I have an old dog like that hehe

Same I hear it a lot and usually not thought of answers I’m given . As a sport Falconry is what it is but to say you can’t keep a raptor because it should hunt for its own mental well being is a very ignorant pseudo fact

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy it's that word falconry, the bee world's the same I'm sure you will or have seen. It opinions. Have a great Bank Holiday.

@freebirdofreason1994 deffo hehe; had out last lesson yesterday ; handling bees for real !

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy brilliant Dave lovey thing.👍

Nice one

Deffo

Very true indeed

Excellent !

The birds don’t care at all if they never hunt or even fly free. If they did it would be a tragedy of captive breeding , breeding stock

Go on Facebook and look up North East Rapror Rescue . Message John on there he knows more about this subject than I ever will

Kestrels are superb for the flanker who knows their stuff weight wise etc

I remember that they need especially careful weight management for hunting, and I guess that a "fatty" might not live as long, and not have much interest in poking around after a lure 😄

Hehe

Fine just flown ; most in the uk are flown for displays and not hunted ; but most of those will still go and catch stuff…..

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy if it goes and catches stuff i am fine with that thanks for replying

Females are twice the size of

Would it be possible to do a video on sparrowhawks, I’ve already seen one that you have done but would be great if u could do an updated version. I’m still unsure weather to tether or freeloft mine when I get it, and unsure about hooding it or not. Any advice is much appreciated👍

@billygrey9235 just bare in mind is one of the hardest species to get right , get it wrong and it will keel over dead . Knowledge of weight management will be way more important than how you keep it etc . Hooding go for it and if you eff it up at least you tried ! You won’t be free loting it until it’s trained well even if you do free loft so make sure you have a good tethering set up in place first anyway

Why is the parrot a better pet then? An imprinted falcon kept as a pet and never flown is way better for the bird as it’s so easily pleased as the far more intelligent parrot would Suffer far more if its higher needs aren’t met . I don’t think falcons should be pets but far better pets than a parrot , so how do we justify getting a parrot but not working with a free flown falcon daily …..

Couldnt disagree more, parrots are terrible pets and we are doing them a disservice by reccomending them as pets. They need so much attention and enrichment and can develop self harming habits easily in captivity. A parrot is a whole different beast to a raptor, where in the wild a raptor will spend most of its time perching when its not hunting a parrot is constantly on the go and needs mental and social stimulation 24/7. They are also as loud or louder than raptors and just as capable of causing injury with their beaks that are made to crack nuts.

Great to lure or free flying to glove

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy that's great would need to learn the lure though what would you recommend Aplomado falcon or chilean blue eagle and i have quite a few pigeons near me if i don't have a licence and my bird killed a Pidgeon what would happen to me law wise? or would it just be classed as a accident as i am not intentionally hunting?

@Dave-qz3gc depends where you live?

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy Newcastle upon tyne UK have big open fields

@Dave-qz3gc is research them both but choline blue be better on hills for soaring , aplos are great too

We don’t have their option I’ll of hunting all winter and releasing in spring , so most uk falconry birds sit still more or less for half a year with non hunting ….

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy Even in the US many more people are moulting hawks than there used to be. Flying in the moult is a compromise as you well know. And that is a whole can of worms of its own. But for me there is a higher requirement of skill and effort involved in training a successful hunting hawk than merely flying one.

Yes but I don’t think that’s any different if you get a hh for hunting or a black kite for pleasure flying ; you either fly them daily and keep super fit or you don’t . One becomes useless at catching stuff the other useless for flying if no wind

@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy Truth is a black kite isn't a falconry bird, as you well know. Fantastic birds on the wing. But falconry by definition is hunting with a trained bird of prey. Hunting road kill with a kite is never going to compete with Goshawks/rabbits or Goldie/hares. Demo flying has its own skills and tricks, but it isn't falconry. Any falconer can demo fly, but most demo flyers would struggle to hunt a raptor successfully. We don't need to water down what counts as falconry. Just admit they have different goals. There is many more compromises in demo flying than falconry would ever allow, trouble is that people want ever more compromises. Where do you draw the line? We have too many fakes, frauds and internet experts already. If you don't hunt successfully then you aren't a falconer. Bird trainer might be a more accurate and honest description.

@davidirving2006 that’s what the videos about , exactly that really ; most people who take up falconry would be better off not doing so but instead flying a non hunting bird; everything would bebbetter off for it

True words