Imprinting, Hacking and Hunting a NA Goshawk for Falconry
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2018
- Giselle is a North American Goshawk used for Falconry. This is a synopsis of how I raised her, trained her and hunted with her over a 3 year period.
Here is the link for the video of raising and training the baby Cooper’s hawk: • Imprinting, Hacking, T...
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Well done, you raised a beautiful, capable hawk.
Your hard work paid off.
The look on Giselle's face when she discovers the Cooper's chick in
her nest is priceless!! Thanks for sharing!! :D
Thanks 👍🏼
8:20 That jackrabbit is huge. I was afraid Giselle would get hurt during the fight but you rushed to her aid. And then I noticed how she jumped right back on him when she saw the opening to put talons to its eyes. I'm certain that wasn't your training- The hunting instinct in certain species incredible. Fantastic video and thanks for sharing. Stay Safe & Stay Strong Giselle. Warmly, Boston
From someone who has been flying and hunting falcons for nearly 30 years .you have a real nice imprint gos it’s good to see a hi standard of falconry.
Paul Reynolds thanks Paul. I appreciate that 👍🏼
Man that first jackrabbit catch, that's what I call cooperation!
Baby Giselle with her crop absolutely stuffed was hilarious. You'd think she'd just zone out and nap, but no, she wants to explore.
I like how mother's pupils suddenly became widely-open when she heard a strange sound. Mother's protective instinct!
Wow, what a privilege. Thank you for showing me. I'm an aspiring falconer. Yours is a fine example to follow.
8:12 i was ROLLING when i saw this
Rabbit: ohmyfuckinggod im dying help
Gisele: shhhhhhh *puts claws in face*
Excellent video. I was an apprentice falconer up here in Colorado. It was by far the most cool thing I ever did. Beautiful bird, great training!
Gentlemen's Edge thanks 👍🏼
Her first moments of OMG I'm a mommy are so awesome!
@@BestOfAnimalss what are you talking about? That's what they do, they hunt, they kill and they eat.
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population control.
@@BestOfAnimalss there you would be wrong. A wild Goshawk likely kills more prey than the average falconer does.
@@BestOfAnimalss Actually, it's very good. It's not only an extremely natural form of hunting, but it also keeps herbivore populations in check. If herbivore populations grow too large, it can cause a severe lack of vegetation (because they're eating it all) which in turn, begins to kill them at a much faster rate than hunting does. In other words, too many prey animals will eat too much vegetation which causes them ALL to starve, which then, in turn, will also cause predators to starve. The entire environment will suffer. Plants die, prey animals die, and predators die. All because there was too much of one kind of animal.
Legal hunting keeps track of local animal populations. It keeps track of how many animals should be culled in order to keep the environment in balance. They give a certain amount of tags out to hunters, telling them exactly how many of a certain kind of animal that they are legally allowed to hunt. This not only keeps the environment healthy, but also feeds human families. It's not just "for fun". These people are eating these animals. Falconers in particular probably also use the hunted game to further feed and train their birds. Sure, it's "fun" to hunt, but a lot of hunters will gladly explain that what they enjoy about hunting is how natural it feels, and how much they like being a part of the "circle of life" while simultaneously helping the environment. Being a law abiding hunter is extremely eco-friendly, whether you like it or not. That's just a fact.
Falconers are a completely ethical and natural way of hunting game. There's literally nothing wrong with it, unless they're poaching with their falcons. Which is highly unlikely. Get off you high horse and let these people have a good time.
@@BestOfAnimalss On the contrary, all falconers are morally superior to you.
That was some hard work raising and training. Excellent to watch a tradition that is being lost through time. Incredible
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That RC car for hunt practice is an excellent idea!! Such a beautiful creature. 😎
8:04, great moment when you grab the rabbit and the bird lands on its head. Good team!
Awesome video!
That's what I call a complete video on raising, hunting and breeding a goshawk. OSH :-)
اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه أجمعين وسلم تسليما كثيرا عدد اوراق الشجر عدد قطرات المطر و عدد الحركات والسكون وعدد أوراق الشجر رظاء نفسه مداد كلماته زنه حمله عرشه عدد ما احصئ كتابه ملئ
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Wonderful! I’m a hunter, for 60+ yrs now, and have admired Falconry from afar since a boy. Thank you for stirring those feelings again! What a gorgeous bird!
Absolutely incredible how she has the instinct to protect and nurture the baby.
She was being so sweet with the baby. Awesome clip
Wow what instinct she has, a very beautiful bird and a very caring committed person teaching her falconry from a baby, well done love your work mate, awesome fantastic video brother.
Phantastic! I really like to see what a wonderful relationship you have to your Goshawk.Thank you very much for sharing.Ron
I can't remember watching something that I've enjoyed this much. Very, very cool.
What a beautiful animal, in appearance and in action. So sleek and powerful. Like a Greyhound with wings.
Wow. It took more than three years to produce this 15:13 minutes video. Great job!
Very impressive to see the beautiful relationship created. This bird trusts you completely.
Trust takes a lot of work to build/earn/create.
I'm sure this takes a lot of time & effort. Thank You for sharing
Thank you for sharing this chronicle.
I know there are so many unspoken things that go into the effort, but it shows a novice like myself the basic pattern, if my passions and pursuits were aimed toward falconry, that I would have a template to build on.
Not only that, it is just so educational and amazing to see you interacting with this animal.
Again, thank you.
Thanks. I appreciate it.
Glad you are enjoying it.
duuuuuuude..!!! this blows my mind ... been researching about falconry I THINK im in..!! thanks for sharing...
What a great Report! You are really a great guy for training hunting birds with such heartblood. Never seen better films! Greetings from Germany!
Have a very large female Finn goshawk from across the pond. Shes my very first bird, nearly everyone telling me don't get a goshawk as good first bird. Lots of patience/kindness and now a good hunter, . Lovely looking bird you have
Dude!!
This is without question the best documentary I've seen in years!!
Kudos to you!!
Beautiful documentary!!
...cant wait to watch the next one!!
You sir, have mad falconry skills. So impressed.
What tremendous dedication ! That is one beautiful bird
I never realised how pretty goshawks are but now I'm enraptured.
Enraptored :D
Amazing journey. Thanks for sharing this.
Great this is amazing, I'm proud of how you treated and trained it.
From an old falconer, great job. Jack surprise!
The first few moments of Giselle being a mom were SO CUTE
such a great video - the moment she saw her "baby" was beautiful to watch. pure mother's instinct with the baby's innocence
Thank you so much for not giving in to the temptation of adding music over the video. Most people, I imagine, like the natural sounds much better.
That's my opinion anyway.
reading Ernest Hemingway while training a hawk. Talk about a man of culture... lmaao
WiscoFishing there is definitely some overlap with falconers and people who read Hemingway
Too much lol 😂😂 love that he is trying though!! A for effort but he also gets an s for stupid!!! Try branching your education in falconry my guy don’t underestimate your ability friend
Nice teamwork! Great video!
Absolutely amazing. Beautiful birds.
In my youth (decades ago, lots of em) I fooled around catching/training everything from sparrow hawks (kestrels), red tails, coopers, peregrines, a prairie falcon, a gos, a harrier and a rough legged, no eagles tho, as they were too mentally unstable in my experience to be safe to handle. I had a friend that had one which took a detour when returning to fist, going over the fence and attacking a nearby child (fortunately it was winter in Colorado and the kid was fully bundled up and we got there soon enough to pull my friends bird off of him before any major damage occurred, scary as hell incident tho..I observed over the years, several incidents of 'accipiter' like 'rage' when the odd gos, coopers, or sharp shinned would temporally seem to 'lose their minds and lash out at pretty much anything/anyone nearbye. Not such a big thing, but I saw several eagles exhibit the same behavior, and with their available weapons, I had no wish to fool with em. I once even wrote a letter to the Mutual of Omaha fellow whom I heard was trying to acquire a Marshall's eagle, cautioning a 're-think' of that idea for just that reason. If my memory serves, he was later quite seriously injured.
I then got the urge to try an owl. Spent some time observing some barn and screech owls, and then, after I discovered the secrets to obtaining and training a Great Horned Owl (on my first attempt I was knocked out of the tree) I finally managed to get one whom I named 'Goliath'. I knew Dr. Stabler, and had met Frank Beebe but neither could tell me anything about training owls (which I discovered were a whole different kettle of fish. For instance a std welder's glove, was useless as protection against those needle sharp and incredibly powerful talons - Goliath , large even for a Great horned owl, could 'squash' the skull of a large western jackrabbit like you might pop a grape, and I discovered to my dismay, could quite easily drive her talons thru the glove and quite deeply into your wrist to boot when excited. She ended up far and away the greatest natural avian predator I'd ever encountered. When she reached maturity, we hunted pretty much everything up to and including the size of snow geese, without difficulty. We spent several seasons together around (the mountains of Colorado) and I eventually released her back to the wild when a very persistent, and dramatically smaller male, started visiting her regularly at her night time perch on the chimney of the house. The "hooting" back and forth was soon the talk of the neighborhood- that and the marked decrease in the local cat population ( they would sneak up on the roof to get a " piece' of that big 'chicken' sitting up there in the dark, literally the last mistake they ever made) convinced me to let her leave with her new suitor to carry on the most powerful and majestic race of raptor that I ever had. My whole experience with her was by far the most deeply satisfying and left me with such a wonderful sense of accomplishment, discovery and contentment, that I never again sought to acquire another bird of prey, I have, however, in my now 'golden' years , raised a rather rambunctious, incredibly intelligent (and quite raucous,) large Macaw I call "Rambo" :) who became quite the escape artist (and home decor destroyer) before I had a special steel enclosure built for him. Though quite dangerous in his own right (his 'teen' rebellious years required extreme caution- you think an eagle can bite-.Rambo is quite capable of instantly removing and disassembling parts of your anatomy while angry, yet still being gentle enough in his more domestic moments, to preen your hair. He is essentially a one man bird, and even now that he has mellowed a bit (he's in his 20's) it took some considerable effort, to introduce and acclimate him to my son, whom I have arranged to 'take' him in after my passing (Rambo is likely going to long outlive me :)
All in all my associations with these majestic descendants of dinosaurs we call birds, have dramatically enhanced my understanding, and contributed mightily, to my enjoyment of this journey we call 'life'.
seeratlas d' Tyria ...I need your guidance in training one and getting a hawk most préfère please :)
@@elujaent8255 - first thing you need to do is find local falconry enthusiasts in your area, contact them, spend some time around them and decide if you have the temperament, the time, the facilities, the resources and the self discipline and motivation to follow thru as birds of prey are NOT pets and require substantial time , effort, and determination to handle properly. I know literally nothing about you, so its impossible to advise otherwise than to physically locate and contact an experienced handler. In the meantime, I suggest that you read anything you can find on the subject and make absolutely sure that this is something you want to do.. If you are young, I caution you that you will be exposed to "nature" as being "red in tooth and claw": some find this reality difficult to deal with, especially members of the 'bambi' persuasion.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Hats off too u brother. U did a gr8 job from raising her to giving her a motherhood experience after so many infertile eggs. 😎
Too add to my previous comment about your excellent work,as a falconer.
I hacked my hen coopers back to the wild,when she became an adult.
Coopers hawk numbers, were nowhere near what they are today.
She would still come to the call and fist,3 months after I released her to breed in the wild.
You have done amazing work with the accipiters,
More often than not,some high strung birds by nature.
My lab was always good friends with all my birds.
Amazing video look forward to seeing ivan going 👍
Heat warming video. Well done mate and good luck in the future. You ARE the new Billy Casper.
What a majestic and strong bird.
Giselle's a thing of beauty. ☺ Wonderful hawk.
Incredible.....great video journal and great work.
Good work friend, I look forward to seeing more, thank you .
that was superb show mate, keep it up and very well trained
Nice video man!!! Keep up the great falconry.
That really cool bro thanks for sharing shows hard work and patients pays off.
good one mate Not an easy bird so v well done We never see coopers in the uk but will be looking out for more from you A lot of hard work Well done again A real achievement Pete uk
Thank you. Much appreciated
Sweet video and what an experience that’s gotta be!! Powerful stuff Bro!
dude... you are a savage.. beautiful bird you got there... amazing video.. couldnt be more impressed .. thank you good sir... keep up the good work
Great video. Hopefully some day you can get some fertile gos's eggs to place under her. my first redtail was obtained by this method.
Totally cool. T'anks for posting this video.
Man, what you do is truly amazing! Respect!
Wow !!!! Amazing footage !! So darn interesting. Boy what a lot of work 😵💫
Amazing! Nice work! 👍
She is a gorgeous bird. This is my first time seeing this video n i loved it
Wow! OUTSTANDING!!!! Gold Medal!
Thanks for showing/sharing your experiences. A very well-done video.
Mohammad Tohidi
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Beautiful job
Dude you are an inspiration I work with birds of prey and this is amazing
Great video! Looking forward to the next!
That was an amazing video. Thanks for sharing
Awesome video. Thanks for sharing.
wow this is amazing!! I'm 1 week and a half away from starting a job as a falconer, can't wait to learn this art!!
How is it?
Beautiful video from beginning to end. Loved every moment. God bless.
Majestic and beautiful bird Sir!
Brilliance !! ... Thanks for the adventure & heart...
That meeting of Giselle and the baby coppers hawk (sorry, ivan the terrible) was just about the cutest thing ive seen in awhile. This video was very cool, thank you for sharing!👍
this is damn cool. This is the first time i watch this kind of video.
That was a joy to watch.
Thank You!
Best hunter I've ever seen.
excellent work man
Best falconry video on youtube
This is a very cool video. I didn't know whether Giselle woould be a mother or go ahead and eat the baby. She makes a great mom.
Loved your vlog nice to see from begining how she progressed and how you trained her my friend has one i went out we got 5 herron like a stalk bird 1 pheasant and water hen brilliant day out i loved it ))
Super cool video man! Ive been wanting to go through this process for years
Thanks
I'm envious, I've always wanted to practice falconry and become a falconer!
Beautiful bird! Thanks for sharing.
Really wonderful friend I love hawks.
Great video. A lot of work. Thank you.
Amazing bird and absolutely well done video.
It is quite interesting experience and thanks for sharing.
BUSTY PETS even if this bird wasn’t in captivity it would still hunt and kill animals, its simply nature. As for you saying you’ll sit by and watch your dog kill his all I can say is thats a sick thing to do considering he probably has a sentimental attachment to his dog of he even has one. If you say that some people have sentimental attachments to rabbits living in the woods all I can say is, you do you boo. Also you have to keep in consideration that falconry has been in practice for thousands of years so has hunting with dogs. These animals are being put to good use and its a good relationship both ways. I personally have never heard of people using rabbits to hunt have you? So I’m going to assume your some crazy animal rights person that thinks we should all be vegetarians (you do you boo).
BUSTY PETS th-cam.com/video/RB4RCOe-ZEw/w-d-xo.html tell me does this goat look like “easy prey” and even of the person isn’t there behind the bird to kill what they catch once the bird gets a hold of its prey the animal is good as dead with or without the human, we just speed up the process.
@BUSTY PETS would you prefer the falconer didn't kill the animal for the bird and the bird just eat the animal alive? Cause that's what happens in the wild. They also dont always target the sick and weak, I have seen alot of wild birds hunt and it's more they just take the unlucky one, the one who falls behind in the group, inexperienced first year animals are typically the ones been caught up. Your dog comment makes you sound like a crazy person.
Man, that was an amazing video, I'm so impressed by what you were able to accomplish. I'd be asking a million questions right now if I could, but bottom line, thank you for the video, and God bless your family and furure endeavors
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Brilliant FROM Scotland thinking of taking up again enjoyed you video thank you
Amazing Bird!
So much time and effort went to making this video bro, I appreciate that alot. Thanks for the great content
Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍🏼
great video..i enjoyed it very much. thanks
she was playing around that was so cute
Your so lucky to have the time for falconry
I have one golden eagle it hunts dove for me I don't tell him to kill anything also I don't tought him but he brings back his kill to me I found him 1 and a half yrs ago in heavy rain a juvenile looking and shouting for shelter eagels are really cool a magnificent birds
Glad 2 c ur effort & commitment with bird.
You deserve a big like.❤️👍
awesome work...fascinating. thanks!
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