Wow, I kinda forgot about this thread until recently, thanks to all of you for your valuable input!

So in resume, life with an imprint will imply more daily interaction than with a non-imprint, but not necessarily up to the point of having the hawk in house all the time, did I get it right?

Not being able to release an imprint is not an issue here in Québec, we can't release any of our hawks anyway since we don't have wild take, all are captive bred. Buying a hawk here is a life-long commitment anyway, or at least until we can change this law but I don't see that happening for at least many, many years...