Catching Rabbits with Goshawks in Scotland

Roy Lupton is in Scotland flying his goshawk on rabbits over pointers. It is fast-action sport - and a beautiful combination of man, dog and bird working together.
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Why shoot rabbits?
Rabbits are a major agricultural pest, costing the British economy an estimated £100million a year*. More than half of this figure is accounted for by damage to agricultural crops, with winter wheat, barley and oats being the most vulnerable. In terms of annual yield, a loss of 1% per rabbit per hectare (2.5 acres) has been recorded but overall yields can be reduced by up to 20%. Rabbits also graze on pasture, impacting on newly sewn areas, reducing available grass for livestock and the yield of crops cut for silage.
Wild rabbits burrow under roads, railways and through archaeological sites, causing subsidence and other damage to buildings.
They also contaminate the soil with their urine and droppings, so nothing but weeds can survive. In addition, rabbits chew through the bark of trees, killing nursery stock or young saplings and preventing the natural regeneration of woodland.
A Government survey in 1995 put the UK rabbit population at 37.5 million. This number is thought to have dramatically increased. Farmers and landowners now have a statutory responsibility to manage rabbit populations on their land, to prevent them causing damage to neighbouring properties.
*(Natural England 2007)

[@kabverdterrasab7198]

Imagine riding a horse, with a Goshawk on your hands and a dog on the front searching for rabbits. This would be the definition of paradise to me.

[@zucchinithedingo5142]

the hawk is the main focus but seriously guys; those dogs are gorgeous!

[@rotskull9118]

It's very cool to see how well is trained this Goshawk!

[@davt8615]

Brilliant stuff love to see the Raptors at work, roy is a boss at training his birds

[@R1ckyfrankl1n]

Amazing to see such amazing birds working like that. Thanks for the vid

[@geraldswain3259]

Roy ,that was a well earned result for all the time and effort you put in with your birds ,a really enjoyable video!!!.

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@Lachlan Jaziel instablaster ;)

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[@killahurtzMP]

Absolutely stunning bird!

[@lamaspacos]

MANY THANKS, BEAUTIFUL VIDEO.

[@sergio900059999123z]

Such a beautiful creature

[@JIMMYMUSH]

That coshawk is more savage than the goldens are

[@jannekewisse3259]

Beautiful hawk !! Good catch

[@jamesfoster716]

Love these videos so much educational information keep it up

[@waikarimoana]

Awesome footage, thanks for the trip, 5* video, regards from New Zealand.

[@BridgerAustin]

beautiful gos/ Siberian color phase? Great Falconry Techniques from Texas.

[@ryanmerlino1003]

Wish this was legal in Australia

[@lyonmarlowsanfranciscoatk6447]

i have a white hawk too and it caches hares and ducks

[@littleanth7727]

Love your videos roy

[@jamiemcdougall8365]

amazing video. really good to see the hawk work like that! all the best

[@sohaibbash]

Please be sunscribed to my channel too That my kids can go to school

[@semi-automaticdooropened9007]

Nature Himalaya uh what are you talking about

[@TRBARDTHEHIGH]

I barely registered the movement of the rabbit, the hawk had already took flight!!! So cool!!! Respect!!!

[@drewsmith6066]

great vid ..nice one

[@Bang-bang594]

Good video great work

[@outlawhead]

Fantastic .

[@kevinstreet5709]

Brilliant, thanks

[@marksfalconry8674]

Great video got to take my white Gos up Scotland soon

[@neckarratte1375]

Captain Ahab on the Hunt!

[@georgetietz4992]

I have had to put my Harris up for now as she has bbroken her back tallon so I get my hunting fix from these videos

[@falconer5830]

How's she doing now?

[@carlosdanielrodriguezrodri7657]

Beautifull goshawk

[@motomeadyhuntingndmotocros6147]

Brilliant

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

That Goshawk looks big. What weight does she fly at? OSH

[@oldschoolhawking8191]

That Goshawk looks big. What weight does she fly at?

[@peter455sd]

Awesome

[@anonymousa9317]

Check out the imp job on the decks.... hawking rabbits with an Albidus type Gos that is different to a nominate Gos as being more aerialist and then flown on rabbits... like owning a Ferrari but your local speed limit is 30 mph...... it's plainly to stand out if you ask me in being one of the "Boys" cliques...

[@sriharidhanyasi7692]

Beautiful..one

[@hardhkumar6493]

So beautiful hawk i had ever seen

[@LENSASatwa42]

I like your video.. I hope i can have one raptor friend

[@MyBallsRBest]

How does the goshawk kill the rabbits ? Is it suffocation ? Surely the goshawk wouldn’t be heavy enough?

[@fieldsportstv]

I think like all hawks, it breaks the animal's neck with its feet. But I will double-check. / Charlie

[@dengie75]

nice video,could you tell me the breed of that brown/blonde dog ?

[@jcarry5214]

Vizsla

[@mohammadlutfianto6100]

apa jenis elangnya ithu pak????

[@abalaareanekutuwisdom5970]

Please do you sell some

[@Kcsl77]

A white morph or leusistic?

[@billcarnes9829]

Siberian. .

[@RedEyeCyclops]

Is this method of hunting legal?

[@fieldsportstv]

Yes

[@udobreuer1061]

Nighthawking is pervers

[@jahanara5865]

i want a perigrine falcon

[@vdpeer]

White Goshawks??

[@oliverholland6512]

Its a siberian goshawk

[@jay71512]

rabbits are in decline because of what? mixy?

[@billygilbert7526]

jay71512 Yeah it's a disease that makes them go blind I think. Makes them really easy for predators to kill them

[@pharmerdavid1432]

"Man, dog, and bird working together"? The 'man' doesn't seem to be doing anything, sitting in his ATV. Not very "sporting" in my opinion, although I love birds and dogs, humans not so much... EDIT: Especially rich men on "estates" - rich people disgust me...

[@rafaelthe_ninja_turtle3888]

?

[@starleen2211]

what??

[@udobreuer1061]

Not good Falconer. No Style ...nofairness

[@brownybhoy]

Awesome