aggressive or troublesome- in fact they were quite well behaved- but it's more akin to working with a tiger or a lion than a falconry bird. To free fly this bird would be to put the public at extreme risk; I remember one "edu-tainment" company flying one point-to-point for programs, but they used a creance, and eventually stopped the practice entirely. Hunting with a golden eagle requires an extreme level of skill and a deep and personal understanding and acceptance of the of the potential consequences of something going wrong, but a harpy's natural diet is money-shaped and very large- up to and over their own weight. Small (and not so small) children also fit that same description. Our birds were glove trained, but we used half of a PVC pipe under a eagle sheath over a triple thick glove, and on one occasion, the big female got startled by a car alarm and cracked the PVC. Before I worked at this organization, one of their staff was footed in the face by a bald eagle they'd taken in (poorly managed imprint). The damage had been catastrophic: multiple surgeries and reconstruction was required. If you were footed in the face by a harpy, you'd quite possibly be dead. The human skull can withstand about 520psi: a harpy's grip is conveniently about 550-600psi, and their foot is plenty big enough to palm your whole face like a basketball. They are amazing birds, and I loved working with them, but I think you'd have to be 1) insane and 2) have a criminally cavalier attitude towards the safety of yourself and others to hunt with them. They aren't especially aggressive (at lest for an eagle, and at least not the three I've worked with who were professionally trained for several years before I worked with them), but if the consequences of a mistake with a golden eagle vs a red tail hawk are x10, the consequences of a mistake with a harpy vs a golden are x100.
First comment first view first like got here in 10 seconds. Greetings from Missouri tommarow or I should say later today I am going to my first falconry meet.
Zone tailed hawk next?
Do falconers fly kites?
How good would Snowy Owls be as hunting owls??
Any owl is bad for falconry due to the way they hunt
ermergersh!