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[WillowLuman]

Not sure to put this in suggestions, stories, or whatever but decided on here.
What do you make of this?
Something about this hunting method seems very dwarfy to me

[Mitchewawa]

...how does this have so many views?

[FoiledFencer]

Never going outside again.

[wierd]

The use of raptors for hunting is ancient. Is this supposed to be mind blowing or something?

This was very common in europe as well, and was even a sport. "Falconry". A person who trained and hunted with falcons was a "falconer."

Now, trained "war falcons" and "hunting falcons" would be boss to have in DF.....

[WillowLuman]

They are hunting wolves using eagles though.

Only a handful of tribes figured golden eagles were big enough to take fully grown wolves.

[wierd]

An eagle is just another raptor. Just very large.

They too are tamable. Just harder to keep.

[WillowLuman]

An eagle is just another raptor. Just very large.

They too are tamable. Just harder to keep.

Not arguing, it's just that using the world's 2nd largest eagle, which is very difficult to tame, to hunt grown wolves, is fairly badass. I would say it needs to be in this game, were it not for giant eagles being trainable for hunting.

[wierd]

Iirc, raptors need to be stolen from their nest as chicks in order to be tamed, so that the bird imprints on its owner. Otherwise the bird is untamable.

Due to this requirement, coupled with the protected/endangered status of most large raptors, the practice is tightly controlled in areas that still allow it, and illegal just about everywhere else.

This is true of both falcons and eagles. (But eaglet chicks are harder to procure [momma eagle don't like it], and much harder to successfully raise/feed)

[WillowLuman]

Not promoting eagle chick-stealing in real life.

But as tamed beasts in the game...

[wierd]

Oh, I agree. Both cases.

Badass giant war eagles picking up and dropping goblins and ripping them up into tiny bits is ultradwaven.

[Kibstable]

Not sure dwarf arms are long enough to hold the bird away from beard. Accidents may happen... so no reason not to include the idea.
Question though, does a grasping body part have the ability to move the victim from the square the fight is in to another, if not the dropping of goblins after lifting them probably can't be done.

But since this is dwarf fortress, these birds should be bigger and fire breathing.

[Aspgren]

Condors.

nuff said

[ASCIt]

Believe it or not, falconer has been one of my dream jobs for some time now.

[Lexx]

Believe it or not, falconer has been one of my dream jobs for some time now.

Good luck with it. I have a friend who is a keen falconer. If you want it enough you'll get there.

[Girlinhat]

The thing impressive about this, is that most people view falconry as a low-scale sport.  Englishmen releasing a bird the size of a small cat, which then hunts mice or foxes at the largest.  A bird taking down a whole wolf?  That's not something most people think of.  It's the sheer scale of the hunting.