My First Hunting Trip (Peregrine Falcon)

My friend Ben and his family are really into falconry. He invited me to join him on an early season training session with his falcon. It was amazing. I brought my daughter, Jillian, too.

Peregrine Falcons can reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour in a dive from several thousand feet up. Today, the bird only reach around 100 mph from lower altitudes.

In the end, Ben released a dove and the bird caught it after a short chase.

At the very end of the video Ben's brother in law pulled out his much larger, male red tail hawk. He was impressive too. His talons are about twice the size of the falcons.


Thanks Ben!

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Peregrine Falcon
• falconer
• bird hunting
• north carolina.
• pigeon

[falconersapprentice]

Hey I know Ben, would this video be in NC? Ben is great have watched him hunt his Peregrine!

[ryanmalham]

@falconersapprentice Yep



[insipid4444]

Thats a lovely video,thanks for sharing with us.

[ryanmalham]

@insipid4444 Thanks for your comments. Have you watched my second falcon hunting trip video?

[darkside59]

Hey Ryanmalham, Can you tell me everything I need to know on how to Obtain a Falcon and use it for hunting and how to train.. Can you give me a good web site where I can study on it.. Looks exciting..

[ryanmalham]

@darkside59 I really don't know all that you need to know. My friend, Ben, knows a lot. If you'd like to get in touch with him, send me a private message and I will connect you two.

[MegaJohnnybravo123]

O_O wow

[BalkanKemal]

beautiful bird.

[RILEIGHJO]

@9090jacko , some do as you suggest but because it's more of a "pain in the ass" thing to keep taking them in and out. the hanging jesses suggest that the bird is carrying something which will draw attention from another raptor so i prefer not to fly with them. plus if you are lucky enough to find a lost bird, and it's responsive, it should jump to the fist for food where you can hook it back up. just my preference

[RILEIGHJO]

@kcpl08 my friend, this is about as good as it gets around here in eastern NC. this field is much bigger than what it appears but there are some buildings around but they don't usually come into play. the field is about a mile long and 1/2 mile wide and one of the more "open" areas i have access to that's not hours away. we train our birds to stay tight so that we can fly these areas.

[kcpl08]

Looks a good bird but not sure why your flying in a built up area like that, to get the full potential out of your bird you need the right area like open country or better yet moorland.

Well done tho nice bird.

[9090jacko]

it is ok but I wouldn't recommend that you flew it with out perminant flying jesses again unless it is a imprint mate i lost mine last year and every falconer will comment that no flying jesses, sorry to put it mate but if you loose it you cannot retrieve it again it isn't very good, sorry mate, I had to say it it was the first mistake i found on here sorry

[157pontiac]

Shut the bloody kid up...!

[intervention445]

Beautiful birds! How old were they