Best Gamehawking online videos!

[Hawkmaster]

Beat this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVDVSB-InM:supz:

[Ben Wallace]

I suggest you look at some of Steve Swartze and Jon groves videos (both on IFF). One video has been posted here before,....if you go to the link it will take you to all his videos,.....partridge,...duck and pheasant hawking along with some others.

Qualtity hawking. I think Steve said he got a new High-Def camera,....so some more good shots should be up and coming. They get me all AMPED for this fall,......I could watch them over and over,....I want to get a friend to do some filming of the flights (only big ducks on the pacific coast,...but qualtiy flights as well).

Oh it's a long wait till Aug and eyass training starts!!!! Good Hawking dreams to all!!!!


YouTube - Roosters (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=lzc6NQIToi4)

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace.

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

Beat this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVDVSB-InM:supz:
is anything equal to chicken hawking> probably not,, but check this out
http://www.falconryforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=46520

[FalconryDog]

Here's a few more have a look at the links. There are a load added in the user comments some of which are really good.

www.falconryworld.com/falconry-videos-on-youtube/

ste lea

www.falconryworld.com

[Illustrator]

Beat this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVDVSB-InM:supz:

awesome, cant believe the thing recovered so quickly from that impact, a level flight tail chase is definitely out of the question with that prey...how fast looked faster than grouse:supz:

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

heres another one i like
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=boG2arahpX4&feature=related

[Ben Wallace]

heres another one i like
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=boG2arahpX4&feature=related

Yep,.....that's sweet,.....gotta love those gyr/peregrine females!!!

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

or,, how bout gangsta style,, ?
thats right,, you and your homies(with your genuine peruvian harris hawks) roll up on pond and all of you caST you birds off at once attacking a flock of cattle egrets,,
it was chaos mannnn
check it out
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=bc3SUYIf04I&feature=related

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

this one always got me thinkin too
,, thats a small partridge of some kind,,
looks like everybody who wants an aplomado has one,, in some of these areas,,http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=cykSP1rnK6Y&feature=related

[Ben Wallace]

this one always got me thinkin too
,, thats a small partridge of some kind,,
looks like everybody who wants an aplomado has one,, in some of these areas,,http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=cykSP1rnK6Y&feature=related

Crazy!!! Love it. Lived in Cuba for 9 months!!! No Aplo's.

Anyone done a Gyr/aplo cross?? Seems interesting as pursuit falcon!! Anyone want to trade gyr/peregrine or peales for a top quality female imprint aplo,.....and first pic of young?!?!?!?

Anyway we shall see in the future.
Interesting falcon yet to be hybridized (aplo). I have seen a gyr/new zealand flown which has some similar qualities,....although many others,..(wing load). Open to negative comments!!!

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[Leo 1]

i like this one lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKdwAUXsqHY&feature=related

[Ben Wallace]

i like this one lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKdwAUXsqHY&feature=related


Ya M8,.....good vid and music.

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[Leo 1]

Ya M8,.....good vid and music.

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

wos gd to see him leting it go to

[Ben Wallace]

wos gd to see him leting it go to


You know it part of the sport.


Enjoy your posts,....full hearted individual.

Take care M8,.....like the rabbit slayin pics.

Finnish imprint 08 male coming up!!! Will post pics of his progress Shall looke forward to your future posts. Don't let anyone down talk,.........harris's rock. I have a female I'd die for,.....in with a mate for harmony (she has 6 chicks this yr).

Take care,.....the youth is where it's at.

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[GoshawkRST]

I´ve cut this short clip from " Game Hawking in the TwentyFirst Century " I think it´s from California Hawking Club.

Best stoop I´ve seen on internet ;)

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ASmAyOGi_Hw

Enjoy.

[Hawkmaster]

Not bad are there two falcons flying at the same time?

[GoshawkRST]

Yes, I think they are two black gyr X peregrine ???

[CanadaManada]

Beat this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVDVSB-InM:supz:

That's alright, but the camerawork aint much to talk about. Shwartze's vids are the best I've seen yet.

Justin

[CanadaManada]

Waaaaay off topic, but why are there no crowhawking vids on youtube? I mean longwing crowhawking.

Justin

[GoodFooter]

bit off topic but worth a watch.....

http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=0GagPpSjNEI&feature=related

smashing clips so far .....enjoyed them all.

[BarbaryHawking06]

this is the best of all!!!!!!!!!!!!! :supz::supz::supz::supz:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=lzc6NQIToi4

[Roberto]

And what about this suicidal Gyr on houbara?

YouTube - Gyrfalcon on Houbara

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

And what about this suicidal Gyr on houbara?

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=03VcvjnT1uE

for sure,, thats one of the finalists,,

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

this is the best of all!!!!!!!!!!!!! :supz::supz::supz::supz:
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=lzc6NQIToi4

surely you arent suggesting that pheasant hawking in a farm feild, is in the same category, as hawking prairie chickens, houbara, or herons?

best of all?
i disagree,,its a good day hawking,, and id be proud to say that was my bird,, but it sure isnt the best on the forum today

[PrinceOfTheWesternDesert]

YouTube - Açor

[Schwartze]

Allow me to start a little side discussion...

When you guys and gals are digging around on YouTube and elsewhere for falconry and wild raptor footage, what sort of footage do you enjoy the most? I, for one, look for the best quality footage (clarity, high resolution, good color, smooth filming) and editing, accompanied by appropriate music (not always the kind I like to listen to while driving). I am always particularly glad to capture something special on film. This winter I snagged some neat footage of a wild golden eagle hunting gamebirds flushed by a pair of coyotes. However, if the quality of the footage is not superb, I tend to view such video as worthless for further production.

And, to stay on track...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHnkYyRE6Y

This is a trained gyr flying bagged ptarmigan, not "gamehawking", but close enough to be included here, I think. What's important is that this clip has all of the qualities I look for in good video. It's clear, steady, well edited, and the music, though not what I sing in the shower, is very appropriate. I don't know what resolution the original video is, but anything that looks that good on YouTube is surely great in full size. To top it off, the subject is interesting and particularly special to have on film.

Thanks for the feedback,

Steve

[ArabianFalconer]

:box: Passage F. Saker..

Faris
Yep,.....that's sweet,.....gotta love those gyr/peregrine females!!!

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[BarbaryHawking06]

Allow me to start a little side discussion...

When you guys and gals are digging around on YouTube and elsewhere for falconry and wild raptor footage, what sort of footage do you enjoy the most? I, for one, look for the best quality footage (clarity, high resolution, good color, smooth filming) and editing, accompanied by appropriate music (not always the kind I like to listen to while driving). I am always particularly glad to capture something special on film. This winter I snagged some neat footage of a wild golden eagle hunting gamebirds flushed by a pair of coyotes. However, if the quality of the footage is not superb, I tend to view such video as worthless for further production.

And, to stay on track...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnHnkYyRE6Y

This is a trained gyr flying bagged ptarmigan, not "gamehawking", but close enough to be included here, I think. What's important is that this clip has all of the qualities I look for in good video. It's clear, steady, well edited, and the music, though not what I sing in the shower, is very appropriate. I don't know what resolution the original video is, but anything that looks that good on YouTube is surely great in full size. To top it off, the subject is interesting and particularly special to have on film.

Thanks for the feedback,
Steve



Hi Steve,
your videos, particularly, roosters, pheasant hawking and partridge hawking are the best I have seen on the web. I am your age so I like the music you edited to it, too. The video you mention above, I know it from somewhere, I think it must have been "Wild America" from Marty Stouffer?
I guess one of the problems with films of gamehawking is that you won't see a falcon at an appropriate pitch ;) in a video on the web as the quality has to be downgraded. I guess that's one of the reason why you have only filmed the pheasants on the rooster video? But seeing how long it takes for Cargill to come down from what must have been around a 1000ft pitch is reward enough.
Keep on the good work

[GoodFooter]

And what about this suicidal Gyr on houbara?

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=03VcvjnT1uE

ouch....thats got to hurt! good flight.

[BarbaryHawking06]

surely you arent suggesting that pheasant hawking in a farm feild, is in the same category, as hawking prairie chickens, houbara, or herons?

best of all?
i disagree,,its a good day hawking,, and id be proud to say that was my bird,, but it sure isnt the best on the forum today

Why are you saying so? The amount of training of a bird to fly in that caliber is the same as in a bird flying the prey species you mention. A cock pheasant needs to be stopped by any means. I don't know about prairie chickens, houbara or herons as we either don't have them or are protected.
This thread was about the best game hawking videos online, and "Roosters" is the best! full stop! It is edited, has music in it and it shows falconry of the highest caliber! Unlike the prairie chicken videos, which are good, no question, but they are raw cut at best. And as you will agree Cargill must be at a very good pitch if you'd count the seconds from flush till impact, which can't be said from the Prairie chicken vids!
And the last video which you posted, is from Spain at a bagged hare, that certainly is not gamehawking?!

[Schwartze]

Hi Steve,
your videos, particularly, roosters, pheasant hawking and partridge hawking are the best I have seen on the web. I am your age so I like the music you edited to it, too. The video you mention above, I know it from somewhere, I think it must have been "Wild America" from Marty Stouffer?
I guess one of the problems with films of gamehawking is that you won't see a falcon at an appropriate pitch ;) in a video on the web as the quality has to be downgraded. I guess that's one of the reason why you have only filmed the pheasants on the rooster video? But seeing how long it takes for Cargill to come down from what must have been around a 1000ft pitch is reward enough.
Keep on the good work

Thanks, Christian.

Yep, I believe it is from Wild America. I heard it was a gyr that belonged to Bob Berry but I can't recall where that info came from.

It's really hard to catch a good stoop on video and it gets exponentially harder with bigger pitches. A lot of my "Partridge Hawking" is shot in the very early season with young birds of the year and old birds not yet in shape. That's why you do see some short stoops. Come time when the snow hits the ground around here and I start hawking pheasants, low pitches are long gone. I film the pheasant flushing to be sure to catch the dramatic hit and to put better perspective into the clip. Exactly what you said about counting out the stoop is one of the things I meant to achieve. Filming late in the season when hawking grouse or partridge is hard. With partridge it is often impossible to know which one is the target, and with grouse the hit is usually too far away to be worth filming. Duck hawking makes for good filming too, and next year I'd like to film some of the pigeon work I use to condition my hybrid.

Thanks for checking out my videos and thanks for the compliments.

Steve

[Schwartze]

surely you arent suggesting that pheasant hawking in a farm feild, is in the same category, as hawking prairie chickens, houbara, or herons?

best of all?
i disagree,,its a good day hawking,, and id be proud to say that was my bird,, but it sure isnt the best on the forum today

Sammy,

I'm not sure I quite understand what you're getting at, but I think you mean you prefer to see quarry in its natural habitat being hawked...? Funny thing is, try as I may, I will never find pheasants in their natural habitat as long as I'm hawking on this continent, so farm fields will have to suffice!

Speaking of herons...there is some neat video somewhere on YouTube of somebody hawking herons with falcons. It's a good watch but I can't find it anymore.

All the best,

Steve

[Ben Wallace]

Sammy,

I'm not sure I quite understand what you're getting at, but I think you mean you prefer to see quarry in its natural habitat being hawked...? Funny thing is, try as I may, I will never find pheasants in their natural habitat as long as I'm hawking on this continent, so farm fields will have to suffice!

Speaking of herons...there is some neat video somewhere on YouTube of somebody hawking herons with falcons. It's a good watch but I can't find it anymore.

All the best,

Steve

I have seen the video (herons) as well,.....very good hawking. It is amazing how evasive large birds can be!! I was told it was filmed in Spain,......and the falcon was a g/p female.

I think there is a link somewhere on here to it.

Sincerely,
Ben Wallace

[BarbaryHawking06]

if this is the video than it was filmed in a state better not mentioned :rolleyes: YouTube - Falconry - Falconeria, volo all'airone

[Schwartze]

if this is the video than it was filmed in a state better not mentioned :rolleyes: YouTube - Falconry - Falconeria, volo all'airone (http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=eGxdDrDqyUs)

That's the one!

Thanks,

Steve

[SkyChecker]

if this is the video than it was filmed in a state better not mentioned :rolleyes:

You are right in saying that this guy is hunting herons i a country where herons have not the status of common game - but there are exceptions made on request, e.g. to reduce the damage at fish-breeders ponds!!!
When hawking with him in the mid nineties, he told me that he has permissions like that.
We wouldn`t do justice to this falconer to blame him directely or indirectely to have done illegal things, as long as there is no evidence!

Maybe he is a strange guy, but the flights of his birds at herons, gulls and crows I witnessed were in many cases top class as his training and treatment of his falcons was.

Matt

[Hawkmaster]

Anyone else found any they want to showcase?