enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Falconry training and technique - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry_training_and...

    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.

  3. File:Falconry equipment, Hunt Museum.jpg - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falconry_equipment...

    Falconry training and technique Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

  4. Falconry - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falconry

    Falconry is also an icon of Arabian culture. The saker falcon used by Arabs for falconry is called by Arabs "Hur" i.e. Free-bird, [citation needed] and it has been used in falconry in the Arabian Peninsula since ancient times. Saker falcons are the national bird of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman and Yemen and have been ...

  5. Hunting with eagles - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_with_eagles

    Hunting with eagles is a traditional form of falconry found throughout the Eurasian Steppe, practiced by ancient Khitan and Turkic peoples. Today it is practiced by Kazakhs and the Kyrgyz in contemporary Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan , as well as diasporas in Bayan-Ölgii , Mongolia , and Xinjiang , China .

  6. List of current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_equipment...

    Used by Iraqi Armed Forces from the early 1980s to 2010. Used mostly for training. [20] MICH United States: Combat helmet: Used by ISOF [21] PASGT United States: Combat helmet: Standard personnel armor. [22] I OTV United States: Bulletproof vest: Standard issue in combat and duty personnel. With different versions. [citation needed]

  7. Hack (falconry) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack_(falconry)

    Falconry has been a hunting sport since 2000 BC originating in ancient China and Egypt and since then the technique of hacking has been used and evolved. The term "hacking," however, was not coined until the Elizabethan era. During that period, falconers brought a “hack,” an old English word for a type of wagon, to a hilltop and placed ...

  8. Jess (falconry) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_(falconry)

    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. [1]

  9. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual_eBay_listings

    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]