Geoff,Originally Posted by goshawkr
That works fine. But you have to then be careful to only hold the glove out when you want your hawk to come in. You could be scratching your nose one day and be very surprised to have your hawk hit it hard because from where it was sitting it looked close enough to the cue to decide to come in. I am not smart enough to use the glove as a cue and keep from accidentally setting it off and surprising myself.
You point is well taken. I try to only wear the glove when I want the bird to come to me otherwise its off. If I go in the mews to get her, I wear the glove, if I go in to change the water or do other chores I don't. She looks for the glove when I enter, if she doesn't see it she carries on with whatever she was doing and responds similarly in the field. As I get more experience that might change but for now...
Being a surgeon, I am subconsciously aware of my hands, especially with gloves on, because of sterile technique. I would never touch my nose with my sterile hawking glove
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