Good question. It depends on the species. Some species will readily find a new mate, even the same season their mate dies. Others (like this prairie falcon) if their mate dies, they typically don’t find a mate until the next year or two later. In the case of golden eagles and great horned owls, I have personally seen it take as long as 5 years before they pair up with a new mate. Now obviously every individual can do its own thing, but those are the usual trends. In falconry some countries did (and some still do) have traditions of flying and hunting with adult trapped birds, valuing the birds vast experience. In the USA it is illegal to keep a haggard (adult trapped) bird. The principle is based off of the fact that they likely have a mate. You are correct that in theory their wild mate would just find a new mate eventually. But this is just the laws we have to work with. Also first year birds are typically MUCH easier to train. I have trained injured haggard birds for education and can attest to the fact that typically first year birds train up much easier.

Yes definitely you will have more success with a Dho Gaza when going after prairies

@@benwoodrufffalconry so does that apply to all falcons?

@@mdbryan9525 generally speaking, with all large falcons, if you can get a good set up with a dho gazza, it is the quickest way. Many large falcons don't make a straight attack on prey, but first make a pass trying to spook the prey into taking off, and then they can hit it in the air going top speed. Where if a large falcon is going to hit something on the ground, they have to slow down considerably. For merlins I still prefer dho gazza nets. But a lot of people prefer phi traps for them. With kestrels I definitely prefer a bal chatri over anything. Pigeon harnesses can work great for large falcons too, but in my experience a net is much faster and much more of a guarentee.

@@benwoodrufffalconry thanks!!

@@mdbryan9525we’re can q way We’re can we get trap

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