I'm an American who learned falconry in Germany and enjoy your videos very much. These test ones are among my favorites, and I would happily watch them even without the hot chilis!! I have long wondered what "Falkenbart" (falcon beard) is in English, and now I know. I have been to Assateague and was shouting at my monitor to try and help you! LOL A beloved American children's book is "Misty of Chincoteague," and if I ever get to England I will hand you a copy (though maybe you don't want to remember the horror of that chili).
@coribellanoche Жыл бұрын
I am studying for my exam, this was brilliant my friend. You are a good, but foolish sport. Cheerio. Regards from Rapid City, South Dakota.
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Thank you, good luck with the exam, come back and let me know how you got on!
@matthewlong8569 Жыл бұрын
I don't think you, or anyone who watched this will forget what an assateague is any time soon! If I had a cap on I would doff it to you Dan, you're a very brave man.
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Brave, or stupid? 😂
@matthewlong8569 Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconry Brave, definitely brave...
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
I don’t think it was worth the probably £2 a month the video will make 😂
@matthewlong8569 Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconry No way in hell anyone should be eating that for £2. It won't even generate enough to fund getting any more chillis.
@ewanhall4151 Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconryhello am new to the sport and a got my self a sparrow and am wanting to get a Harris hawk
@johnwilkes7190 Жыл бұрын
Blimey Dan I think it would be less dangerous to your health taking up shark wrestling or sky diving without a parachute
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
I managed to turn flying birds into a career, I’m sure I could spin shark wrestling into a career too 😂
@annelisemarier2588 Жыл бұрын
you made a cameo in kurtis conner’s podcast 😜 new sub just because you look like you deserve it
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, I have seen the video but I was very confused when the comments started appearing and I didn’t know!
@ClydeHays Жыл бұрын
Great job once again. Just watched you miss 15. Wife and I was both rooting for you. Poor Charlie.
@ssl8346 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this! I have my US test scheduled in a couple weeks and this was really helpful to use as a study guide for a sampling of possible questions.
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Best of luck with it! Come back and let me know how you got on
@Troy-Echo Жыл бұрын
How did the test go?
@ssl8346 Жыл бұрын
That was nice of you to ask. I passed on the first try 😁. Now I’m starting the process of looking for a sponsor. Thank you for asking!
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Congratulations! Was it anything like the mock one I’ve been going through on videos?
@ssl8346 Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconryThank you! I love watching your channel. The questions really were the same. It was about 1/3 legal, 1/3 husbandry/hunting, and 1/3 identification/environment. I had learned that there is a study guide from the California Hawking Club available for purchase that was helpful too. I’m in a different state so parts weren’t applicable.
@killyhawkaan2076 Жыл бұрын
Assateague is also known for its wild decedent of wild Spanish ponies that are rounded up yearly to sell yearlings for the fire department. There is a book about it called Misty of Chinkoteague. Thats how I remember
@Whitefeather123 Жыл бұрын
🥵 lol you are insane!
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
I won’t disagree 😂
@Troy-Echo Жыл бұрын
#15 - I felt sure it was the Assateague area on the eastern coast. Being capitalized weighed towards a proper noun which strengthened that hunch. Your dog could feel your stress levels going up after worrying about eating a pepper and your pooch was trying to cheer you up. I do not consider it cheating to look up if Assateague is a location. Also, I've heard many times that smaller peppers are more spicy than larger ones, and to avoid the seeds.
@WorldsEnd8410 ай бұрын
How long did it take you to recover from that? 14 correct out of 22, but only because of our great friend Steve Petersburg. Steve was the head park ranger at Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado during their peregrine recovery program throughout the 1980s, and wrote an extensive report about it, as well as telling a wealth of wonderful and sometimes hilarious stories around the dinner table.
@pelletandferretpestcontrol73679 ай бұрын
Well done you two I've seen some people put marshmallows on top of their dog proof traps or golf balls do you put anything on top or just bait inside
@amarteesmicastigo10 ай бұрын
Good Lord 😮 You are so awesome 😅
@yTeaLeaf Жыл бұрын
9:49 I think this theory is true. A similar stripe is also found on cheetahs
@MichelleNyxRaymond Жыл бұрын
Wow….. I think you did pretty well! I’ve been fairly curious about the test as well, very interesting that this part was dedicated to mostly the Peregrine Falcon. (More!!!! Please? I hope you recovered from the Habanero 😅)
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
I’m gona need recovery time before the next 😂
@MichelleNyxRaymond Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconry haha sure thing!
@killyhawkaan2076 Жыл бұрын
You may want to go for the fresh peppers next time, they don't have as a heavy dose of the spice
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
I wish you had told me that beforehand 😂
@_Cotton Жыл бұрын
Here from very really good! Also hi mercer falconry
@Gregory-en5kq6 ай бұрын
Baseball players use the malar stripe.
@Troy-Echo Жыл бұрын
On #10 you said there were 21 more to go for a total of 31. The video stopped on question #22. What happened to the other 11? Did you get #23 wrong and stop the video for the sake of your health? Or is there another video coming out for the rest of the exam?
@davidholdstock Жыл бұрын
How long was this video's actual full length? I ask because for me, it finished at 24.28 with the repetition of the phrase "ye olde", with litterally nothing else thereafter. I have noticed some other videos (not necessarily on this channel) finish rather suddenly as well.
@waterdragon7562Ай бұрын
Where did you get the test
@freebirdofreason1994 Жыл бұрын
I do like chilli, but how did you eat that hot one, 🔥 Well done on the test, Interesting.
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
It was very very painful, I watched it back and I don’t think it comes across in the video how much pain I was in 😂
@freebirdofreason1994 Жыл бұрын
@@MercerFalconry I know, you are very brave, that chilli you had was dangerously hot. 😂
@wifisidehustleclub Жыл бұрын
Hello
@MercerFalconry Жыл бұрын
Hello
@shereesmazik5030 Жыл бұрын
Please don’t do that again. It was awful watching you suffer !
@Troy-Echo Жыл бұрын
I wish he had not counted #15 against himself. Not being from America, knowing that name Assateague wasn't his lack of knowledge in falconry, but geography. Man, I hurt just watching Dan suffer through. I never saw anything past question 22 though. There were 9 more questions.