Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
I mean these birds pick up on routines very quickly. So even if you're taking the bird to the food early on, they can still make a food connection if it happens too fast. I used a lot of bags with one of my imprint accips during early training and still ran into problems because I didn't make it enough like a hunt; i.e. a lot of walking around, extra time before the flush, making the bird patient and not expecting immediate food/bag. Sounds simple and I'm a little embarrassed to admit I made such a simple mistake, but it really was the one thing that caused me a lot of problems later.
Thanks John, those thoughts and details were what I was searching for and they make perfect sense. I've been guilty of the same issue when trying to create a carhawking HH...made it too obvious and too fast. Live & learn I guess, about all we can do...