Just to round off the season and after what I’ve seen; let me inspire you to train and fly the ‘real’ Harris hawk See this video for a bit more hh action: • HARRIS HAWK WOODY GOES...
Still the most undervalued bird in falconry today. Time and effort in - rewards out. Goshawks today are often more of a status symbol than a real hunting bird. Anyone else remember switching from Goshawks to HH back in the day? They will know/understand how good HH really are.
@peteranddorothybowles5428
Жыл бұрын
Goshawk owners have more nerves than i do They look good but like you say most owners dress up to look the part It takes a lot from the sport having to use telemetry Harris with a bell does me
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Ooooo
@kevinparker461
Жыл бұрын
Flew my first Harris in 1981 after flying Spars & Gos. I needed re-training because the rules changed a bit. Once i got the bird fit & motivated it would take on anything & win!. In one season 19 brown hares out of 23 slips, lost count of the rabbits, ducks & pheasants.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
And you had to remortgage to buy one then hehe
@paulbarry6451
Жыл бұрын
Like all things in life, you only get out of something, what you put in.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
True fact
@kennykd97
Жыл бұрын
Love Harris hawk they are beautiful birds.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
They surely are
@johnwilkes7190
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed watching your Harris Hawk vids keep it up .
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Cheers John
@lohikarhu734
Жыл бұрын
great talk! the Harris' seems, to me, "Mr. Lurker", to have a wonderful combination of traits, given the right sort of training, environment, et al... the social nature really looks to make them a real "team player" with the falconer, and, as. we've seen in some cases, they really understand dogs as team members...perhaps they make a kind of "career-long" bird, able to put up with a beginning falconer, and bonding, and then the ability to just keep getting better! even that one clip showed the speed, maneuverability, and sheer bloody tenacity! I've seen some videos from an Italian fellow who flies a pair (or three?), and they show that amazing teamwork among birds, falconer, and dogs...thanks for another HH video...if was 10 years younger....
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Thankyou! Ten years younger would help me out too!
@sprk11
Жыл бұрын
just got a remote control car to help get my bird really fit for next season. Car training and ground squirrel for the summer and then when Duck and hare open up I'm hoping for that lighting quick confident HH that I know she can be. Would love a Gos but they don't fit my nature . My favorite coffee shop is just down the road and we love to sit on the deck with the bird on the rail and talk about the hunt we just had or the hunt we're heading out to,
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Hehe I used a rc car to train the eagle for fitness first few seasons!
@shaneshac
Жыл бұрын
Harris's hawks are superb hunters. they hunt with their brain if you let them develop their skills on enough slips.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
I think that’s the key with them all eh; having the game to produce good birds
@freebirdofreason1994
Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many HH are passed on or not flown because the falconry world has misunderstood this wonderful hawk that can hunt from the fist, follow on through thick forest , hunt from the soar, if flown properly with dedicated enthusiasm. A great video 👍
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
A lot I think
@Gr8Poseidon
3 ай бұрын
I love HH because of their willingness to work as a team with other HH.
@ThatSocratesguy
14 күн бұрын
3 questions Dave 1) Why were you so amazed by the birds being so muscular/heavy but still having a good bond with the falconer? 2) 11:45 What do you mean the HH was begging the falconer? Do raptors call for their falconers after they’ve caught a big prey because they can’t kill them theirselves easily? 3) Would you say the HH is also one of the best birds for pest abatement? Cheers
@kevinmosedale8113
Жыл бұрын
Totally agree with you Dave. So much of this is down to the keeper. A well manned, fit HH or Redtail is so much better than an unfit posers Finnish Goshawk.
@ThatSocratesguy
12 күн бұрын
Dave you have to see this: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yZt7r6N-rXmcZoosi=lm-G4LtrZBEGnFwn This guy is making puzzles/enrichment toys for his Harris Hawks to solve and get food as a reward. Much like people train crows to do. It seems like a fantastic idea for falconers to bond more with their bird, especially during the moult. Maybe you could try one of these at your coming falconry meet. To see whose Harris Hawk is best at solving them.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
11 күн бұрын
All good stuff I was trying that sort of stuff out in 2010 with a young hh , they’re smarter than just rabbiting hawks that’s for sure , no parrots or ravens but pretty clever beasties
@MichaelDavis-pq6ei
Жыл бұрын
Nice one Dave. Harris all the way very intelligent. I'm a pestie and wouldn't consider anything else. Good bond with a Harris, it will do anything you ask of it. Great birds.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
True indeed
@ThatSocratesguy
25 күн бұрын
Pestie as in you’re in pest control I assume?
@MichaelDavis-pq6ei
25 күн бұрын
@@ThatSocratesguy Yes pest control. Harris is the bird of choice
@ThatSocratesguy
25 күн бұрын
@@MichaelDavis-pq6ei Do you do it full time? Seems like a very cool job
@MichaelDavis-pq6ei
24 күн бұрын
@@ThatSocratesguy Yes I was full time. I have given up to follow a courier in nuclear building maintenance just up ghe road from where I live. It was a cool job but for a very cut throte company and after 35 years with them I could no longer stand there antics
@waynekieft4952
6 ай бұрын
True! I dont think novices learn enough from a Harris Hawk ! They are so intelligent they will always be a few steps ahead of a novice, leaving the Hawk training the novice! I have had 2 GH and they made me go bald! I would sooner have a well conditioned and fit Harris than GH all day long! My favourite bird secon d to my Sakers!
@lukegerlach9904
10 ай бұрын
Hey Sir, greetings from the US, Arizona to be specific, and I heard you mention that Harris' are good at ground game, and after observing them fly in the wild, since here where I live we have the Northernmost population of Harris', The reason behind that I believe is because they hunt a lit of rabbits, mostly jackrabbits, which are actually a very large and extremely powerful desert hare, as well as pack rats, and roadrunners (of all things) and they are social so taking large prey is just inherent to them, where as a goshawk is solitary and whilst capable of taking hares, rabbits, hell, even geese, they by nature want to be hunting doves, pigeons, songbirds, squirrels and other swift small quarry. I am not a falconer, but aspire to become one when I have the time and money, but I love all things birds of prey, and so correct me if you think the reason is otherwise. Thanks-Luke
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
10 ай бұрын
Great observations, what a great place to live! Mind you I think I’d get overwhelmed looking for reptiles! Roadrunners here are only in zoos but what great birds they are! I hope you get the chance to practice falconry asap!
@Luxfer999
Жыл бұрын
WHOAAaaa!!! 🍀
@alanarmer8069
8 ай бұрын
👍👍🦅🦅👍👍
@peteranddorothybowles5428
Жыл бұрын
Take the stress out of hawking don't they
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
A lot !
@robinmoore1994
Жыл бұрын
peruvian brown crow,most are more inteligent than there owner
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
True!
@trevorgorman4844
Жыл бұрын
I love the action photos. Any chance we could see your top 5 or 10 of the season ?
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Probably not for two reasons ; Sod’s Law means they happen when the camera isn’t on but worse , far worse … I film and edit the videos all on my phone …. Even with iCloud the phones still fill fairly with data , too full and videos can’t be saved …. I delete almost everything after a film Is made so little To recycle ! The videos have it all … somewhere on them! One day time will allow me to film on cameras and edit on a dedicated laptop ….
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
Check out some of the journals and red letter day for sure
@trevorgorman4844
Жыл бұрын
@@falconry.davesharpenatureboy The image of the Hawk with talons out about to bind is superb.
@falconry.davesharpenatureboy
Жыл бұрын
I’m lucky to get some of those sent by quality photographers for sure
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