Falconry - Hunting small farm with Kestrel

[pujan96]

whats the name of the music???

[232323C]

I love your falcon...beautiful, majestic...

[BridgetFalconer]

Beautiful Kestrel! I'm a General falconer. Been flying solely Red-Tails, but I'll be trapping me an American Kessie, Lord willing. Going to try and get it on sparrows and starlings.

Good luck to you this season!

[suckmed1k]

were can i get an american kestral

and what do i really need?

[TheKeiraner]

Oh cool... thanks

[TheKeiraner]

Can you still effectivly hunt kestrels on regular fields without tall grass?

[FalconryVids]

@TheKeiraner

If there is something to hunt in the field you can hunt it. The prey usually hides in patches of tall grass or bushes.

[TheKeiranZ]

How many hours a day do you need to train and man kestrels? I want to start falconry but I have school taking 6 hours of every day except weekends (Im 13).

[LBGoodyear]

Great vid! I'm an apprentice falconer, and noticed that your transmitter is on her keel... any reason this is better than a backpack mount?

[FalconryVids]

Kestrels are SO small the backpack is a pain to "install" plus I find it slows the bird down. The way I do it I have found it is VERY light and easy to use remove and replace....

[MrBullsh1t]

wheRe DiD yOU bUY yOUR kEstrEL oR whEre DId yOU cAtcH iT??

[coreyissexy12]

how'd u train ur kestrel

[FalconryVids]

@coreyissexy12

Lots of daily working with her... Wait till you see this years videos!

[taher1882]

great training man i traped a common kestrel and i tried to train it like u do but i failed ?? do u use a hood or what do u do for exactly ??

[Nakka92]

what's the song's name?

[99m4g3r1]

ive got a kestral called kesy=)

[joeygoshawk]

tonnes of fun witha female ak

[maokeefe]

I notice she is flying with a neck mounted transmitter. I flew a couple of kestrels with transmitters mounted with #10 rubber bands and the birds always seemed to go crazy when it was first put it on. Do you ever see anything like that or is it me?

[FalconryVids]

I use seamless hair ties (no metal). Works great and they preen it right into their feathers.

[UnratedGunz]

my dad did the same hen he was young

[jsnaker21]

plzz help me?

so can u trap a big hawk/falcon and train it?

or how do u trap a small one?

how did u do it?

[8992297]

Man alive your a good falconer.... It would be really neat if you could do a video with some tips or sumthin for the less experienced falconers... I could really use some pointers

[Nakka92]

nice job, she's an amazing little kestrel! btw, what's the name of the song?

[Nakka92]

awesome vid! I would love to have one of these... btw, what's teh song's name?

[puntolover21]

no wait thts gota b a female..omg idk

[FalconryVids]

Passage Female Kes

[puntolover21]

thats a male kestral....right?....thats wat my dad has

[FullmetalAngyl]

I don't see any jesses in this video. Do you take them off for hunting her for some reason?

Or did I miss them?

Even if she didn't catch anything spectacular it's a nice vid!

I would if I could, but I live about 9 miles west of the GWB on the Jersey side. There's plenty of places to hunt around, but I live 'just' a little too far from most of the good ones for convenience. The parks close and large enough are too often too crowded and after that its mostly graveyards and golf courses!

[FalconryVids]

Jesses are removed for hunting. I don't take the chance of them getting caught somewhere.

[taher1882]

nhh great video , nice bird is that an imprint or u trained it after being a haggard in the wild ??

[FalconryVids]

This is a passage bird. It was trapped as a juvenile.

[Animal1204]

Im not old enough to start yet but i want a kestrel if anything do you know where i can get more info on them??

[FalconryVids]

Check with your state hawking club. IF you are in California the California Hawking Club has a great website with plenty of info.

[clutchcrippler]

I'm also interested in becoming a member of the falconry community. I'd like to own a kestrel. I'm 21 living in north central pa. Do you know how I can go about doing this?

[RSPascoe]

Nice bird mate... I'm currently training a young male for demo work... What's his/her quarry?

[FalconryVids]

Starlings, House sparrows, mice/rats/gophers, grasshoppers, dragonflies. She has caught frogs, lizards and even a snake. There is a few ducks on that farm and mice go into the duck shed to steal food. She got a bite on her foot from a huge gopher and has not gone for any gophers or rats since. She will still jump on a mouse.

[lumbermouth]

@FalconryVids what about a pigeon?