For me bagging has always been a very awkward situation and rarely works perfectly. Some people like my sponsor can pull it off well. In my foolhardiness, however, I will offer some advice here.

Bagging also suffers from the relationship-building shortage, i.e. the apprentice concentrates on the bag instead of the hunting experience as a whole process. They arrive at the field, set up the bag, walk 20 feet away, unhood the bird and proceed directly to the bagged animal. They hold the jesses so the bird has no idea that leaving the fist is desired (see 'Choices and Independence'). The whole thing is over in 10 minutes.

I feel a more complete experience for the hawk will impress more on its memory. Set up the bag securely, try your best to forget it's there, then start to hunt for real. Take time walking the field and try to get some wild quarry flushes. Don't forget to make the game call. If she chases, this is perfection. The bag will cement the idea that if she catches it, she'll have a good meal. If she watches it, this almost as good because she's thinking about it. Give her a tidbit to make this association with food (see 'Observing the hawk').

One interesting method I've found that ties into emotional cues (see LG2) is chasing the game yourself. When that quarry is spotted, move smoothly but rapidly toward it, not so fast to joggle the bird, game-calling in an excited manner. Forgive some anthropomorphization, but I suspect what goes on in the hawk's mind is this: "You want that? Hell, you're so damned slow, I can certainly get that better than you can." After a few times she may launch after it. It sounds silly, but don't discount the fact that my last two hawks did not require live bags, and the more recent one didn't need a bag at all, dead or alive.