Hunting in general was frowned upon by Somalis of the "noble" qabiils. Absolute no-no, as far as I know. It was left entirely to Gabooye groups whose main method of hunting, as far as I know, was always the use of bows and arrows with poison tipped arrows and perhaps sometimes also employing the help of shepherd dogs:
Hunting with falcons and hawks never really became a thing.
Arabs are proud hunters as itโs part of the colonization spirit of man โ as people disperse, virgin lands need to be conquered from the wolf effectively by bow and arrow . Somalis did hunt predators to protect their livestock or prey for sport and as a supplement but humiliation factor is only when it becomes a livelihood as itโs such a precarious insecure life. If you sit with odaays they have deer hunting stories and stories of fending off predators
I donโt know if we practice falconry, but if not Iโd say itโs a sign of our primitiveness compared to our neighbors because falconry is a sign of a highly refined culture and a fine tuned ability to delegate even to the most uncharitable and arrogant of animals โ hunting with a falcon is much more difficult than with a dog because falcons are never domesticated they are wild and their use is very specific, small elusive game such has rabbits squirrels and birds
Dogs have higher intelligence, are naturally charitable to their perceived master and love to recompense, all this make them easier to train. The difference between the two is like a butcherโs knife and a surgical scalpel
Ancient Egyptians used the a peregrine falcon diety, Horus, as their symbol of martial prowess and kingship . peregrine falcon being the preferred bird for falconry throughout history until now even in the west
