Once a kill has been made the Chinese falconers go though a careful and detailed way of rewarding the hawk.

This was the last kill of the day for this hawk and the falconer cut open the hare and selected the choice warm vital organs to feed to the hawk.

The hawk waits patiently as it is handed the removed reward, there is no fighting from the hawk to secure the reward before it is handed to it.

As you can see the falconer has complete confidence in his hawk as he does this with bare bloody hands, he has no fear that he will be footed.