Kite training Harris Hawks
andrea chen
The purpose of a balloon or a kite is to teach the falcon to gain height and
a get lot of exercise. You'd use the balloon in places without a constant
wind of at least 7 knots. The lure is attached to the kite line by 2 lines.
One is about 3 meters long and attached to the kite line with a little
device that grips the line on either side, but doesn't encircle it. These
devices have an adjustable tension so it can grip the line tightly or
loosely. This is adjusted so that it will carry the weight of your
garnished lure, but will snap off the line when the bird hits the lure.
It's attached ohh about 5 meters below the kite itself so the falcon doesn't
get freaked by it.
The other is a bit shorter and attached to the lure on one end, and to the
kite line with a chain repair link (encircles the line, strong, etc.)
What you do: you get the whole rig up in the air so that the lure is
hanging at the height you want to get your falcon to. (Don't use anything
live to garnish your lure.) Falcon rings up, gets a lot of exercise,
figures out height. A lot of times about 10 feet below the lure they'll
just wing straight up and grab the lure. The lure snaps off the long line,
the falcon and lure come whipping down the kite line via the short line
(DON'T stand at the bottom facing the rig unless you want a falcon and half
a quail in your face :) , stand to one side and grab the line to help them
brake.
It's fun but a real pain sometimes.
Moggy wrote in message <8tkrgo$7dc$1...@supernews.com>...
>Hi All
> What is all this with a kite? how does it work? is the bird not
>afraid of the kite? Call me dim ! but I am new to this so humour me please
>:-)
> John
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Moggy
John