The falconer seems real humble about the whole sport. He and his hawk seem to fit. I envy him.

I once went to a show about raptors put on by a university. The lady doing the presentation had owls, hawks, and falcons trained. She ended with a redtail hawk. She said a redtail hawk's vision is so good that if it could read, you could hold a newspaper on the goal line of a football field and it could read it from the other goal line. I raised my hand and asked what a newspaper was.

One of my favorite memories was back when I was an elementary school student in Des Moines Iowa and the 1997 it was a year my mother just passed and my science teacher Mr Goodman who was an amazing amazing teacher took me and my friend both my friends named Nick out one day cuz he asked if I wanted to go grab a hunting well being native American I was raised hunting so I was like yeah I'd love to go hunting and he took us out and when we got there he opened these two large boxes in the back of his truck and pulled up two huge beautiful red tail hawks and he showed us about falconry and I've been in love with it ever since

Amazing! Just rescued two babies that became stuck in the sludge drying beds, a couple of quick showers, some dry time, back in the trees they went. Their mother is tame enough to get within six feet of , every time I fire up the tractor, there she is! Now all three are flying around doing their thing. A sport I would like to get into, but I need the time and the space. Mr Pressler is a master, someone I would like to meet some day. My hat is off to you sir!

Thank you for sharing! Kids really enjoyed watching one up close.

Thank you Bruce! Very enjoyable and informative. This is what Red-Tailed Hawking is all about! Is there a better word than 'BEAUTIFUL'?!! I am always very grateful just to be sharing my life with my Red-tail, 'Shawntar"!!! THIS IS THE LIFE!!! Many 'thanks'' again! C.W.

Good Show! Thanks ... Turbo in Trenton, Ga.

I love the way the bird was basically abusing the 'come to glove and get food'' thing by flying between the truck and the hand. I really enjoyed this though, was very informative! The stills threw me off at first, I thought it was video freezing because the sound was still playing but it had some glorious shots.

Its so nice to have a high quality video of falconry on youtube. Thanks so much for sharing!

Beautiful Bird. I worked at a Golf Course during the summer of 2015 and one day my boss sent us home early, so i was headed back to our maintenance shop when i saw a large male hopping around with one wing extended. after a period of about 15 mins playing hawk and mouse i was able to wrap him up in a jacket and drove him back with me and loaded him in my car. I made and 2 hour long drive to take him to a Bird Rescue and by this time i had bonded with him and named him Kaiser. I found out that he had been attacked by a Coyote or dog and his wing was badly damaged and infected so he had to be euthanized. Very sad but intrigued my interest in becoming a falconer!

I love my Hawks, especially the Red Tailed Hawk!! I really wish I had wings and fly everywhere.

what a beautiful friend you have! i would love to learn this art. predatory birds are so amazing, they are just such neat hunting companions. wonderful!

Awesome video enjoyed every minute of it, thanks for posting :)

Great Video thanks for the upload

This is just such an amazing relationship! There is so much trust and love between the two!

Lol by the time the prey hears those bells it’s too late lol .

This is a great video. I just uploaded one to my channel, and I have to say....Falconry is an amazing art!!!

Excellent video, really enjoyed it.

Bruce, I am fascinated, amazed and want to know more and want others around me to know more. Ever come to Manitoba in April??? I organize a raptor festival, you would be an amazing educator!!!

My cousin has been into falconry since he was a teenager. Now in his 60's last I talked to him he had a peregrine falcon & a harris hawk. I know he duck hunts with the falcon.

very good flying of sperrowhawk I like wonderful video.

I have been watching a nesting pair of red-tails for about a decade now. They have had 2 fledglings every year. I've been tempted to learn falconry as a result of it, but wouldn't know what to do with their catch other than feed it to them. In the meantime I'll just continue watching them and enjoying their presence.

Very cool. The bells suck though.

6:30 that’s so cool how it flies in very far away.

Great video.. I wish I had more time on my hands to get back into it.. Maybe down the road!

Awesome!

very neat.

Beautiful bird. Have a female finn goshawk myself

that would suck if the hawk decided to fly away with the bells on.....no more stealth mode

This was a great video to see. I'm interested in potentially learning more about falconry, but the Iowa website hasn't been updated in a few years. Is there a more up-to-date way to get in touch?

Poor bird, I bet every time he leaps from a branch he's thinking, "If I could take this GD'ed bell off it'd be a hell of a lot easier to catch one of these freaking rabbits!" lol.

AMAZING 🤩 WHAT HUMANS CAN DO

this is so cool! falconry is such an amazing hobby. i do wonder wonder about the bells though, i can see how useful they would be for the falconer to know where the bird is or when it's flying to you so you can prepare yourself, but what if the bird decides not to return to you like they will if they decide they want to be on their own again? the anklets seem like they wouldn't really bother them if they decide to not return but the bells would be a huge hindrance if he was on his own and not partnered up with a falconer. are the birds able to remove them themselves somehow? or would you have to recapture the bird and remove the bells? they seem so useful but also like they could cause issues if the bird leaves of their own accord

Nice!!!

Nice video seen here in N.Ireland what model of camcorder was used to film this great quality.

I like your box. Where did you get that from, or did you make it? I have aircraft panel dog kennels that are great for the heat out here in AZ. What is the material used? Thanks!

9:40 bird looks at you telling you he missed his rabbit because of his stupid jingle bells.

I wonder if the bells alert the game. I wonder where Bruce got that handy looking, pocket denim vest

WoW

I loved this video. What camera did you shoot this with and do you post any of your still images online?

im from Burlington,IA, where do you think the closest place to seek apprenticeship would be?

I would say this is a either a very large male or a smallish female, would think most likely the second. He does call back to the fist unnecessarily though, obviously loves calling it back and watching it land on his fist, who doesn't though....

Neat

In our country if you have an eagle is very scared because the eagle is endangered species in our country.but I have 1 eagle about 2 months old. How to practice my eagle to hunt like that or close with that ?

I wanna be able to hunt In town, we have rabbits and squirrels out the wazoo and theyre so detrimental to our gardens aNd houses.

whats the ideal weigt for a juvenil? shes about 6 months old. please help

What are the chances of him just flying away & not coming back to you any more.?

Bruise Any chance your selling the bownet

I missed the “hunting” part...... calling the hawk to the glove should be done once, when you put it back in your giant hood.

Jingle bird hates you for the bells

I want to learn this sport

I wish I could fly :(

is falconry a full time job?

I normally brush stomp and if I get one rabbit with a shotgun I feel blessed.

Only made it halfway through the video. The camera has to focus on the prey or you miss everything.

I get too attached to my bird and want to keep him.

Hi

I love seeing the little mistakes that a master falconer makes. gives me a good laugh. "if you take longer than 3 weeks they start to think you're their parents". that would not be the case with your passage bird. an eyas would imprint like that. also glad you're having fun hunting mice and frogs? for godsake focus on rabbits. I'm typing this as I listen. just heard him say he comes back just for a treat sometimes. in essence you are letting the bird work you.

The bells alert his prey and make his hunting less efficient- dont u think?

U need a new camera man lol.

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babe ... go to 6:21

Not good camera work....My eyes hurt

Who else is viewing this video with their new redtail?

You release the bird and let him go and he comes back because you have a bell tied around his leg that scares off his prey so of course he's going to come back to the food source try letting him fly without jingle bells tied on his feet and he won't return to you

Never understand why people dont hood their birds

put a dead fish in a tray of water. Teach him to catch fish Instead. These birds prefer FISH,...👍