Falconry: The unexpected side effect

This falconry video discusses an unexpected side effect experienced by many long practicing falconers. Falconry for beginners can seem like entering an entirely new world. New falconers often are focused on the important foundational basics, and don't realize this side effect occurring on their journey.
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[@jesseryan4053]

I can’t believe you don’t have 250k subs. This channel is amazing and I think you are an extremely intelligent person Ben.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Thank you I appreciate it. Feel free to get the word out about the channel. The more the merrier

[@andremaines]

@@benwoodrufffalconry long time fan Ben we’re all rooting for you! Maybe turn the likes back on idk maybe it will help the algorithm

[@davidhuth5659]

Great discussion! We all need to more closely connect with nature, falconers and non-falconers alike. Thanks for including this topic along with the more practical aspects of falconry.

[@brendannielson5292]

One of my favorite videos you've made, a really interesting view on the relationship between predator and prey.

[@alanjohnson2662]

Another excellent, informative, and enjoyable video. Thanks!

[@ThePythonHunter]

I’m a brand new apprentice falconer preparing to trap my first hawk. I really enjoy the knowledge you share in your videos! Thank you!

[@wyattdewayne1457]

As a matter of fact that’s the EXACT reason I’m passionately pursuing this sport. That connection, that circle and dance. That’s exactly what I’m searching for in this. Thank you Ben!

[@michaeljohnston3026]

Ben you’re a great statesman and ambassador for the falconry community and the public. Well done. Keep up the good work.

[@williamoleary871]

Ben. I am a falconer of 49 years. I love to connect with people who “get it” as most of my falconer friends do. Most people I know don’t. What makes you unique is not only that you get it but your thought process about it is exceptionally clear and your ability to articulate it is exceptional. You say it so much better than I ever could. Thank you and keep them coming.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Thank you for your kind words. I very much appreciate it!

[@Henry-hy3bd]

I have really been getting into falconry but the clips of the birds flying in this video gave me an amazing feeling. It is incredible people do this. I think these birds are amazing and I really like the gyrfalcon.

[@kylewilshusen9898]

Part of the reason i want to get into falconry is to be able to see and experience that predator-prey “dance” first hand. Like you said, it is a beautiful thing.

[@kevinomara5030]

That’s a great point about reconnecting with nature. Thanks for sharing.

[@puyao7214]

Hey Ben! I am having goosebumps listening to this. This is eye opening! Thank you for showing this side of falconry! I m hooked.

[@SL-vx1sx]

I just wanted to say thanks. Between the CA exam guide and watching your videos, I just passed the exam here in TN.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Congratulations!!!!! Excited for you to start your falconry journey!

[@markwilliams-falcnr]

Nice work Ben, great accompanying videos and photos add to the appeal of the content. Well done.

[@pacodogtule]

On my way to meet the first falconer I ever met to watch his falcons catch ducks. I’m cruising down the highway, thinking about how the peregrine falcon can be a tiny dot way up in the sky and then stoop on a unsuspecting duck far below. Then I notice a car behind me a long ways back.... Highway Patrol pulls me over and gives me a speeding ticket 😟. Lots of cops in our California Hawking Club. Me thinks they do work in a dangerous jungle and are also familiar with the “predator-prey” relationship. Respect 😎

[@cameronketch2363]

Great reminders and wisdom here. Enjoyed your perspective. Thank you for sharing

[@OaksArmorial]

I’m impressed with very little on KZbin but with this guy’s sagacity… I’m impressed.

[@lohikarhu734]

"the reindeer eat 300 kinds of lichens and vegetation, so that we don't have to!". Famous Sami saying ;-). Guys who are NOT separated from the food chain.

[@ChuckDuncan]

Beautiful saying

[@tomP631]

Thank you for your wise words. As myself being a falconer and classic hunter I can feel the connection to nature. Also feeling the proud, when a wild bird of prey agrees to work and hunt with you. I never do hunt for getting trophies or for the sport of killing, more important for me is the good use for the prey gathered. A life should never be wasted.

[@dr.troyfunker1073]

That was deep. Thanks for the talk

[@GK-yg8mn]

This channel is a treasure trove of information. Book worming about falconry for when I'm in a position to jump into the sport

[@RedTalesFalconry]

Great video! I was not a big outdoors person and definitely not a hunter so I have experienced much of what you spoke about but you articulate much better then I could have.

[@homekendrick4610]

This is a point I've thought of so many times. I feel, like you said, that humans have removed themselves from that raw life that those before us lived. We are so dependent on domestic produce that hardly any of us think of food as something that once was a living animal involved in the mystic dance of the wilderness. I wish that people honestly respected the lives of the animals that we hunt; some people (not falconers) starkly don't care that they ended the life of a living creature, and that animal will never have that again. This dance is something some of us hardly know exist, but it is truly something of an immeasurable value.

[@assiminak]

This is a video many people around the world should see so that they can realize how cut up from nature mankind has become and start making wiser steps towards a better future....

[@angelo8516]

I enjoy watching and learning from your videos. Thanks for your efforts brah.👍 From a Fellow Falconer from the Midwest. Long live the remarkable Sport/Art/ Lifestyle known as Falconry!🦅🦉🕊

[@6LeXXX]

As a wildlife photographer and videographer I can definitely relate to this great video, I'm happy I found this channel, liked and subbed.. 👍

[@matwho2471]

Superb video on an often overseen subject... Thanks for all the great content you share!

[@Bregadze_]

Thank you very much for your interesting content!

[@corrieannborges6063]

Another great informative video!

[@lohikarhu734]

Wow, you said "Sami" .... Suomi... I had the great good fortune to travel, twice, to Kilpisjärvi, and spend time with some Sami friends, eating fresh reindeer, and old, dried, smoky reindeer, and stand in the midst of the herd during the culling and neutering, the soft grunts and softer padding of the feet in the snow, 170+ km by snowmobile, wolverine tracks, a herd of reindeer spilling over the brow of a hill...

[@lohikarhu734]

@@ChuckDuncan what are you talking about, "ridicule"? I have no idea where that came from? "Sami" just brought up these great memories... I have respect for these guys, and they were great folks, even shared some sacred sites, so that we could see something of the traditional and religious ways. The 'old, dried' reindeer was super good, had been dried, several times, by the fire, and carried about for a while....so, Mr. Duncan, I'm saddened that you took my descriptions in that way (and I certainly hope that Ben did not misunderstand??) , intended to show our real enjoyment of being immersed in the culture.

[@sunshinecoasttrailcam]

Great message Ben. I feel the connection! Love your videos!

[@osmartoro9737]

Your information is very helpful.

[@sherizaahd]

You know, this is exactly why I think Falconry is cool and would like to do it, although I don't think I would have articulated it in this way or even clearly. I usually see it from the other end though, with hawks flying around scaring my chickens, lol, I haven't had a chicken taken by a hawk though, foxes and raccoons are a different matter all together.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

It is an interesting hierarchy we experience. For example the pigeon raisers may hate it if a falcon catches and kills their pigeon. But then the falcon flyer views this as normal. But if a falcon flyer has an eagle kill his falcon, he is of course upset, but then an eagle chasing a falcon is as natural as a falcon chasing a pigeon. And then not even eagles are immune. I have had one of my eagles illegally shot by someone while I was out flying him. So I always try to be open to different peoples perspectives. One persons villain might be another persons hero.

[@clairedonison6203]

Loving these videos

[@pakcanhunter]

I hunt to be a part of nature. And I want to get into falconry because I admire the beauty of falcons and specially watching their dives.

[@moonpathwoman]

Beautiful. Simply beautiful.

[@trentroth6717]

I have joined because I would like to when I am older to live like they did a few generations ago and would love to experience what you have described in this video

[@davidbrown7932]

Great stuff wisdom filled 🙏🤩

[@somebody7213]

Ben, you are just great!!!

[@jujucattys156]

got my first bird 12 now 42 just loves the dance

[@jimrupp7549]

Your a very deep thinker I have hunted, trapped, fished. So your videos are very interesting. Just farm boy. butchered pigs, cattle, rabbits,chickens, quail, partage, turkey, deer, skinned raccoons,skunks,possum and fox. Lots of fish.. Now looking at falcons. I haven't a opinion except in passing about red tailed hawk. That a required starting bird in my state....

[@Lowlandlord]

To be fair, parrots are kinda paranoid about what you give them, you need to eat it (or pretend to) in front of them first. First time I gave Rocco broccoli he looked at me like I was trying to poison him, then I ate a bit and he got happy and ate it. In the wild they learn what to eat or not eat from their flocks. He does eat just about everything though, and there is pretty little hesitation now, unless it's new. Great video anyways. Oh, and watching your video, where you showed the hawk fly around, freaked him out. It was cute.

[@alkonost8459]

Great truth, i live on small willage not so far from big city, but still isolated. We have small farmstock ( chickens, rabbits, small field instead of garden) and i allways when i come to explain some city-person how things "going" here they come to disgust and shock. Even our grandparents used to live that absoluletly normal Everyone should try try to live this way at least a moth. 👍

[@stephenfoster5947]

Thank you!

[@MrBFvet]

Awesome Ben. Very nice video.

[@hammz07]

I'm kind of wanting to start falconry but I think I'm too young I'm actually 16 idk u tell me should I start and what do u think is the best falcon to start off whith. I really appreciate the content luv it keep it up G

[@lohikarhu734]

My wife and I have often discussed the separation between work and survival, in the "modern world" where the work that we do is six, eight, ten "layers* away from the food coming from the ground, or the animals being raised for slaughter...gun hunting, to me, is a bit of a "utilitarian" way of getting food, and I find the idea of it as a "sport" to be... Unreal? And, still, several of those layers away from that animal, unless you made the gun, and ammunition... Ah, well, I suppose that we can wax philosophically, from time to time. And, as you point out, the falcon to prey relationship is a real, and basic one, which the falconer gets to partake in, just one thing layer away... For most "city folk" watching a Goshawk lay into a still-struggling bird, or animal, is quite the wake-up call! The Peregrine seems more "civilized" as it cuts through the@ neck, and dispatches its prey, but it's doing that not out of some worry about the prey suffering, but it's all about protecting itself from the beak, and wings, and feet, of the prey, when a single wound,nor some feathers damaged, can mean a cruel death by starvation for that Peregrine.

[@ryanpatton5937]

I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO GET INTO FALCONRY BUT I COULDNT FIND ANYONE TO CLOSE ENOUGH TO TAKE ME ON AS AN APPRENTICE.

[@kingsolomon4392]

my states regulations and standards are hard to meet :( very discouraging

[@stephenfoster5947]

sharing with My FB falconry group

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Thanks I really appreciate it!!!

[@coffeet.858]

I wish I could trap a bird from the wild and train it for falconry, but in my country you cant trap a wild raptor and you cant hunt with a wild bird, you can just keep one if you have a certification that it is captive bred, kinda sad

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

That is very sad. Falconry is such a rewarding sport. I hope you get the chance to enjoy it yourself some day!

[@liquidreality472]

If you think we're "out of it", then my fear is that your thinking is too simplistic

[@TheGrmany69]

An ornate hawk-eagle! they are native down here in Venezuela and highly priced in the Arabic falconry culture.

[@TheGrmany69]

The main reason I want to get into it is because of hunting but after learning that barn owls are the secret key behind the agricultural success of Israel and so it's a practice that follows a metaphysics of scientific coexistence with nature that recognise our foot print in it in a positive way. One of such philosophy's implementation is the possibilities of creating a culture that may save Harpy eagles, I am from Venezuela, from the brink of extinction and use them to control minor primate populations or to hunt even... the amount of research and technique development this implies drives me gravitationally towards this world, same with condors, and the different species of caracara birds that are as intelligent as ravens and parrots.

[@TheGrmany69]

I get what you say about hunting with birds, the Greeks priced this connection for the education of any man (and I believe woman) to adult hood. At this point, hunting with sight hounds and ferrets may very well be in the same category, the Greeks actually referred to this connection through hounds which back in the day meant hunting with sight hounds and primitive dogs which hunt more or less like modern Siberian Laikas, more efficient less noisy.

[@ac9356]

Not all Dogs automatically trust ppl

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Well I recognize that trust is definitely something that is built with any animal. And I recognize that every dog is certainly an individual. But if I just walk up to a random dog that has never seen me and in an excited voice say “come here boy!” And slap my legs, most (not all admittedly, but most) dogs will come over. Even though I am a total stranger. There is not a single wild raptor in the world that will walk or fly over to a stranger from the wild. That’s all I’m saying. It still may take work to build true trust with a dog. But we have definitely and intentionally selectively bred them to be more loyal and trusting. Where raptors are wild and have not been selectively bred for thousands of years in that way. But you are completely right. Not all dogs automatically trust people. Both in terms of individual dogs, and also certain breeds. Many breeds were selectively bred for other traits other than loyalty or friendliness or an automatic trusting nature. So your point is definitely right. I was just saying that in general, dogs are more trusting than wild raptors because we bred most breeds to be that way.

[@jujucattys156]

99% chaves now

[@l.c5285]

what can a merlin take down?

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

In my area, most people use merlins to hunt starlings, especially starling flocks. I love to hunt doves and pigeons with the females. It is a real challenge and accomplishment for them. But I have never had a female Merlin that I haven’t been able to catch pigeons with them.

[@StickyRig]

@@benwoodrufffalconry I’ve read they will hunt even larger quarry outside of the breeding season, such as smaller ruffed grouse hens or small waterfowl like an undersized green-winged teal. What do you think about this? I’m not a falconer but would like to pursue falconry sometime when I’m older, and the Merlin is a favorite of mine

[@ac9356]

Can not say without death there is no life as there is some animals in the wild that never dies they live forger like a type of jellyfish dose

[@ChuckDuncan]

You will never see the bigger picture if you do not stop focusing on the scratch.

[@benwoodrufffalconry]

Although the eternal jellyfish has beaten senescence, and does not age but reverts back to an earlier state and then moves forward again making it immortal, it still has to consume organically to survive. So it still requires the death of others in order for it to undergo its strange eternal metamorphosis. Without the death of others which it consumes, it would not be able to continue its immortality. But definitely thank you for bringing up such a cool life form that breaks so many rules. It seems that with nature, any time you try to establish any sort of rule, nature finds a way to break it in some way.

[@FalconsLedge]

Yeah lets slaughter trillions of mosquitos because they are a minor to moderate irritation, what effect could that possibly have (60% drop in small bird population)

[@Ran-vm7fu]

I can certainly understand your point about making war on a species, to an extent. But lets be real. Mosquitos are a very real disease vector for some really nasty bugs.. malaria, west nile, and many more. So it is a bit understandable. Not condoning it, mind you, but I don't have a better solution either.

[@pakcanhunter]

Can you talk about the different sub specie of goshawk. From what I've observed from KZbin videos the goshawks they hunt with in pakistan are stronger and bigger than the ones I've seen in canada. E.g here is a video about a goshawk they hunt with in pak its bigger. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3fQqpqLa9Ohj7M