1.2 Hunting Flashcards
Falconers are bound by the ethics of the sport and by tradition to…
A. Never tell the location of an eyrie to anyone other than a fellow falconer.
B. Never talk to the press without permission of the California Hawking Club.
C. Always give a trained hawk to an apprentice falconer when done with it.
D. Always at least leave one young in the any eyrie.
D. Always at least leave one young in the any eyrie.
Cast means…
A. The act of disgorging a pellet consisting of fur, feathers and bones.
B. Two or more hawks flown together.
C. To hold or wrap a hawk so as to prevent movement.
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
When walking with a falconer, carrying it on hooded hawk, a visitor should always walk…
A. In front of the falconer.
B. Behind the falconer.
C. To the right of the right of a right handed falconer.
D. To the left of a right handed falconer.
C. To the right of the right of a right handed falconer.
When walking with a falconer, who’s red-tailed hawk is perched in a tree, a visitor should always…
A. Walk anywhere it doesn’t matter.
B. Avoid getting between the falconer and the hawk.
C. Walk behind, and to the left of the right handed falconer.
D. Walk in front of the falcon or three or four paces.
B. Avoid getting between the falconer and the hawk.
A five-year-old-trained hawk can never be accurately described as an eyass.
T/F
False
Which of the following has a long history of falconry?
A. Red tailed hawk
B. Ferruginous hawk.
C. Sharp-shinned hawk.
D. Cooper’s Hawk
E. goshawk.
F. Harris hawk
E. goshawk.
Haggards, Adult raptors, or not taken for falconry, because they…
A. Maybe too old, and may die soon.
B. Are difficult to train.
C. Are nature’s breeding stock, and should be allowed to function as such
D. Will only take the prey species they are specialized to catch in the wild.
C. Are nature’s breeding stock, and should be allowed to function as such.
Eagles make excellent, modern falconry birds.
T/F
False
Accept for being prohibited, ospreys would make excellent modern falconry hawks.
False
The gyrfalcons instinctive hunting style is to pursue.
T/F
True
Wild peregrine falcons often take mammalian prey.
T/F
False
The Long wing that excels at waiting on is The…
A. Prairie falcon.
B. Gyrfalcon.
C. Peregrine.
C. Peregrine.
The Prairie falcon’s moderate size makes it a relatively easy hawk to man.
T/F
False
The Prairie falcon is more delicate than either the peregrine or the merlin.
T/F
False
The Merlin can be fairly readily tied to wait-on.
T/F
False
The fastest peregrine stoops at approximately…
A. 30 to 40 mph
B. 80 to 90 mph
C. 130 to 280 mph
C. 130 to 280 mph
The easiest small falconry bird to keep tame and keep healthy is the passage…
A. Sharp shinned hawk.
B. Merlin.
C. Kestrel.
D. Prairie falcon
B. Merlin.
Passage castro’s offer the following advantage(s) as first talks for apprentices.
A. Manning is easier.
B. Facilities and equipment are smaller.
C. Their training leads to an easier transition to larger longwings.
D. “B” and “C” but not “A”.
D. “B” and “C” but not “A”.
Generally, A kestrel should be fed once a day.
T/F
False
The The falconer is less likely to find lure-training necessary when flying a…
A. Peregrine.
B. Red tailed hawk.
C. Goshawk.
D. Harris’ hawk.
D. Harris’ hawk.
The falconer generally prefers that a long wing, strike the lure…
A. From a steep dive flying with the wind (downwind).
B. From a steep dive flying into the wind(upwind).
C. On a low raking approach downwind.
D. On a low ranking approach of upwind.
A. From a steep dive flying with the wind (downwind).
You lure fly an eyass female prairie falcon and she strikes the lure firmly on her first stoop of the day. You should…
A. Continue swinging lure and ignore the hit.
B. Give her the lure and feed her the reward.
C. Give her the lure but withhold the reward.
D. None of the above.
B. Give her the lure and feed her the reward.
A characteristic of the kestrel that can become a vice when it is trained is…
A. Soaring.
B. Warbling.
C. Bowsing
D. Carrying
D. Carrying
Which of the following traditional falconry equipment is recommended for use with a kestrel?
A. Bells
B. Hood.
C. Aylmeri jesses
D. “A” and “C” but not “B”.
C. Aylmeri jesses
The One hawk which seems to be most affected by heat and becomes more difficult to fly as the temperature rises (70°F and above) is the…
A. Red-tailed hawk
B. Goshawk.
C. Kestrel.
B. Goshawk.
In North America, a goshawk would be a desired species for hunting…
A. rabbits.
B. grouse
C. Pheasant.
D. All the above
D. All the above
Quail are you good quarries for the train goshawk.
T/F
False
The goshawk refers to descend on winged prey.
T/F
False
The passage female, Cooper is riding your first horizontally, tight plumage and beak half open is in yarak and is ready to be released to hunt.
T/F
False
Cooper’s Hawk kills are…
A. Seldom seen .
B. Happen in or behind thick cover.
C. By surprise and dexterity rather than speed.
D. All the above
D. All the above
The goshawk riding your fist vertically, relaxed, and with the beak closed is in yarak and is ready to be released to hunt.
T/F
True
The Sharp shinned hawk is delicate of health, high strung and hard to man.
T/F
True
Most buteos to make a good falconry hawks.
T/F
False
When their tree nest is climbed by humans, Western red-tailed hawks usually…
A. Attack the intruder.
B. Disappear and permanently Desert the nest.
C. Utter vocal cries from a distance.
D. Make menacing aerial displays
D. Make menacing aerial displays
The advantage(s) of the red-tailed hawk for the apprentice’s first hawk is (are):
A. The species is more robust than the kestrel
B. It proves an excellent introduction to more specialized ground oriented hunting raptors.
C. If sized for a red tailed hawk, facilities and equipment will fit most other Raptors.
D. If flown at the correct weight, the red tailed hawk is nearly “loss proof” while hunting.
E. All the above
E. All the above
A preferred species to take cotton tails in Jack’s is the…
A. Cooper’s Hawk.
B. Red-tailed hawk
C. Prairie falcon.
D. Any of the above.
B. Red-tailed hawk
To exercise, a red tailed hawk…
A. Block it out in a place where it will be continuously, taking care to ensure the leash has shark absorption to mitigate leg breakage.
B. Stoop it to the lure repeatedly(twenty-five to fifty times).
C. Accustom it to jumping vertically, fifty to two hundred times for randomly rewarded tidbits.
D. Take it to the field and fly it.
E. “C” and “D”.
E. “C” and “D”.
Some eyes hawks may become so aggressive when they mature that they should only taken as passages the species that displays this behavior to the degree is the …
A. Goshawk.
B. Harris’ hawk.
C. Red-tailed hawk
D. Prairie falcon.
C. Red-tailed hawk
Your imprint eyass red-tailed red tailed inexplicably attacks a member of your hunting party. It binds to their arm with both feet and hangs. Her talons have drawn blood and there is a danger of serious injury. The best way to remove her is to…
A. Pull the hind of each talon of each foot backward and slide the foot forward.
B. Cover the hawks feet.
C. Throw a garnished lure or a live pigeon on the ground.
D. Grab the hawk by it’s head an squeeze with your golfed hand.
D. Grab the hawk by it’s head an squeeze with your golfed hand.
The beginning of the second season your imprint eyass red-tail attacks a new member of your hunting party. She has never done this before. You should discipline the hawk immediately, so that she will associate the punishment with the aberrant behavior.
T/F
False
An aggravating characteristic of poorly-conditioned red-tails is the total lack of interest after missing a strike.
T/F
True
Falconry trained red-tailed hawks seem to prefer to hunt…
A. Form a soar over flat prairies.
B. In deep woods.
C. Sitting on exposed tree overlooking fields and meadows.
D. From the fist.
C. Sitting on exposed tree overlooking fields and meadows.
What hawk is most lik to jump up and down on a squirrel nest tearing it apart until it’s occupants flee down the tree, wait-on in a high wind and pump back upwind to the falconer against 20mph guts, take an English sparrow in flight, and put in quarry and mark the spot to wait patiently for the falconer to flush and fly back to the truck at the end of the day?
A. Harris’ hawk.
B. Goshawk.
C. Red-tailed hawk.
A. Harris’ hawk.
The Harris’ hawk only major drawback is inadequate cold weather adaptation.
T/F
True
Flying weight is harder to determine with a Parabuto than it is with other raptors.
T/F
True
You discover that despite your desire to be a falconer and work with a bird of prey in a one on one relationship, the cry of captured quarry makes you violently nauseous. You thought that things would get better after your apprenticeship, and you purchased a captive-bred eyass male Harris’ hawk. But reality proved different. Your enjoy everything BUT the actual capture and dispatch of quarry and your new hawk is feather perfect and as well trained as possible except for capturing quarry. You …
A. Tough it out. If you were going to be a falconer, you have to hunt.
B. Only take your hawk hunting when it is slightly heavy and unlikely to hunt.
C. Release it to the wild.
D. Transfer it to a falconer that will hunt with it. Then drop out of active falconry. You can still retain membership in the clubs and close associations with other falconers that you have come to treasure.
A. Tough it out. If you were going to be a falconer, you have to hunt.
You First year as an apprentice, you were able to get enough time off work to hunt during the season. Then between seasons, you change jobs. Your new employment requires you work long days and travel extensively. Even though you’re Redtail molted nicely, you just don’t have the time to work with her to get her in shape to hunt. By November, she has become unmanned due to neglect. Getting her to sit on your face when you pick her up is becoming difficult. You…
A. Sit out. The days will get longer in the spring and you might have more time.
B. Drop her away and take her out on weekends.
C. Release her to the wild.
D. Transfer her to another apprentice. And drop out of falconry.
C. Release her to the wild.
“ Capture“ means…
A. To trap or attempt to trap a raptor from the wild.
B. The game warden found you without your licenses
C. both “A” and “B”
D. Neither “A” or “B”
A. To trap or attempt to trap a raptor from the wild.
Accipitriae are…
A. American Kestral, Merlin, gyrfalcon.
B. Bald eagle, Harpy eagle, Golden eagle.
C. Barn owl, snow owl, eagle owl
D. Red-tailed hawk, Harris hawk, Cooper’s hawk.
E. Both “ B” and “D”
E. Both “ B” and “D”
