Norfolk Falconry Snowy owl catches the falcons lure

[manotroll5]

muito linda a coruja

mas parece muio lenta mas como ela caça no escuro e no silencio velocidade não e tudo

[2008Sameoldfitup]

roy west

[kritti1]

Looks like a gyr in slow motion

[UNDguy1987]

I would love to start doing falconry but I don't have the time, oh well maybe someday

[Aoife211]

wow. I mean... wow! snowy owl doing slips on the lure? what do you think about training other birds on lure like... buteos for example. CB maybe?

by the way the owl is great. :))

[foxy358]

NICE BIRD, YOUR DOING WELL THERE.

[2002Rembrandt]

amazing

[TheOwlExperience]

I think this is Brilliant - I dont know anyone who else who has trained a Snowy to the lure....

[offski013]

is she still flying to the lure, or has it been abandoned? Have heard that owls don't respond well to traditional methods and lose motivation quickly.

[whitewater284]

Owls are considered very difficult to train unless gotten as a baby. But even then it can be difficult. I have been looking for a video of a falconer hunting with an owl and having success for a long time and haven't been able to find it

[packercarlsenac]

this isnt the first retard

[milvipes]

o rly?

[bubohiko]

I am splendid.

I am very wonderful.

[Mazryonh]

This trainer really should share the secret of how to train a bird without using bait every time. Or how to train owls in general.

[xesogycit]

I'm not a falconer or whatever they're called, but i took a psychology class and i would make a pretty big bet on that he started by using bait until the owl did what he wanted every time, then started not giving it bait sometimes, then started giving it bait less and less times until he only gave it bait very occasionaly. a similar experiment was done with a pigeon and got it to peck a screen 200,000 times in a row without getting any food for it. same way you can raise kids well basically

[Mazryonh]

It's what they call "randomization of reward," right? Something that only gives out a treat 50% of the time or less will inspire more effort to perform the "treat-getting behaviour" than something that gives out a treat 100% of the time.

I'd like to think this falconer was quick to share his secret and save others in his profession a lot of money in bait saved. Teaching these animals to be more obedient and reliable without constantly plying them with food can only be a good thing, right?

[cayote64]

@xesogycit

No not correct at all, im a falconer as we are called and food is placed on the lure each time. The animal is flying at a weight that makes the fairly easy work rewarding with food. Not a great deal of food or the bird becomes lazy as its had enough to not bother anymore.

[hawwammmmmmm]

good trainer

[blahinthe]

Nice. I read that there isn't much written about falconry with an owl, of course I know nothing on the subject.

[siouxziesoo]

That's immense!! How on earth did you get him to do that?? Well done mate, that is seriously impressive.

[Darthwizard]

You're the man, How can you master an owl like that? I wan't to be a falconer too.

[mxpapi1]

1 WORD ===== AWESOME

[jbcoronatus]

Excellent stuff mate! Nice to see someone fully exploring the falconry potential of this species. ATB James Ps. You dont do taxidermy as well do you?!

[bmffworldtour]

If tethering a falcon is animal cruelty, wouldn't leashing a dog also be? I'm not trying to judge those who have feelings on either side of the argument, I'm just trying to better understand how falconry is any different than domesticating any type of animal.

[harmonyjoy5]

hey looks good guys. Currently training one my self. Thought I would challenge the common perception "cant catch nothing"

[Norfolkfalconry]

Good luck m8, I had fun teaching Ice :-)

[Norfolkfalconry]

Thank you Rykiem,

I was going to delete the comment, esp after seeing his favourite videos, but it just shows him up leaving it on ;-p

[Norfolkfalconry]

cruelty to animals - muppet.

[rykiem1]

He's been spamming it on many falconry videos. It's getting tiresome seeing and hearing all these uneducated yes-men. I swear next time I hear some shit like this at a meet or festival I am going to give them a face lift. Keep doing what you're doing mate

[OrchusTube]

cruelty to animals

[bbshot6991]

you know what, shut up how is it cruelty to animals, we feed them and practically pamper them

[harmonyjoy5]

you are obviously very uneducated on the matter of captive raptors. You should spend some time getting to know something about what you speak.