Post by cleptohawker on Oct 21, 2006 0:37:46 GMT -5
Hey just wanted 2 know if anybody had any traing tips on how to get a RT to soar hawk? ive seen videos and heard about it but id like to know how you go about training this behavior.
In my area {So Ca} the thermals come up around 9:30 to 10:00 in the morning. If you have a passage RT, then it already knows how to soar. When you first start soaring a bird, you only let it soar up a little before dropping out the lure or the bag. This teaches the RT to keep an eye on you. Then you slowly start letting the bird go higher and higher each time out. You can also go to a hill when the winds are blowing and do some slope soaring. Telemetry is a must when you are soaring a bird.
Today while my harris was soaring I woud serve him sparrows and that got him real excited. The main thing is to show them game while they are up or they might get bored and head on up in a thermal, they catch on quick it only takes a few times then they know the game plan.
Post by cleptohawker on Oct 25, 2006 13:49:35 GMT -5
but see, the thing about my bird is that he is always looking for a place to perch. can you guys give me like a step by step turtual on how to get it to soar? PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
Post by Master Yarak on Oct 25, 2006 15:10:53 GMT -5
Soaring...hmmm....I am not so sure I would recommend soaring a green bird. From even a short distance up they can spot something much farther away. Someone already told you make sure you use telemetry. If you are not producing the slips what good are you? Teaching it to soar is one thing, teaching it to wait on is another. Wild RTs do hunt from a shallow soar, not anyone I know attempts this with a new bird. My bird has gone up just a few times, it scares the heck out me each time. Her lure response goes down the higher up she goes. I have been really lucky. Once, on the last day of our state meet AFTER I checked out of the hotel about 160 miles from home, she went up. For minutes she just circled and climbed. She was very tiny. Had absolutely no interest in me...NONE. All I could do was just stand there and watch. One person I was with had borrowed another falconers vehicle. Inside it was a live pheasant. He offered it to me, I said Hell yes! I tied it to the lure. Now this bird had never seen a pheasant, but she immediately began to stoop. She would fall and check, reposition and stoop again. It was cool to watch. It took her more than sixty seconds dropping the whole time. She hit that poor bird with a vengeance. Amazingly enough, I got it away from her still alive. Though it did not live much longer. The moral of the story; make certain this is something you really want to do and that you are willing to risk your bird for it. Yarak
Last Edit: Oct 25, 2006 15:13:36 GMT -5 by Master Yarak
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