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  2. Hack (falconry) - Wikipedia

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    Once the falcons are confident and independent they are either allowed to migrate into the wild, recaptured for falconry and trained further i.e. with a lure for sport, or released into the wild. If the purpose of the hack is to prepare the raptor to be in the wild then the reserve hopes that the falcons will come back in a few years to nest there.

  3. Falconry training and technique - Wikipedia

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    Various pieces of falconry equipment (Hunt Museum, Ireland) — includes rings, call, bell and hood from the 17th–20th centuriesThe bird wears: A hood, which is used in the manning process (acclimatising to humans and the human world) and to keep the raptor in a calm state, both in the early part of its training and throughout its falconry career.

  4. Falconry - Wikipedia

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    Most falcon species used in falconry are specialized predators, most adapted to capturing bird prey such as the peregrine falcon and merlin. A notable exception is the use of desert falcons such the saker falcon in ancient and modern falconry in Asia and Western Asia, where hares were and are commonly taken.

  5. Hunting with eagles - Wikipedia

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    Newsletter of the Middle East Falcon Research Group (44). ISSN 1608-1544. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015. Soma, Takuya (2014). Human and raptor interactions in the context of a nomadic society : anthropological and ethno-ornithological studies of Altaic Kazakh falconry and its cultural sustainability in Western Mongolia (PhD ...

  6. Peregrine falcon - Wikipedia

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    Tame peregrine striking a red grouse, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1920) The peregrine falcon is a highly admired falconry bird, and has been used in falconry for more than 3,000 years, beginning with nomads in central Asia. [88]

  7. Jess (falconry) - Wikipedia

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    A jess (plural "jesses") is a thin strap, traditionally made from leather, used to tether a hawk, falcon, or owl in falconry. [1] Jesses allow a falconer to keep control of a bird while it is on the glove or in training, and allow a bird to be secured on a perch outside its aviary.

  8. For the Falcons’ December game against the Chargers, Freddie performed a two-fer — a reel-in flight from the field up into the rafters, and then a bungee jump right back out of them.

  9. Falconer's knot - Wikipedia

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    The falconer's knot is usually tied one handed with the right hand (using two fingers to hold the end, and the thumb to hook behind the end) as follows: