POUL 1010E CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔falconry - ✔✔- aka hawking; the act of training raptors to hunt small game, game
bird, or waterfowl in partnership with man. utilizes the raptor's natural instinct to hunt.
- hobby of nobility and popes
- used to be a way of life to get food for family
- firearms changed it to sport
✔✔eyess - ✔✔-Nestling removed from the nest and raised in captivity
✔✔perches (falconry equipment) - ✔✔stake in ground to serve as perch
✔✔hoods (falconry equipment) - ✔✔covers eyes to keep bird calm during transport
✔✔bells (falconry equipment) - ✔✔worn around ankle(s) to help find raptor throughout
the hunt
✔✔jesse (falconry equipment) - ✔✔leather strap attached to leg connected to a swivel
to the leash
✔✔bewit (falconry equipment) - ✔✔temporary strip of leather to hold bells
✔✔lure (falconry equipment) - ✔✔piece of leather decorated to make it look like the
particular game to be hunted; conditions bird and increases indurance; used to recover
bird from hunt.
- swinging & spinning
✔✔leash (falconry equipment) - ✔✔to hold bird in hand or tie to perch
✔✔scales (falconry equipment) - ✔✔to weight the falcon
✔✔the importance of the falcon/hawk's body weight in falconry - ✔✔necessary for
keeping raptor healthy & hunting
, ✔✔how is training a raptor for falconry accomplished - ✔✔- reward, not punishment
✔✔stages of training a raptor for falconry - ✔✔Stage 1: manning the bird, capture, initial
weight, attach equipment, get bird used to falconer, always attached to wire
Stage 2: Flying to the Fist, Creance Training, learn you are source of food, attached to
wire
Stage 3: Lure Training (extensive training), builds determination and endurance, train to
exchange prey for treat
Stage 4: entering (set the prey), in wild first kill is very important, will become primary
prey for the rest of its life. Simulate this in training- make bird very hungry and use
compromised live prety and allow bird to eat prey.
✔✔training an eyess vs a passager for falconry - ✔✔Eyess: taken from nest/breeder,
becomes tame and dependent on human, long training period b/c you have to teach
how to hunt, can hunt much larger prey, low chance of losing bird because it imprints on
you
Passager: caught during first migration, tolerates humans, short training period, hunts
what it did in the wild, high chance of losing bird
✔✔game hawking - ✔✔hunting pheasants, quail, pigeons, and ducks.
you ring up (gain altitude), wait on (fly in circular motion and get dog to flush birds) and
stoop (dramatic dive). Falcon will bring it to the ground and wait for hunter to get prey.
✔✔flying from the fist - ✔✔- Crow hawking
- Walk in field: carry bird the entire time, remove hood for it to make dash
- ambush kind of hunting
✔✔crow hawking & why it's difficult - ✔✔Crows are big, smart, and have a watch out;
large; can gang up and injure a raptor; always in a group and there is always a spotter
crow; live in family groups that will mob a raptor if it is left alone too long
✔✔osprey (basic physical characteristics and/or hunting techniques) - ✔✔- found
throughout the world
- hunts using plunge diving
- strong feet and specialized toes
- tuber cells to hold fish (little suction cups)
- turn fish for aerodynamics
- DDT killed off a lot
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔falconry - ✔✔- aka hawking; the act of training raptors to hunt small game, game
bird, or waterfowl in partnership with man. utilizes the raptor's natural instinct to hunt.
- hobby of nobility and popes
- used to be a way of life to get food for family
- firearms changed it to sport
✔✔eyess - ✔✔-Nestling removed from the nest and raised in captivity
✔✔perches (falconry equipment) - ✔✔stake in ground to serve as perch
✔✔hoods (falconry equipment) - ✔✔covers eyes to keep bird calm during transport
✔✔bells (falconry equipment) - ✔✔worn around ankle(s) to help find raptor throughout
the hunt
✔✔jesse (falconry equipment) - ✔✔leather strap attached to leg connected to a swivel
to the leash
✔✔bewit (falconry equipment) - ✔✔temporary strip of leather to hold bells
✔✔lure (falconry equipment) - ✔✔piece of leather decorated to make it look like the
particular game to be hunted; conditions bird and increases indurance; used to recover
bird from hunt.
- swinging & spinning
✔✔leash (falconry equipment) - ✔✔to hold bird in hand or tie to perch
✔✔scales (falconry equipment) - ✔✔to weight the falcon
✔✔the importance of the falcon/hawk's body weight in falconry - ✔✔necessary for
keeping raptor healthy & hunting
, ✔✔how is training a raptor for falconry accomplished - ✔✔- reward, not punishment
✔✔stages of training a raptor for falconry - ✔✔Stage 1: manning the bird, capture, initial
weight, attach equipment, get bird used to falconer, always attached to wire
Stage 2: Flying to the Fist, Creance Training, learn you are source of food, attached to
wire
Stage 3: Lure Training (extensive training), builds determination and endurance, train to
exchange prey for treat
Stage 4: entering (set the prey), in wild first kill is very important, will become primary
prey for the rest of its life. Simulate this in training- make bird very hungry and use
compromised live prety and allow bird to eat prey.
✔✔training an eyess vs a passager for falconry - ✔✔Eyess: taken from nest/breeder,
becomes tame and dependent on human, long training period b/c you have to teach
how to hunt, can hunt much larger prey, low chance of losing bird because it imprints on
you
Passager: caught during first migration, tolerates humans, short training period, hunts
what it did in the wild, high chance of losing bird
✔✔game hawking - ✔✔hunting pheasants, quail, pigeons, and ducks.
you ring up (gain altitude), wait on (fly in circular motion and get dog to flush birds) and
stoop (dramatic dive). Falcon will bring it to the ground and wait for hunter to get prey.
✔✔flying from the fist - ✔✔- Crow hawking
- Walk in field: carry bird the entire time, remove hood for it to make dash
- ambush kind of hunting
✔✔crow hawking & why it's difficult - ✔✔Crows are big, smart, and have a watch out;
large; can gang up and injure a raptor; always in a group and there is always a spotter
crow; live in family groups that will mob a raptor if it is left alone too long
✔✔osprey (basic physical characteristics and/or hunting techniques) - ✔✔- found
throughout the world
- hunts using plunge diving
- strong feet and specialized toes
- tuber cells to hold fish (little suction cups)
- turn fish for aerodynamics
- DDT killed off a lot
