Advice for New Falconers

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  • čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
  • In this video I go over some tips and advice for new falconers, including learning the right language, how to find reading materials for falconry, how to make time for a hawk, how to prepare for a hawk, getting flying permission, taking your time with getting a hawk, how to find the right falconers, and some other animal training areas that are worth a look.
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Komentáře • 29

  • @matthewwhatley7877
    @matthewwhatley7877 Před 3 měsíci

    When learning about your falcons. Dont forget the book by Newt Scamandor .

  • @jaygates759
    @jaygates759 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Cheers for replay Dan

  • @jaynebennett1154
    @jaynebennett1154 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Good advice and video Dan.

  • @xdashton168
    @xdashton168 Před 8 měsíci +3

    Great video top advice again Dan

  • @nachtmacher6237
    @nachtmacher6237 Před měsícem

    😊

  • @freebirdofreason1994
    @freebirdofreason1994 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great advice, great channel I always recommend, some I don’t.good luck.

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks! Your videos are doing well at the moment too

  • @MichelleNyxRaymond
    @MichelleNyxRaymond Před 8 měsíci +1

    Oh interesting!
    I’ll most likely return to this if I need and missed something.
    You’ve brought up multiple good points and I’m glad you did!
    Wonderful video and can’t wait for more! ☺️

  • @arcticbunyip5005
    @arcticbunyip5005 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great to listen and watch the videos, even though I'd love to own a bird and join the falconry world - I know it's a huge commitment and realistically not something I can fit into life right now. Sooooooo I'll keep watching and reading a book or 2, not the same but keep it up your videos are always a treat!

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci

      I definitely will do, thanks for watching 😁

  • @coribellanoche
    @coribellanoche Před 8 měsíci +2

    Dan, thank you so very much for your insights, candor and mature attitude towards falconry. I have taken on the charge of training a 2.5 yer old tiercel who is coming along famously. As the president of the Black Hills Raptor Center here in Rapid City, South Dakota USA we are a group dedicated to the rehabilitation of injured and sick raptors, education and research. I am currently at a point where Ike (our tiercel) will fly to the lure on creance and return to his perch consistently and predictably. The thought of free flight weighs heavy on my mind. We have just acquired a telemetry unit that I am working with off bird for the time being. It would be interesting for me (and I suppose others) just how you make the transition from creance to free flight and, with regard to the telemetry, where do you prefer to place the transmitter - tail, leg or harness? Greetings from across the pond in Rapid City, South Dakota. By the way, I am an avid follower and am a subscriber to your channel. Cheers.

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Hi, that’s awesome, keep up the good work, I’ll have to have a look for you guys on social media if you have it. I guess you have to just accept when it’s time to go free that there are risks involved, it’s always tricky the first time and I guess I could make a video about it, my main advice at the moment is that make sure you have a routine and the first time you fly him free do not change a thing, just carry on with exactly what you had already been doing for the first few flights until you are more comfortable yourself and you won’t put him off with your own nerves.
      And personally I prefer tail mounts but if you can get a backpack on him that will do just as well. Please let me know how you get on with the training!

  • @Ryanmoodyandlolathepugandco
    @Ryanmoodyandlolathepugandco Před 8 měsíci +2

    Hi Dan hope you're well, this video was brilliant as are all your others as you know, please definitely do a part 2 (didn't mean for that to rhyme) 😂 keep up the fantastic content
    😀 all the best 👍

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci +1

      Thanks Ryan, I’m doing well thanks, hope you are too!

    • @Ryanmoodyandlolathepugandco
      @Ryanmoodyandlolathepugandco Před 8 měsíci

      @MercerFalconry I wish I could say the same about myself, but your videos are keeping me going with health issues knocking for six some days, but overall I'm OK 👍 🦉🦅❤️

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci +1

      @ryanmoodyandlolathepugandn7956 oh that’s a shame, I currently am suffering from the flu, I just edit out all the coughs and nose blowing and think I hide it quite well

  • @jakethebirdnerd5411
    @jakethebirdnerd5411 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Great video Dan I’m hoping to get a sponsor and trap my first bird next year (From the USA) in the meantime I’m going to volunteer at 3 different nature center, one of with has otters coyotes and a snowy owl and barn owls another has many different species of hawks and owls and the last one has a little bit of everything (birds mammals reptiles etc.) over the winter I plan to go out several different falconers who fly different birds birds to see how different species are flown. This video gave me some food for thought and I’ll check out those animal training books you mentioned.

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci

      Sounds like you are doing all the right things to get some great experience!

  • @jaygates759
    @jaygates759 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Hi Dan
    Do you breed birds ???
    I knew a guy called Darren Hollis but not seen him in ages
    Videos are mint pal

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci

      Hi, no I don’t breed any birds myself, I have worked with birds bred by Darren though!

  • @SPETSNAZZ87
    @SPETSNAZZ87 Před 8 měsíci +2

    but but but we call the peregrine a shaheen, and calling the jesses a Sbuk and handmade em, guess can't fit as a falconer >:D

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci

      That’s a new one on me, I’ve never herd the word Sbuk before!

  • @ComicusFreemanius
    @ComicusFreemanius Před 8 měsíci +1

    You forgot coffee...

  • @johnabbott4424
    @johnabbott4424 Před 8 měsíci

    But are you a falconer or do you just fly bop at shows

    • @MercerFalconry
      @MercerFalconry  Před 8 měsíci

      You have a choice here, you can either keep questioning me, which I really don’t mind because the more comments I get on videos the more CZcams pushes my videos to people meaning I actually earn more money the more you comment, or you can stop questioning what I do with my private personal life that I don’t show on CZcams, maybe I go out every weekend of the open season to hunt and just don’t show it on CZcams, am I allowed to have some private life that’s not questioned every 5 minutes by you?

    • @johnabbott4424
      @johnabbott4424 Před 8 měsíci

      @@MercerFalconry you are so right in what you say but I am interested as to the fact that you call yourself mercer falconry that's all well and good if you practice the art but not if you just do displays and so called hawk walks with yout birds