Taking an Eyass Cooper's Hawk for Falconry: The Beginning of a Journey
2014 ж. 31 Мам.
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Filmed by Montana with Canon, GoPro, and Contour Cameras.
This nestling Cooper's hawk was taken for falconry purposes covered under state and federal licenses. The taking of baby hawks is illegal without proper licensing.
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One of these days I'll get some land and be able to devote the time needed to get into falconry, until then, I live vicariously through youtube.
Good luck!!
This is incredible. The fact you went up and selected it yourself will surely make for an amazing bond between you and the bird. Raise it well, my friend!
Kinda like Pokemon
Very cool! One, maybe two of those eyas would not have made it to adulthood, so you saved one for a good healthy productive life. Your attention to detail in pulling this mission off is very impressive! You obviously do not have a fear of heights! Keep up the good work. A bright future awaits you in whatever you decide to do!
Congratulations! You are a brave one climbing up that tree.
Very cool man - looks cruel to the uneducated. awesome that you are keeping a 4000-year-old symbiotic partnership alive. good on you
Absolutely amazing! I love Coopers Hawks! Your eyass is sweet! Can't wait to see her flights!
I think every one shall agree you have earnt a truck load of respect
amen to that, he's my new hero.
to those who got mad at him. He saved that chick, because rarely 3 chicks survive in 1 nest. Usually there's 2 or just 1, the third gets no food and then dies because he get outmatch by the bigger brothers.
Molhedim or sisters
Respectfully, I can't necessarily agree with that. Had the chick and its siblings been starving and/or abandoned, then an argument could easily be made for "saving" all of their lives. That wasn't the case here. All of those chicks looked to be well-fed and in good condition. There was obviously an intent to take a chick from a wild nest for the purpose of training it for use in human sport. It had nothing to do with saving it. Chicks from multiple-clutch broods can survive to successfully fledge their nests. This fact has been well-documented over time by casual observers and trained professionals alike, and is most typically seen in locations where prey is readily available. Wooded areas like the one we see in this video often fit that description. What happened here was wrong.
@Jennifer M. I understand why you are angry but 3 chicks surviving is a very rare thing. I used to grow and breed pigeons ( different species but the case stands ) and I never saw a pair being able to raise 3 chicks, and that was with me giving them food and everything else they needed. I always had to hand feed the third or else he would've died. Now imagine in the wild when you don't know when your next meal will be. I'm not saying he did that to save him, obviously it was for falconry. But he did a good thing here. The 2 remaining chicks would have a significant higher chance of surviving and falconers sometimes release into the wild their falcons. It was a win-win here, tho i understand why you are angry with him.
It's not so much that I'm angry and I do see your point, but I just fundamentally object to removing young from wild nests without imminent risk of injury/death to the chicks. I've seen some unfortunate consequences due to this kind of interference (unintentional, for sure, but still really sad). While it is true that sibling rivalry among chicks can and does sometimes result in the death of one or more chicks in the very early stages of their development after hatching, it certainly isn't a rule and the risk greatly decreases as they mature together in the nest. The competition between them as they grow increases their skills at securing prey for themselves during those first few crucial years on their own in the world, before they're old enough to mate and breed their own young. I guess both arguments have their merits, though. We all just hope for the best, really. :)
@Jennifer M. yea, well that's true, I cannot defend amateur falconers or random people doing it for whatever purpose. Falconry is a beautiful thing, a relation between 2 species based on trust ( and ofc food ). Is also beneficial for the birds since the falconers care for these birds and will donate money for endangered birds of prey. It's same with carnivorous plants, nobody gave a crap about endangered carnivorous plants, only the growers and other people who care about plants/nature. They raised 25.000 $ of the needed 20.000 and then another 100.000 ongoing for conservation efforts. I genuine think falconers can help birds of prey in an age where species are going extinct at an alarming pace.
You make good videos, thank you for taking the time to have both Falconry and video artistry skills. It matters!
to those who are mad that he "kidnapped" a hawk "baby" - we humans typically have one and very rarely two babies at a time, because we are actually really good at raising our babies to adulthood pretty reliably. We don't need to have three or four babies at once, every single year, to have a hope of one or two of them surviving long enough to reproduce. I don't know about this particular species of Hawk, but I do know that a lot of American species of raptor can expect the larger chick to bully the others, hog all of the food if possible, and then push the smaller weaker siblings out of the nest. Also, all it takes is a really strong thunderstorm or wind storm at the wrong time and the babies can end up falling out of the nest or dying of exposure. Then, even if they survive to the age they can fly, the process of learning to fly and learning to hunt comes with quite a few dangers. Then there is another difficult period when their parents finally kick them out on their own and quit feeding them. Lots of young birds starve to death because they don't get good enough at hunting to feed themselves reliably through their first winter. If it was legal for just anybody who wanted to go get a raptor and try to raise it to do so, I would say that it should definitely not be allowed. But you have to get a certification and a license to raise one, and that process includes serving a long apprenticeship. I wonder if some of the people who were upset about the hypothetical kidnapping here have dogs or cats or horses? Because you don't have to take any sort of class or training period to own a cat or a dog, now do you? You can just go take one right out of its family environment, right from it's mother's bosom so to speak, kidnap it to your household, and then when you don't understand that it's a frightened baby, not a fun new toy... when you've had no classes or experience on how to train or socialize the animal to fit into a human household properly, you can drop it right off at the local pound or animal shelter. I'm not saying that any of the naysayers would do so, or have done so. I'm just pointing out that compared to even the average domesticated animal breed, this bird will be a lot more spoiled, pampered, expensively cared for, given mandatory checkups by a local raptor veterinarian , checked in on by the local falconry associations, and so forth. At least that's what would happen in North American falconry and since the U.S. inherited the traditions from European falconry for the most part I'm guessing there's not too many differences. Also, the bird doesn't have to come back. Once it is an adult, and trained all the way, it will inevitably get to do a lot of flying around hunting with its human hunting partner. it's not like you can keep one on a leash. If it wants to fly away and go wild again it can and will. And don't forget, it will have been trained to be a very good hunter. So, no worries about it starving to death in the wild. But, from what I understand, most of them choose to come back most of the time. There have even been people who reported that after they captured an adult wild bird and trained it and hunted with it for the season, and then released it again, it voluntarily returned to their home next year and was found trying to get back inside the enclosure. Probably for the same reason that we find raccoons in our trash cans and rabbits in our gardens. We humans are really good at getting lots of food without having to put the same amounts or kind of effort into it that wild animals do. Predators would rather not go hungry or get injured in fights with large feisty prey when they know they could sit around and just be given food for very minimal effort. Instead of having to spend hours sitting in high branches of trees watching the field waiting for a foolish rabbit or squirrel to come out in the open, they have humans with ferrets and dogs to crash around in the bushes for them to chase out the prey so they can make an easy kill. Birds kept by humans have much longer lifespans then those living in the wild, and it isn't hard to see why. Whether a wild bird is injured, sick, cold, soaking wet, didn't sleep well the night before, or is in the middle of molting all of its feathers, no matter - if it wants to eat, then every single day rain or shine it has to go out there and fling itself bodily from the sky at animals that can be its own size or bigger. Unless it happens to have been adopted by humans. In which case, the human will carefully look it over before flying it, and if it appears to have even a minor health issue, or sometimes even just be in a really "off" mood, a responsible falconer won't fly it. If they did they would just be shooting themselves in the foot, because that is a very difficult to train and expensive animal to risk. One of the most dangerous moments for a predator bird is when it has taken prey and is on the ground. If the prey wasn't quite killed when they stooped on it, the animal may still be struggling or fighting, which can injure the bird. They need a little bit of time to get airborne again from the ground, so if there are any other larger species of raptor that wants to take their prey away or even eat them, they could be very vulnerable. If there are any carnivore scavengers around, there is a chance they could lose their dinner or their life to those as well. There are not many species of raptor that can carry even a rabbit away with them - even the American Eagle doesn't land to grab a fish, for example. They swoop down and snatch it on the move and keep going. So, raptors have to bolt down their food wherever they killed it and then get the heck out of there before scavengers come sniffing around. But, birds that hunt in partnership with humans have an advantage that no others do. They have a large aggressive omnivore mammal willing to stand over them to protect them while they eat, or even carry their prey home to a safe place for them to have it later. They can have a terrible day of failed hunting and they still have dinner from previous kills defrosted and waiting for them when they get back to their enclosure. But what about their freedom? Well, it wouldn't be a very fun life for a human. Did you ever notice how much your dog or cat sleeps? The most efficient way to get calories is directly from the Sun & the dirt. To be a plant, basically. But, we can't eat sunlight and dirt. Some of us do the next best thing, which is eat plants. Of course, there are other animals who do the third most efficient thing, which is exclusively eat things that eat plants. But, living off of protein has some drawbacks. It gives a lot of energy and calories, but it also takes a lot of energy to digest. There are plants everywhere and they cannot run away from you, but if you want to be a meat eater you have got to chase down an animal at least every few days. And they would really rather not be eaten, so they fight you a lot harder than most plants do. So your pet carnivores may like to go on a crazy 2 a.m. rampage that simulates intense hunting behavior... and of course they are usually willing to wake up from a nap and be ready to go do something with their favorite person at a moment's notice. But, if you leave your pet carnivore alone with nothing much to do, they simply go into screensaver mode. Cats are, of course, better at it than dogs are, because cats are not pack hunters and so don't get as upset by a lack of socialization or interaction. But as long as your dog is not in general feeling lonely and ignored and is getting plenty of interaction with his people when you are home, a dog will also just fall over and take a nap if there is nothing else going on. And that is because they are carnivores, living off of protein isn't very efficient, and so they are wired to conserve energy and not waste calories if they don't have to. carnivorous birds are the same way, but even more so. Even in the wild, if there isn't anything they need to be doing, then they just don't do anything. I understand why it would sound extremely unkind to a human, because we would hate that. But to a carnivore animal, most of the time, happiness is a full belly of meat and a warm quiet dimly lit place where they can turn their brain off and nap or zone out for as long as they want without feeling like they need to keep watch for danger. Actually, that sounds like some of the falconers I have met... I wonder...
Cat Fury I not happy at all
Nice text man!!
Cat Fury how long did it take you to write that?
Dude why do u bother I read a hate comment once demonizing a local youtuber who "murdered" a "peaceful" feral hog These people r a pain in the ***
Thunder griffin that is what he said.
I would be way to scared to do that xD I may one day though if I decide to be that crazy! I can't wait to see this baby grow
Yeah it gets pretty nerve wracking up there! Hopefully some day you do, it's been a blast so far!
good for you buddy, well planned and executed right down to the thermal bag and roll of line to lower it, 10/10
While birding I find that among the Accipiters, Cooper's Hawks are some of the most interesting, if nothing but for their calls! I've been a birder for as long as I can remember, and I remember my fascination with raptors just blossoming after watching some Coopers vocalizing near a nest. Incredible and cute little guy! Falconry is such an awesome sport. Consider me a subscriber.
When I did that, I bear hugged the tree to climb it without gear. At the nest there was a runt that was so starved by competition with its siblings that it could barely hold up its head. I took that one, the one that wouldn’t have survived another two days. I wrapped it in my shirt, tied it, put it over my shoulder holding the shirt tail in my mouth, then bare bellied shimmied back to the ground. The tiercel Coopers was very grateful, eating from my bare hand immediately. I raised him until he was in full hard penned plumage, flying him loose daily, teaching him to hunt for himself. When he was ready for independence, I fattened him to the maximum, and released him to the wild. That’s also falconry.
Thank you your comment was one of the few from many that was educational. All though we who support Falcontry ( not one myself but I know all the good it has done) will never be able to cure stupid.
Did he ever come back? Or at least pay a visit?
You sir are fearless
Well done man. I hope to do that with a Goss one day. That takes balls up there!
for anyone concerned about conservation implications, smaller hawks have relatively high reproduction and mortality rates in the wild and so will be only trivially affected by taking of tiny numbers for falconry. large scale forest habitat and prey loss due to industrial agriculture, indiscriminate pesticide abuse, and of course general urban sprawl are vastly more important to populations of these sorts of birds
Not to mention the parents have one less mouth to feed and it wont die a miseable death from sibling rivalry
Wow. You clearly have an incredible passion for what you do. To others considering using a climbing stand, make sure the two platforms are tethered together. Also a harness here is essential. The stand comes with one and the annoyance of using one far outweighs the alternative.
Nice job. minimum disruption. quick exit. Well done young man.
No safety harness? That guy is a badass
it is amazing so much
THAT'S JUST EPIC!
Lol; I love all the comments from people that would rather the chick have died than be raised by a human. Apparently these people think that it is less emotionally damaging to a bird to see a chick pushed out of an overcrowded nest or eaten by a racoon. Your human ideals of chicknapping is wrong is far more detrimental to ecosystem than what this guy did.
"One day in the wild is worth a whole life in a cage". think about it.This guy took a eyas for his own pleasure and money. So f*** him
@@pascale_eagles 1 day in the wild is worth more than living a full life? You obviously don't understand this bird will be raised healthy and be given a better chance at survival. Eventually it goes back to the wild to raise it's own chicks. Falconers protect the Raptors and give them a fighting chance. Secondly it's not for money but for conservation.
@@pascale_eagles lol your knowledge on the subject and community of falconers is pathetic, go play in traffic.
@@pascale_eagles Exactly. Fuck him and the arseholes who support him. He is not saving nothing. Typical dicks that rape nature of everything and think their doing it a favour.
@@cozzazee4043 Your ignorance about falconry and raptor conservation is laughable. Go back to your incel group.
check out HSS rope style tree strap, would allow you to be hooked onto the tree during your climb.
Excellent video, beautiful bonny eyass, I hope she matures to be a successful falconer's bird! Already, she seems well-behaved, you were lucky the parents weren't present!! Good luck!
More episodes it is awesome
Amazing..is there any reason you chose that eyass over the other three? Can't wait to follow you on this journey. I'm also in NC and hope to become a falconer one day. Right now I know I don't have the time to devote to it properly, but I very much enjoy getting to watch and read and learn as much as I can in the meantime. Getting to watch someone that's also in NC is a bonus! So exciting! Hope your lovely girl is doing well!
Holy crap, that's some awesome climbing skills man,
brave man i never think about this climb
Totally cool! What is that contraption you were using to climb the tree. We used to use climbing irons.
That was a "climbing" tree-stand. Normally used for rifle or bow-hunting. We do have climbing spikes and we do utilize them with trees unclimbable with the tree-stand. The tree stand is my personal preference as it creates a sort of platform that you can work from. It is also less physically exhausting, in my opinion. Thanks for watching!
That's the coolest thing ever seen
Beautiful video
So awesome ♥️
Awesome video
And what did you do today? Very cool tree climbing rig! Very healthy nest of eyaas! No doubt all three (or did I hear you say 4) would NOT have made it to fledge. I am just starting my falconry journey and cant get enough of your well done vids.
That must be kind of chilling to climb a tall swaying tree with the possibility of being attacked by 18 ounces of furious bird with sharp talons that might drive you to the ground... I would rather get a bird an easier way lol
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard"
It's very true that one will survive......may be that also will not..... He done a great job ... Brother please make sure one thing you are teaching that but about all his natural habit as well .. Even I would like get like that ... But you are so brave that I can't able to go that much higher....
Sound is cool wow 😀😀
“I’ve come to steal your soul, young ehyass!”
Awesome!
That is so cool!!!!!
you are crazy! but awesome! gonna subscribe..
so cool cant wait for my bird.
Makes me kind of sad to think about taking eyasses but i hope you and your bird bond wonderfully!
Me too, RaumKatze. But on the bright side, now the other 3 in the nest will have more room, less (possibly dangerous) sibling rivalry/food competition, and I have taken a little of the burden of food provision off of the parents! I hope for success too, and she is being quite spoiled :).
Hey Falconry Told, I have a summit too. :) I guess you are a bowhunter as well? How is the picture/video with the camera that you have mounted on the climber?
Advanced Falconers always tell you to take chicks from a nest when they are as MATURE as possible...when they begin to flutter out of the nest into the nearby trees. They have the most imprinting on them from the parents and tend to be much healthier and stronger when cared for by the parent birds as Long as possible. For this reason Passage birds are stronger and better flyers than an eyass usually is.
great man :) i am following this video and i wait great hunting bird after few time:)) falconer from Rep . of . Georgia
6:35 num num num also I have had them nesting in my yard and I was wondering if I ever tried to getting one what to do if the adult come back
What are some good guide books for a beginner falconer and what is the best bird to start with anyone
I for him taking one. Two if need be because statistically the aggressive one will push those two weak ones out thus they'll died. It's nature
Only question I have (and who am I to judge) was it a random choice of the three chicks or did you select a specific one?
Anyone who puts that amount of effort to obtain a hawk will no doubt be dedicated to getting the imprinting and training right,
wow very creative tool to clim the tree
Awesome .....
I am looking to get into falconry and want to know how much time I need to spend on my bird a day and if I could leave it alone for a day or two on the weekend, any advice will be appreciated.
A while before, and during the Falconry season, you typically can expect to spend at least 1 to two hours per day flying the bird. Most falconers seem to use the weekends to really get their hunting in, but red-tails are absolutely fine if they miss a couple days a week. Coopers, like the one I took in the video, are much more demanding, requiring training and hunting every single day.
falconersapprentice thanks for the help
Austin Floyd No problem. One thing I didn't mention, during the molt (the period of time in which the raptor sheds its old feathers and grows new ones) which is most often during the summer months between seasons, the bird typically is not flown at all, besides maybe to the fist from its perch. So these are the months when falconers can relax, or, as in my case, take an eyass.
If you need to ask the question in the first place, you shouldn't get into the sport. The majority of people getting into the sport as apprentices never finish the two years to become a general falconer. They find out that falconry is very time consuming. Fresh meat is needed daily by the hawk. You can't just throw in a bunch of meat and take a couple days off. Also when I hear people saying they can't spend much money on the sport, also shouldn't get into the sport. Falconry is a commitment that few find out they have the time or passion to do. Think about it long and hard before you go through the process. Too many hawks die from people who don't have the passion needed.
Hello Austin, As a falconer, I'm more than happy to give you advice. Owning a falcon is a serious commitment, unlike owning a cat, dog, or horse. You are expected to hunt with her, and free time is of little concern. If you are to leave her even for a short while, she must be with a fellow falconer of whom she trusts. As it is an extremely complex sport, please ask me if you'd like to know anything else!
Props on the climb and getting the chick, the only portion I think might be an issue for you but guessing they won't pursue it if they haven't already is cutting a limb off a tree on public land if that is public land is typically if not illegal at least frowned upon? Also man if momma had come back she coulda knocked you outta that tree so fast, glad it worked out, bet that was an exciting experience.
Talk about have a pair of balls
Sebastian F i'm sayingggg
And a bird 😂
That was so awesome. Congratulations! Where are you guys? Apprentices here can not take Eyas.
North Carolina, this is my second year as a General class falconer. Apprentices can't take eyasses here either. Thanks for watching, stay tuned!
+Falconer's Apprentice the final part of the climb ... is there any protection there that you're using, or are you just free climbing up above the climbing stand?
+6
Falconry Told Your in North Carolina that's so cool.Because I live in North Carolina
Defiantly do not understand why everyone is so upset ? Why aren't you this upset when pups are taking from they mothers or kittens from there's ? He is keeping this tradition that have been around for thousands of year . Stop fucking crying
That's well brave :)
Being at those heights would kinda freak me out
Hi, im from Brazil and i read the term "Eyass" in some books of falconry, what exactly does it mean?
It's a young hawk, falcon or eagle. Like Chick for the chicken :)
thats ballsy man
I'm an apprentice falconer and would really like to follow this story. To make it easier, can I request that you put links to all of your videos with your cooper's hawk in the descriptions of the videos? Much thanks and good luck!
Biteme, the other video in this series was incorrectly flagged on Copyright claims. I had full permissions for the use of the music in it, but apparently UMG doesn't care whether or not the actual artists of the music they hold rights to give permission or not. I'm currently fighting the claim, but I may end up having to swap audio and reupload it. I'll post a link in the description once this has been done. Thanks for staying tuned!
The cute hawk chicks are at 3:45
Thanks for the tip👍
that chick didn't know what the hell was goin on xD
What is the instrument called he is using to climb up the tree?
what did he use to climb the tree?
A "climber" hunting tree stand. A two part device that allows you to inch up trees like a caterpillar while also allowing one to sit if they were to hunt with a gun or bow.
thanks man
Tree climber
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they fill a rule that is half way in between a northern goshawk and a sparrow hawk
Nice video...........wish my tree this year was so easy. One question. Did you have a safety harness on.............I do not see one.
I have a harness, but, due to the nature of climbing tree-stands, (they are designed to keep you in, not to have you get out) a harness would not have helped me much here. As you can see at 3:06 in the video, I had to exit the stand and climb the last 20 feet by hand. 10 of that was bare tree.
falconersapprentice But were you wearing a harness at all...........once out of the stand your in serious jeopardy of falling if not. Bu still a super nice video............as usual..!
FDLE4ren6 No I didn't wear any harness at all, and I know that that isn't smart! But I'm just more comfortable without them on. Thanks for the kind comments!!
You need to figure out how to use a harness. Period. There are to many variables that can go wrong. I hate using them as well but you won't be doing much of anything as a paraplegic or dead. I would look into what tree climbers that cut trees use. I never actually climb out of a stand so I don't need the dexterity but I'm sure even a belt would work. It's better then nothing.
Agreed. Very dangerous for even experienced hunters...........no harness means a sudden death or broken back. Please use a harness.
You should take all for sure they all survived.
good
It okay guys
Crazzy brother!!!
Where can i buy this backpack ?
I might take all the chicks.
Nice
Nice. Do birds that 'old' imprint ?
It's molting right now. Dropping feathers. It's great
what is that thing that u r feeding the bird in the last section of the video
Meat
how did you know there was a nest there? can you teach me how to locate nest?
Pablo Tejano Well drones are getting used alot. Drones with cameras might be effective
How old is this bird? How can I follow this journey through your channel on youtube? No, I don't have Facebook.
Hlw.bro i am From Bangladesh.🇧🇩 First of all, I would say that you are a very skilled & brave thief, No one in my country has the courage to do that, because birds are dangerous, they attack people when they see them, I heard them hit their eyes,oh God Anyway.all the best you are good job
you're a brave guy doing this climbing and not tying off. Cool to see a nest not in a pine tree. No attraction from mom and dad??
Super bro
how's everything going?? hope you upload again soon!
Everything is going well, I hope to be finishing up my next video with this COHA next week, if all things go well. Stay tuned!
Everything is going well, I hope to be finishing up my next video with this COHA next week, if all things go well. Stay tuned!
can't wait!
W O K E
Video should be made about the differences of the types of birds:imprint ,passage,chamber raised etc.
That's a very good idea. We'll take that into consideration and see if we can't do that sometime. Thanks for watching and commenting!
How you can choose male or female between 3 of them?
Which is faster peregrine falcon or barbry falcon
Superman
nice
Are you a general or master falconer?
👍
Tough Hobby Nice
i`d love to see a video about caring for and raising the chick once you've got it.
Good
U shld have taken the other one too and left just one...that would have been a boon for the mother eagle...and that way all three would survive.(not sure about the one left behind)
do have to have a special license to do that(not that im planning to climb that high ever).
A falconry license if you don't have one you can't train or have one feather of a raptor breed without going to jail or paying a fine.
This is incredible, but is this legal too?
Thank you! It is legal, if you'd like to learn more about falconry, check out another video of ours, kzhead.info/sun/e6WFY8qMkaGGZpE/bejne.html
waiting for the second video of this series how to take care of the Falcon ??
this is actually a hawk, not a falcon.. or I'm assuming you meant longwing
Isn't this highly illegal, or does your falconry permit cover this?
It's not illegal as part of your falconry License is to get a baby and raise to let go I think it's a year or 2 plus government requires certain caging and transportation of the falcon
Mr.freedom-nance30 nope you can keep it till the bird dies if you wish