Quote Originally Posted by dynamitedon View Post
I've had many Red Tails like that and I just didn't touch them.I strongly believe in aggressive Hawks.When we trapped for red tails to hawk with I always kept the biggest bad ass birds.Filthy feet, frayed or a few broken feathers and especially with a crop.we always said the meaner the better. Your looking for a Killer not a pet.Get her killing pigeons right away at your feet from distances right after she comes to your fist once or twice.. Good luck.
Last thing one wants is an over aggressive bird with their handler. My bird above is aggressive on game big time but not people. I still say if his bird is aggressive and footing the bare hand there is another issue and not the disposition of the bird. Hell, my ferrugs are not even footy as he is explaining..............there is an issue going on somewhere. Meaner the better is not always true nor productive.